"I just found a fault when it comes to homeschooling,” Abbie murmured next to me. "I don't feel comfortable around so many people."
I looked at her, feeling some remorse at exposing her to this treatment so soon.
"I'm sorry, Abbie,” I murmured close to her, "It was somewhat impulsive to organize this so soon, maybe I should have waited a bit to prepare better...”
She laughed a little louder than she should, and surprising me even more, she took my face in her hands and kissed me for a few seconds.
I was stunned by her public display.
“Did I do good or bad to kiss you?” she asked against my ear.
There I realized.
The woman was acting with total daring.
"Feel comfortable to kiss me whenever and wherever you want, precious,” I whispered back.
Someone cleared their throat causing us to separate immediately, as if we had been doing something horrible instead of a simple kiss.
Damn, the entire room was silent
“Are you sure you're not hungry?” I asked again. “We could stop for a pizza on the next block, they're so good.” “I just want to get home, Alex.” she looked at me with intensity “I feel, uh...” He approached my ear “I don't really know how I feel, I just know that thinking of your mouth provokes something in my belly and my breasts. Fuck it! This woman made my balls clench painfully. “Abbie...” "Alex,” Pierre cut off my comment, "A black Escalade without plates is following us, it's three cars away." I turned automatically in the seat where the described car was certainly located. “You're sure?” “He has followed us since we left the building fifteen minutes ago, I have made several unnecessary turns and he is still behind us.” “Where is the other SUV with the other agents?” I asked pulling the 9mm out of the holster on my left side. Abbie made a strangled sound at the sight of the gun, but I didn't pay att
“Abbie.” I kept playing with the twins, ignoring the fact that Olivia was behind me. "Don't keep ignoring me, please." I wasn't ignoring her, I really wasn't. I just wanted to ignore the events that happened three nights ago. I wanted to erase the painful words Alex had yelled at me. Words that had penetrated even deeper than his actions on my body. The words burned and left marks. “Damn it, I'm tired of going on cotton wool with all this.” Olivia said taking Joy from my arms and leaving her next to her sister inside the playpen “I need to know why Pierre called me at dawn to leave you here, why did you arrive with your face red from crying and why the hell did you beg him not to come back to the apartment... What did Alex do to you, Abbie?” I was silent. Because what could I say? How to explain how painful that experience had been for me? How traumatic? "Alex's mother went to his apartment, he wasn't there,” Ma
I left my room half an hour later. I felt somewhat weak from the time I hadn’t fed; it was the new rush of adrenaline the only thing that motivated me to move towards the room. My appearance hadn't improved much, but at least I was clean, my breath was fresh, and my clean clothes felt great on my skin. But I was still pale, haggard and unshaven. I felt too weak to force myself to look good, when I was still miserable about what I had done to Abbie. She said I hadn't forced her to do anything, but I was there, maybe not very conscious, but her screams and that blow were the physical proof that I had hurt her. I walked into the living room to find them all staring at Abbie with a frown. "It doesn't sound like a good idea,” I heard Mark saying. "If it's what she wants, you have to leave her, Mark.” Olivia replied, hugging one of her daughters now asleep. The other I didn’t know where she had gotten herself. Suddenly, as if
"Good Lord, woman... you’re sneaky." I turned to Pierre's voice, who was standing in the bathroom door. "I'm finishing here,” I answered closing the washing machine door. "This is the last load." "I still don't understand why you do that being able to pay for dry cleaning,” he stated, following me to the living room. "It's a bad thing that Anna taught you to do your laundry." "I insisted, Pierre.” she had no choice but to teach me, besides, I didn’t like the idea of strangers touching my dirty underwear. He threw himself on the couch beside me with a weary sigh. "If Anna keeps giving you her duties, Alex will fire her and lock you in your room." "He'll have to put up with it,” I said indifferent, after all, I had noticed that Alex was more growling than biting. "I don't hurt anyone by learning house chores." "Yes, I think he has learned to get out of your way with some issues,” he agreed amused, then getting serious,
“Everyone in their positions?” “Team Bravo 1 in position.” “Team Bravo 2 in position.” “Support team in position.” “Special operations in position and waiting to attack.” The intercom was silent after that, everyone was waiting for my signal to attack. We were in a warehouse on the outskirts of the Everglades in Florida, more specifically in an abandoned floating warehouse. Today Thursday, at two in the morning, everything would end once and for all for Recc. Already several of his men who had been guarding the perimeter were neutralized by our team. It had taken me a long time to execute the plan. Infiltrate an agent into his network and bring together more than thirty of the best men to carry out the plan that would once and for all free Abigail. Seals, Green Berets, Mossad agents, secret agents, high-ranking military... Anyway, it’s been three long weeks of collecting favors that all these pe
“All the paperwork in order?” Alex asked the phone. The arm around my shoulders pulled me even closer to him as I continued to look out over the lake where some young men were riding in wooden boats. I loved this. It seemed incredible to me that this was the first time I was really ourside, without any kind of concern. Breathing the fresh air, feeling the breeze a little warm through my body, seeing children playing and laughing... All that felt good. And more if I was in the company of the man I loved. We were under a very leafy tree a few feet from the lake in Central Park. Alex had forced me to change my pants for shorts that were midthigh, which led to Alex from time to time to reach down and stroking them. Obviously, I would push his hand away because of the pleasure the caresses produced in me and I had to remember I was mad with him. I mean, I had to keep my position. I had let the Recc issue pass becaus
Her sigh made me smile, so I squeezed her hand and placed it on my lap to keep her closer to me as I drove. “Is it the same in all couples?” she asked looking at me with bright eyes, "Does it always feel this good?" "I couldn’t tell,” I replied amused as I entered the parking lot of Mark's building. "This is also my first time in a relationship, remember?" Today Mark had called me to resolve some important issues with Abbie's company, which is why we had gotten out of bed and come up. Was doing it fourteen times in three days too much? It really seemed very little to me, I mean, I hadn’t had sex for a long time and I was catching up with the woman who at that moment was squeezing my thigh in a suggestive way. “You’re provoking me and we are in the street, little one,” I said parking “I don't want to attack you in the elevator and have the camera record us while I make you scream.” "I don't scream, Alex,” she replied laughing, "But you.
"And then he explained to me how to hold the knife,” I explained, "Although it is still difficult for me to chop as fast as you." “How nice, little one...” I looked at him smiling as he rinsed the shampoo out of his hair. I had missed him so much these days he was gone. “Today we learned the different cuts of vegetables and greens, do you know the chiffonade? It is to finely cut strips of leaves such as mint, basil or lettuce... The French and their words, but it's great, isn't it?” “So great,” he murmured soaping himself up. “Louis does that knife trick too before cutting something.” “Trick?” He looked at me confused for a moment before diving back under the water. "Yeah, you know, spinning the knife in the air like a drummer." "I haven't noticed me doing that, princess, but now I'll be more attentive." He opened the shower door and came out completely naked to get his towel. Naked and w
A year later somewhere in the Atlantic. “Do you have the rings?” I asked Mark. "For the umpteenth time, yes,” he replied exasperated. “Why it’s taking so long?” I said walking anxiously down the altar. "Dude, you’re wearing white, stop moving that much!” My godfather exclaimed looking at me annoyed. “So what?” “That I’m starting to see wet points in some areas...” I stopped immediately to turn to the guests, first seeing my son dressed the same as me in my mother's arms, playing with a gum teether. I couldn't believe that just 48 hours ago, I had just arrived home from a mission and Abbie had greeted me with beautiful news. *** New York, 48 hours ago. The soft sound of the elevator arriving at the apartment woke me up. God... I was tired. It was almost four in the morning and I needed to sleep at least five hours straight, but first I needed a sho
I looked at the unmoving bulge at my feet without being able to believe that this had really happened. “Is this for real?” I spoke without addressing anyone in particular, since the only person with me was passed out before me. I brought my right foot up to Alex's stomach and moved him gently to see if he would react, but that didn't work. "Alex, wake up now,” I said without getting any response. So, accepting it, I sat on the floor placing his head on my thighs and began to pat him gently on the cheeks. "We can't spend the whole night this way,” I explained, "My feet hurt and the dress already bothers me, did you have to pass out? You've been like this for several minutes now...” My free hand couldn't help but go to her hair and gently stroke it. "I really like your hair like this,” I whispered to him as if it were some secret, "But your facial hair needs to come back, just like the weight you've lost, prince, don't think I di
Fucking hell. Yes, I was nervous. I watched behind the curtain the chapel where my sister would be married in a few minutes, the backs of the guests sitting on the church benches and... None of those backs was from Abigail. Was she coming? Had she change her mind at the last minute? Or was she hiding out looking for me, as I did for her? “You look like a teenager stalking the boy she likes.” "I just make sure everything is okay,” I told Pierre as I released the curtain and turned around as if nothing had happened. "Hmm,” he looked at me mockingly for a moment before continuing to speak. "It's time, Alessia is looking for you and you're blocking the way for Lena and her father." I looked behind Pierre, realizing what he was saying was true, noticing my sister-in-law with her father just as the wedding march started, making me run towards the room where my sister was with Mom. “Get out the away!” Maggie yelled, pulling me aside b
"Oh shit,” I mumbled looking at myself in the mirror. The guy staring back at me looked nothing like the one I was used to. He looked haggard, worn, he’d lost weight and his eyes showed a lot of sadness. That was what stood out the most among all; unfortunately, there wasn’t much to do to change that fact. I came out of the bathroom closing the door behind me, and got surprised when I ran into Mom and my sister in my office. "Well,” my mother looked at me critically, "At least he removed his beard." "He doesn't seem homeless anymore,” Alessia agreed nodding. “What the hell do you want?” I went to my desk and sat in front of them "In case you don't notice, I'm working." "You're always working,” Mom snapped crossing her arms, "Tell me, Alex, when was the last time you were in your apartment?" "Yesterday,” I muttered looking away. "Mom was referring to the last time you slept in your bed, Alex,” Al
“You’re fine like that?” “Yes.” “Are you sure? I can put another pillow if you wish,” he kept insisting. “Alex,” I cut off the daily tirade “I'm fine, I'm comfortable, I don't need anything else.” He stared at me serious for a few seconds before looking down, turning, and leaving my room. Yep, my room. Since my discharge from the clinic three days ago, Alex had set me up in my old room claiming that he might accidentally hurt me at night. But I knew that wasn’t the reason. A week had passed since Arthur kidnapped me, and my life has taken a 180 degree turn since then; Any aspect in my life was the same and I had to accept the fact that the person I loved didn’t give me the support I expected and made worse my depression. I didn’t know what aspect to focus on, if in the fact that my only living relative wanted the worst possible harm for me, to be imprisoned indefinitely in these four walls, the fact that no one wanted t
“Alex.” I lifted my head from my hands when I heard Mark's voice from the office door. “What are you doing here?” I asked getting up from the couch, my voice came out raspy from the suppressed crying. Hell, I felt numb from the time I'd been sitting in that position since Arthur’s call. "Pierre,” he said as response closing the door behind him. "Ward has her,” I growled dropping back on the couch, "He just called me asking for ten million to give me back Abbie...” "I have them,” he replied sitting next to me and patting my back. "What else?" "I have to wait before nine for further directions." “And do you intend to wait sitting until it’s time to act?” He looked at me in surprise. “What the fuck do you want me to do, Mark?!” I said exploding at last getting up like a spring and starting to walk desperately across the room. "My woman has been kidnapped by her only relative and I don't know how to get to her back.
It was all a nightmare. I was just still sleeping and was having a bad dream. At some point I would feel Alex's lips kissing my cheek to wake me up and be able to make love in the middle of the night, just as it had happened a few days ago. I hadn’t been kidnapped, I hadn’t seen the man I loved fall a second time and I hadn’t been drugged, brought somewhere hidden even from God's eyes and of course my hands were not tied behind my back as my ankles. It was just that. A simple nightmare. So why did it feel so real? Why this maddening urge to break down and cry and not be able to do it because the guy a few feet from me would know that I was conscious? Because I wasn't in my bed with Alex, nor was I in the middle of a nightmare. This was real and all because of me. Wanting to be alone had ruined Alex's work and endangered him once again. And now I didn't know if he was alive or not. I wouldn't have
“Damn, wake up at once!” I opened my eyes only to find the sky starting to darken and a furious Tom looming over me. “What...?” I cleared my throat not being able to speak well. “What happened? Where am I?” "You're lying in the park,” he growled in response, "Can you get up?" “In the park?” Confused, I tried to sit up but the pain in my back took my breath away, so I flopped down again. Suddenly everything came back to my head. “Abbie!” I screamed frantically getting up ignoring the damn pain in my back, "Where is she?" His answer made me stagger. "We don't know,” he muttered looking away. Desperation shot up my spine making me want to vomit. "They attacked me and took her away,” I said feeling my eyes sting. "I... It's my fault, I shouldn't have accepted this stupidity of going for a walk." I turned to see that the two men who were accompanying me were assisted by other agents from the second tr
“Time's up, everyone put down your knives.” I dropped the knife as soon as Louis said it, and I started to wipe the river of tears that ran down my face. This was stupid. Jerry, one of my classmates, was the stupidest. With the comment of "I'm the fastest chopper in the class, teacher, do you want to see?" Louis had taken it literally, so he made us all compete to see who chopped the most onions in brunoise. The result? Twenty tear-eyed people trying to decently slice onions without cutting their fingers in a minute. As it turned out, Jerry wasn't the fastest chopping onions, he even came close to being. "Your cut is sloppy and inconsistent, Jerry, did you spend that long chopping an onion and a half? I thought I was a good teacher, now your result makes me feel mediocre.” was Louis's final decision. In the end the winner turned out to be Ligia, one of the quietest girls in the room who managed to chop almost four onion