Total pages in book: 88
Estimated words: 82878 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 414(@200wpm)___ 332(@250wpm)___ 276(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 82878 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 414(@200wpm)___ 332(@250wpm)___ 276(@300wpm)
Amelia surprises me when she pulls back from me slightly. Her face is set as she nods her head. “Good. People died in there tonight, and jail sometimes just isn’t enough, is it? You take a life you should pay with yours,” she says in a cold voice.
“Exactly,” I say.
She smiles at me.
“You expected me to be horrified, didn’t you?”
“Kind of,” I admit with a shrug.
“Look, I don’t agree with people going around kneecapping guys for a couple of dollars, but this is bigger than that, and our justice system isn’t even close to doling out real justice. This guy murdered innocent people.”
I realize the valet took my car keys. “I’ll have to call my driver. Are you able to wait for about ten minutes.”
“That’s okay. I need to give your manager his jacket back too,” Amelia says.
I call for my driver while Amelia scans the crowd. She spots Marty and heads off in his direction. I don’t want to let her go, but I don’t want her to think I’m too overprotective. She’s only a couple of yards away from me, and the whole area is still crawling with police officers. Nothing is going to happen to her.
I can feel the old worries crowding back into my mind as I end the call with my driver and put my cell phone away. It’s only the second time Amelia has been out with me, and she almost died. I’m dangerous to be around. I remind myself that this wasn’t a personal attack on my life.
Igor or whoever he paid to do this didn’t know I’d be in there tonight. Igor is targeting my businesses, not my life. I kind of hope that changes soon. At least then he’ll have to get up close and personal with me and I’ll be able to end this fucking thing once and for all.
Amelia comes back to me, looking a little chilly now that she’s given Marty his jacket back. I open my arms and she steps into them, pressing herself against me. I wrap my arms around her tightly, trying to keep her warm. We don’t have too long to wait before my driver shows up.
“Home,” I say as we get in.
Amelia rests her head on my shoulder and by the time we arrive at my place, she’s almost asleep. She groans when she has to get out of the car.
“Come on, sleepyhead,” I tease.
She makes a face at me, and we walk up to my house. I open the door and Amelia steps inside. She’s been here plenty of times as part of her job and she knows her way around. She heads for the stairs.
“I have to take a shower. The smell of the smoke clinging to me is turning my stomach,” she says.
“Go ahead.’ I start to follow her up the stairs. “I know what you mean about the smell. I’ll grab you a robe.”
I give Amelia a robe and open my mouth to tell her to use the master bathroom, but she’s already gone past the door to my bedroom and heading for the guest bathroom. I go into the master bathroom myself and get into the shower. I watch the black soot and ashes run down the drain as I wash my hair.
It is only then it hits me what a close call Amelia and I have had.
Afterwards, I pull on a clean pair of boxer shorts, get into bed, and wait for Amelia. She comes back to the bedroom a couple of minutes later. I lift the covers up for her to join me.
“Do you want anything to eat or drink?” I ask as she moves towards the bed.
She shakes her head, slips her robe off, and gets into the bed beside me. She’s totally naked and the little flash of her I got before she pulled the covers over her body makes my cock hard instantly.
I turn to Amelia and kiss her. She responds hungrily, but then pulls away.
“Viktor, I’m sorry, but do you mind if we don’t… you know, have sex tonight? I really want to, but I just don’t think I’m up to it after everything that’s happened tonight.”
“Amelia, sex is the furthest thing from my mind right now,” I reassure her. It’s a lie, obviously. Sex is never far from my mind when I’m around her, but this is not exactly the special moment I’d planned.
She smiles and I see the relief behind her smile. “I will take a goodnight kiss though.”
I lean in and kiss her, and the smile drops from her lips as they mold themselves to mine. I feel like my cock is going to explode as my desire for Amelia overwhelms me. I remind myself I don’t want to put any pressure on Amelia, and besides, I don’t want her exerting herself, at least not for the next four to six hours. I want to make sure she’s ok before I even think about making her mine.