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All the broken, jagged pieces.

I just don’t know how to fucking do it.

He goes still for a second, then his hands flex around my ass as he leans back on the tub. There’s a lazy smirk on his face that sends my heart dropping to my stomach. Why do I do this to myself? Why do I let my guard down? I brace myself to hear that I’m only a good lay to him and potentially have my heart shattered, but that isn’t what happens.

“You’re more than a good lay. You’re the catch of a lifetime and the best fucking lay of my life. Today, tomorrow, next week, next month, or a thousand years from now. Don’t ever doubt that I want you, Princess.”

His cocky response mixed with the sweetest words ever spoken to me pulls at my heart and deep within my soul. It soothes and exhilarates me at the same time. It’s the oddest, most compelling feeling I’ve ever had.

“You can’t possibly know that. We barely know each other,” I say. My heart may feel an undeniable pull toward this man, but it doesn’t trust easily. His words help settle my frantic thoughts, but I still have trouble believing him.

He pulls me flush with him before I even know what’s happening. His forehead goes to mine, and I can feel the gentle puff of air as he takes his next breath.

“I know you don’t believe me, and that’s okay because I’m not going anywhere, Jade. I’ll be right here, proving to you every day that I want this. I want you.”

His words help click into place another one of those jagged pieces of my heart.

“Promise?” I ask, and it’s the most vulnerable question I’ve ever asked.

“I promise, Princess.”

His promise is followed by the most intimate, slow, and gentle sex I’ve ever had. He seemed to know exactly what I needed right then and fulfilled it with everything he has to offer.

We spent the rest of the early morning hours with wrinkled skin from being in the water for entirely too long but surrounded in a bubble of bliss that settled deep in my chest.

Colin Fucking Brooks just healed a jagged, broken piece of my heart and claimed it as his.

Chapter 32

Colin

The last twenty-four hours have been a fucking whirlwind, but we finally have a plan to bring down Elliott as well as Vinny and his drug ring.

I didn’t want to leave Jade this morning, especially after the night we had, On the way over to Donovan’s my mind replays last night over and over. How good Jade’s pussy tasted. How sweet her lips were and how damn good it felt to hold her in my arms. When we finally decided the tub water was too cold to stay in, we made our way back to the bed and passed out from sheer exhaustion. Last night was amazing and fucking intense, but I think I finally got through to Jade that this isn’t some fling for me. It’s real, and it’s serious for me.

I love when she lets her guard down. She’s lighter, she smiles more, and she doesn’t care what I think about her. She’s just her, and I got to see that last night and this morning. I crave more alone time with her. More time to get to know the real Jade.

I’m pretty damn sure she feels the same way. The way she clung to me as I tried to get out of bed to leave made me want to climb right back in and savor the time we had together, but I’ve got a small window of time to get this shit wrapped up in a big red bow before I turn it over to the cops.

I’m still missing the proverbial smoking gun, but I think I have compiled enough that the police can take it from here.

My burner phone dings when I’m just a few short blocks away from Donovan’s. I pull it out of my pocket and quickly look at the incoming text.

Frankie: Vinny wants us to do a run. Meet me at the bar.

Me: Now?

Frankie: Yes, fucking now. He said it was a new VIP client and we need to move our asses.

Me: and Vinny wants me to do a run with you?

That was fucking stupid Colin. Why am I questioning it? This is exactly the shit I need to ensure my case is airtight.

Frankie: Since you pulled off the impossible and found his fucking car. Vinny said you’re in. Now get your ass over here, Vinny’s counting on us to come through in time.

If I have the location of where they store their drugs, on top of all the voice recordings I have compiled then the cops will finally have enough to take Vinny off the streets for good and Moore will be guilty by association, at the very least tarnishing his reputation and ruining his career.

But most importantly it will give Jade the proof she needs in order to convince her father.

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