Page 40 of The Lieutenant

“In your dreams.” I hit end and immediately dialed Jonas’ phone number.

“Yeah, boss? Do you ever take any time off?” Hearing music, I knew he was currently working one of the clubs. He often served as a bouncer while ensuring our business operations were running smoothly. It was good to be able to count on him for handling the mundane activities.

“Your plans have changed. Dimitrios is sending you a name and address.”

“A target?”

“Yes. Make certain he’s comfortable for his stay this evening.”

He laughed, the man learning my codes early on. “I’ll enjoy doing so. We meeting up tomorrow to handle it?”

“Yes, eight sharp. I have a business meeting later in the day.” She was still listening in, gleaning the importance of every word I was saying.

“Early. Well, I guess sleep is overrated. I’ll take care of it.”

“Good. Any insight on traitors?”

“Not yet, but I did put the fear of God into several.”

“As only you could. Keep that up.”

Another act of business completed, I tossed the phone onto the dashboard. The rest of the night belonged to me. No one, including the feisty woman sitting by my side, was going to take away my personal time to do exactly what I wanted.

The sound of Kara’s soft laughter brought heart palpitations to the surface.

“The real man finally emerges from the depths,” she stated as a reporter would. She had an uncanny ability of shiftingher personality at a moment’s notice. That both intrigued and aggravated the hell out of me.

“Meaning?”

“The situation. AKA a termination. Right? Traitors? Are we talking about employees or family? Are you hunting some prey?” She leaned forward in her seat. “I see. You’ve already tracked this poor unsuspecting individual. The pickup is all about putting him on ice. Isn’t it?”

“You’ve been watching too many movies, Kara.”

“Have I? Are you going to lie to me and suggest you’ve never ended anyone’s life?”

I rolled my hand around the steering wheel. “Should I remind you that there are certain subjects that remain off limits?”

“That’s right,” she said sarcastically. “No discussion on illegal activities whatsoever. I was more interested in the number of men you’ve killed.”

My. My. She was doing her best to press my buttons. Did she really want to see what I was made of? If so, I could easily allow that to happen. One of my family members would remind me it was a very bad idea, but I simply didn’t give a shit.

Ownership was nine-tenths of the law.

I’d claimed possession of Kara, which had shocked me. Granted, I’d grown up learning that with money came power and to appreciate beautiful things. With the money I’d earned over the years, I’d grown used to taking what I wanted, including snatching up priceless treasures.

However, she was the first woman I’d laid claim to.

“It’s best you don’t ask the questions that not only can’t I provide an answer to, but ones you don’t want to hear.”

“Right. Whatever you say.”

She remained quiet, huddled in my passenger seat with a towel wrapped around her shivering body. Even turning on the heat hadn’t done any good. I doubted the chill had anything to do with the outside or inside temperature. Since walking back to the main road after our round of passion, she’d carried a haunted look on her face.

But her scowl couldn’t hide her incredible beauty. I was the kind of man who either liked or loathed something. She’d set my entire body on fire. It had taken every ounce of mental strength not to fuck her on my kitchen island, slathering her body with chocolate and licking every inch.

She was also intelligent and tenacious, two characteristics I both admired and adored. Everything about her was rare, like a precious gem discovered in a million-year-old mine. I threw her a look, noticing she was chewing on her lower lip as she’d been doing throughout the entire drive.

Her lips were already rosy in color. By the time I dropped her off at her hotel, they’d be ruby red. I wanted to suck on them all over again before pushing my kitten to her knees and forcing her to suck my cock.

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