Page 196 of Beyond the Badge: Nox

An irritated sigh hit his ear. “Not willingly. However, I told him that if he didn’t keep me updated that I wouldn’t… Well…” Cait cleared her throat.

“Got it.” He didn’t want to make her admit out loud that she threatened to withhold sex from her husband if he didn’t cooperate with her demands. The threat worked and that was all that mattered.

Thank fuck Cait was willing to go to that extreme to keep Nox updated.

“I appreciate the info, Cait, but I need to know where they’re headed. I need more than the direction.”

“Well… I shouldn’t tell you this because if it gets back to Magnum, he won’t be happy and then my threat won’t matter because I’ll be the one sleeping in the doghouse.”

Nox waited for her confession.

“I’m able to track his phone, so I know exactly where he is.”

Hot fucking damn.That was good news.

“Does he track your phone?” Nox asked out of curiosity.

“Since day one.”

“Well then, turnabout is fair play. He shouldn’t get pissed about it.”

“Mmm,” she murmured. “We’re talking about Magnum here. He thinks it’s okay to track me because he has made himself my protector. He’ll think I track him because I don’t trust him.”

“Do you?”

“Not since the day I met him have I not trusted him one hundred percent. And so you know, I met him when I was around fourteen. I’m now forty. Not once in all those years has he done anything to make that trust waiver.”

Damn.The man might be an outlaw biker, but he was a loyal one. Nox had to respect that about him.

“Okay,” he said, striding to his bike, “I’m going to start heading south. What do I have to do to get you to keep me updated on a regular basis?”

“Be good to Liyah and the boys.”

That was too easy. “You got it.”

“I just want her to be happy.”

“You’re not the only one.”

“And safe.”

“Ditto.”

“Will your job be at risk by getting involved?” she asked.

“It’s possible.”

“But you’re going to do it anyway.”

He answered simply, “I want her back safe and sound.”

“I like you, Nox.”

That almost made him smile. “I like you, too, Cait. I appreciate you sticking out your neck.”

“She might officially be my stepdaughter, but she’s almost the same age, so she’s more like a sister. I’d do anything for her.”

Nox grunted. He would do anything for Liyah, too. “Please keep me updated.”

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