Page 48 of Explode
Chapter 14
Kai
“Fuckingbastard!”sheroaredas I slammed the door shut. I wish Icould say I felt smug about bringing her to the edge of coming, only to deprive her, but I didn’t.
The truth was, it was taking all my strength not to go back in thereand throttle her for telling me she wanted to go back to Rafe fucking Bianchi. The prick had eyes for my girl. I’d watched from the wings the entire night of the party, watching him watching her. Watching every time he held her hand or put his hand on her back.
If it wasn’t for the fact I had my plans in place to kidnap her, I wouldhave lost all control, and Rafe would have found himself bleeding out in the middle of the goddamn dance floor.
As it was, I still hadn’t decided if he was going to die or not. After hislittle stunt of pulling the gun on me, he was already on my shit list, but now he’d put his hands on my wife, things were looking bleak for young Raphael.
“How’s she doing?” Ash asked as I made my way back to the cockpitafter stopping in the bathroom to wash Riley’s juices off my face. She’d been loud enough for him to hear what I was doing to her, but that didn’t mean I wanted him to see or smell her scent on my face.
“She’s not happy,” I grumbled, sitting my ass down in the co-pilotseat. Not that I had a fucking clue how to fly a plane, that’s why I had Ash with me.
“You can’t blame her, Kai. She’s lived with her heartache every dayfor the past six months, it’s going to take her time to come to terms with everything. Remember how you felt when she came back from France?”
He had a point. She’d only been gone two days and I’d convincedmyself she was never coming back. The pain of thinking I’d never see her again was like nothing I’d ever experienced before, not even when Theo died.
When I woke one morning to find she’d returned, I was furious. Notbecause I wasn’t happy to see her, but because I was terrified of losing her again.
So, yeah, I could understand how Riley was feeling. Not only was shehaving to deal with learning we’d all lied to her, but she would also be dealing with the fear of losing me again because she’d experienced the pain firsthand as to what it was like.
“Give her time, Kai. That girl loves you, but she needs time, that’sall you can do right now,” Ash said. Fucking smartass. He was right though, I just needed to find it in myself to be patient. Ride the wave until she saw sense.
One thing was for certain though. She wasn’t leaving my ass, not forRafe Bianchi. Not for anyone for that matter. I’d give her time, but she’d have to get over herself or she’d be miserable for the rest of her days.
The five-hour plane journey to Florida passed by in the blink of aneye. I checked on Riley several times but was rewarded with the silent treatment, and rather than rattling her cage even more, I left her to stew.
When Ash informed me that we were due to start our descent in thenext thirty minutes, I prepared myself for the next battle I was going to have with my wife. Knocking on the door, I entered when she didn’t reply to find her sitting on the bed scowling.
She’d managed to push her dress down so her pussy was coveredup, but she must have been uncomfortable with my come now dried on her skin.
Dropping the pile of clothes I’d brought with me on the end of the bed,I walked to where her wrists were cuffed to the headboard. She watched me with uncertainty etched on her face as I undid both, letting her pull her hands free.
“We’re starting our descent soon. Go wash and get changed,” Iordered, pointing to the door leading to the ensuite. The jet we were on was owned by Apollo, it must have cost a fucking fortune, but it was worth every penny.
“Where are we?” Riley asked quietly, surprising me when she pickedup the pile of clothes. Maybe she’d had time to do some soul searching.
“Florida.”
“Florida?” she repeated, her brows raised in surprise.
“Yeah. We’ve got a couple of leads to follow up on, might help to dealwith Thorne,” I replied.
“Oh.”
She disappeared into the bathroom, and moments later, the showerturned on. Part of me wanted to go in there and watch her shower. Fuck, not just watch, but get in there with her and clean her up. But Ash’s words rang in my head, and instead of doing what I wanted to do, I left her to get ready.
Twenty minutes later, as the plane started to descend, she came outof the bedroom with wet hair and fresh clothes. No matter what my Star was wearing, whether she had makeup on or not, she was always the most breathtaking woman I had ever laid eyes on.
Hesitantly, she walked down the aisle to where I was seated and slidinto a chair opposite me, warily eyeing the cuffs lying on the table next to me.
“Are you going to put them on me again?” she asked, breaking thesilence after a minute.
“I haven’t made up my mind yet, it depends if you’re going to try andrun away,” I replied. I didn’t intend on putting them back on her, but she needed to know I would if she tried anything stupid.
She snorted. “Where am I going to go, Kai? I don’t have my phone orany money, and all you’ve told me is that we are in Florida. Florida is a big state.”
