Page 76 of Harper’s Renegades

“Look at the way she’s smiling at him. The skank thinks she has a chance,” I snarled.

“Gorgeous,” Jaxson said, coaxing me to look at him. “None of us have any desire to entertain another woman who isn’t you. Harper, you said yes to forever with us, and we take that seriously. There is no one else, and there never will be. On occasion, we will need to let someone believe they have a chance to get information… yes. Will anything other than a bright smile and a few sweet words happen in order to get it? No. That would be cheating, and none of us will ever do that.”

I leaned my head on his shoulder, not trusting myself if I caught Ghost talking to her again. “With everything that’s happened the last four days, I’m just tired, stressed, and worried. We need this to go smoothly, so we can get in and get out before someone comes after us.”

“It’s gonna be all right, Harpster,” Jaxson assured me. “The first job is always the hardest to get through. Everything is new and different. This one is more so because instead of us just getting in, killing, and getting out, we have a person with thoughts, options, and the ability to disappear under our noses if she wants to.”

“Was that supposed to be reassuring?” I muttered. “Because if it was, you’re gonna need to work on that.”

I could feel a body coming up behind me, but since Jaxson didn’t react at all, I assumed it was Ghost. He wrapped his arms around my shoulders and pulled me away from Jaxson to rest on his body. Cupping my chin, he lifted my head so I met his gaze, only for him to lean down and kiss me. While I’d been expecting him to say something, this isn’t the route I thought he was going to take. He was using actions over words. Doing this would draw attention, and everyone would see that he was choosing me.

“No one is ever going to be my Angel but you,” Ghost whispered against my lips. I hummed my understanding as he stood back up and took his seat. “I did get what we needed, though. She comes in tonight at six and works till eleven.”

“Good, now I say we go back to the hotel, get some rest, and we can come back later. If she’ll be here all night, we might as well wait for almost the end of her shift to talk to her. That way, we can make a plan to leave tomorrow.” Magnus ran his hands over his head as he talked through his thoughts. “This will go a lot smoother if she’s able to help us out in any way. I’m sure her grandfather has talked about how to get her out of here. They must have needed some outside help if they called us in.”

“Regardless of all that, we need to take this downtime to look at options,” Jaxson reasoned as he got up and started to gather plates onto his tray.

Soon we were back at the hotel in the room that was supposed to be for Magnus and me. He’d brilliantly gotten a connecting door between one of the other rooms so we could move about the space. I napped with Jaxson while Ghost and Magnus worked on things in the smaller room. The soft murmur of their voices set me at ease while I was curled up with Jaxson, who was watching some random game show on the television.

“Do you even know what they’re saying?” I asked with a yawn.

“No, but it’s easy enough to figure out the game, so that helps to connect the dots,” he answered. “You should rest, it’s been a rough few days, and I don’t see it slowing down anytime soon. This is the part of being on a job that’s hard. You have to take advantage of whatever quiet time you have.”

I nuzzled into his neck and let my hand run over his chest, drifting lower. “What if I want to use my free time for something else?” Jaxson groaned as he rolled over to hover over me. “We haven’t had a chance to have our shower time, and I’m pretty sure we missed shaving day,” I informed him.

“How could I have let such an important thing slip by.” Jaxson purred, running his nose along mine. You know, while this hotel isn’t five stars, it just so happens to have a rather large whirlpool tub in this suite.”

“You know a bath right now sounds rather heavenly. I wonder if there’s someone I could get to join me in it?” I mused while tapping my pouty lips.

Jaxson dragged my hand away and nipped at my lips before latching onto them, sucking my lower lip into his mouth and biting it gently. I let out a soft moan, enjoying the slightly more aggressive side to Jaxson at the moment. It seems I wasn’t the only one who was a little pent-up.

Rolling off the bed, he grabbed me, tossed me over his shoulder, and headed for the bathroom. Flipping on the light, he set me down on the sink ledge and lifted a warning finger. “Don’t move.”

My brows snapped up at this. “Look who’s channeling his inner Magnus.”

“Just because I’m a soft Dom doesn’t mean I can’t switch it up every so often,” he answered with a wink that had me rubbing my legs together.

The water filling the truly massive tub echoed in the air, blocking the sound of the guys in the other room. Satisfied with the temperature, he returned to me and motioned for me to lift my arms. Playing along, I lifted them high, wiggling my fingers as if I were doing jazz hands to add to the moment. Jaxson snorted as he pulled my shirt up and off, casting it on the floor.

“Leave them up,” he warned when I started to bring them down.

Curious as to what he was doing, he wet a washcloth and pulled out his shaving cream. He wiped down my armpits with the wet cloth, then covered them in cream. When he pulled a blade from his lower back, I now fully understood what was about to happen. He’d commented the first time he shaved me that he wanted to work up to this point—it seems now we were there.

“Do you trust me, gorgeous?” Jaxson asked as he ran the cloth over the blade, ensuring it was clean.

“Yes,” I whispered, so incredibly turned on by what I knew was about to happen.

The cool edge of the blade met my skin and moved in an upward stroke, then was wiped off on the cloth. This was repeated a few times until he was pleased with his work, then moved to the next arm.

“You can relax that arm,” he instructed as he gripped the other, creating the right tension to keep the blade passing over my skin and not cutting in. When he was finished, he leaned in, kissing me hungrily as if he was just as turned on as I was. Pulling back, he set the blade down and turned off the water to the tub.

“Strip for me, gorgeous. Let me watch you as you unwrap that perfect body of yours for me,” Jaxson ordered.

Sliding off the counter, I turned to give him my back as I unhooked my bra and slid it off, letting it drop on the floor. Next, I started to slide my leggings off, moving my hips in time with the music that was playing in my head. When they got to my knees, I bent over, giving him a perfect view of my ass in a bright red thong. I slipped one foot out, then the other leaving him to drool at my assets, then I slowly stood up, letting my hands glide up my legs as I rose. When I stood tall, I glanced at him over my shoulder to find he was naked, stroking his cock as he watched me with fire in his eyes.

Then an idea flitted across my mind that had me grasp the knife and walk over to him, holding his gaze with my own.

When I reached him, I took his hand and placed the hilt on his palm, then closed his fingers around it. “Think you could help me out of the last of it?” I murmured, stepping in to trap his cock between our bodies.