Dax POVI was tossing and turning while trying to get back to sleep until I heard a distressed sound. It was Danica. She was screaming from her room. Something was very wrong.She sounded as if she was being attacked. I immediately sprang from my bed and ran down the hallway. Never had I imagined that someone would break into the mansion.It was one of my worst fears that Danica would be attacked. My heart sunk at the thought of someone hurting her. I wouldn't let anyone hurt the woman that I still cared for.No wanting to waste any more time, I barged into her room. Danica was surprised to see me. Her eyes were opened wide, and the guy looked caught off guard. I was sure he hadn't expected me to interrupt whatever he had been planning to do to Danica.This man was such a b*stard. How dare he try to make advances towards Danica? It was absolutely repulsive. He shouldn't have done this. But he had made a huge mistake. This man was going to pay for breaking in like this. It was t
We kept moving towards the bed and kept kissing. Dax deepened our kiss as I felt his tongue explore my mouth. My heart raced at what we were leading up to. I had never imagined this with Dax, but now I wanted to finish what we started. In Dax's arms, with his mouth on mine, I felt desirous. I wanted all of Dax, and I had no plans to back out. We were in too deep and couldn't stop the moment.I started pulling at the hem of his shirt. Dax briefly separated from me and took off his shirt. This time I really examined his chiseled body. His abs were out of this world; I had never seen such defined ones before. Then his biceps were pretty huge; I wanted to feel them so badly.He helped me remove my own shirt before going back to kissing me with a desire I had never seen from him. I felt his arousal against me. Slowly more and more of our clothes came off. Dax took his time to tease my skin with his touch as he traced my skin with his fingers. I parted from Dax to get on the bed fir
I stared at Dax in awe. I wasn't sure what to tell him after he said those words to me. Did he really mean them to me? How could he stay by my side after the baby came? This wasn't mean to be a long-term deal. After I thought a moment longer, I asked, "Do you really mean what you said?""Yes. I mean it with all my heart. I don't want to leave you," Dax gazed into my eyes with incredible intensity.I resisted smiling and carefully climbed out of the bed and gathered up my clothes. Dax looked at me with an unasked question. I knew what he was wondering even without speaking up. He was getting easier to read.He got of the bed and picked up all of his clothes that were scattered around the room. His eyes met mine before he got dressed and headed for his room.I let Dax leave without saying anything else to him. It would just make things worse if I said something that I could regret later. I had to just let him go.How were we going to go on with living together after the night befo
After I got back to my room, I felt bad about leaving Dax. I had to act as if nothing was wrong. He couldn't know that I was more attached to him than I should have been. But I couldn't help having grown close to him. We had been through too much with each other.Maybe the rest of our time together would go by slowly. I had to make sure that every second with Dax counted and not waste it. I went back down to finish dinner with Dax after I freshened up. My makeup had been ruined by my crying. He couldn't see me in such a disorderly state, or he'd know something was up. When I sat back down, Dax asked, "How did your call go?"I told him, "It was great. I do miss seeing her."His face softened and he asked, "Why don't you go visit her again sometime?"Lola was expecting me to see her again at some point, so it wouldn't hurt. I'm sure a visit could cheer her up somewhat. I wasn't sure what had been happening on her end. I didn't know if she was still stressed out or not. Truthful
Danica POVI continued to walk towards the car and looked behind me. The security detail was still following me and kept glancing around often. He was checking for any signs of trouble, which made me feel relieved. I felt very safe having someone look after me.Not that it looked too dangerous. We were the only two people around the area. I didn't see anyone suspicious around as I made a brief scan of the area.Nothing bad could happen as long as I had this person around. I completely trusted that he wouldn't let anything happen to me. Dax wouldn't let any of his people fail me, especially after Jason had broken into the mansion.I knew Dax still felt guilty about that happening. Neither one of us had brought it up since Jason had been taken away. I hoped nothing else like that would happen again. It was unfortunate that the car was so far away this time. The chauffeur couldn't find an easier parking spot. As I came to an alley, there was a very scruffy looking young man. His ha
I hoped that what had happened earlier had been a nightmare. I slowly opened my eyes; when I saw that I wasn't in my bed at the mansion, I knew that it had to be real. I felt rope tied around my wrists and ankles and could feel the coolness of the metal from the chair. There was even a piece of cloth covering my mouth. I felt the urge to scream but knew it was pointless. Nobody would be able to hear my cries for help.This was the worst possible situation I could've been in. I never imagined that this scenario would happen to me. How had I gotten caught up in this? Maybe I shouldn't have been so careless earlier. I wished I wouldn't have been walking in that shady area. I knew better than that, but it was too late to blame myself for what had already gone down.I tried to get a sense of where I was by looking around the room. I didn't want to lose all of my hope for getting out of here. It was too dark to see anything to give away where those men had taken me. The one lightbul
Dax POVAfter I set the ransom note down, I felt an immense rage come over me. This whole situation was terrible and shouldn't have come to this. Danica was in danger because of this gigantic mistake on their end. I wished this had all been a nightmare. The woman that I deeply cared about was gone. She must've been absolutely terrified. It was too hard to imagine her in such a situation. The thought of her captors made me feel sick.They could do unspeakable things to her. I needed to stop myself from thinking of anyone harming her. It would make me even more enraged. There was nothing I could do yet. I wasn't sure of the location of where she was being kept.Those people would pay once I figured out where they were hiding. They wouldn't know what was coming their way. I had to take them by surprise or else this would all fail.I knew I had to get to her and rescue her before it was too late. I almost lost Danica once and wouldn't lose her for good. She was the only woman I ever
Dax POVI tried to figure out the location of the gangster's hideout for a few hours before I made a breakthrough. There had been rumors about suspicious activity happening at this abandoned facility. A few people had said they had seen some shady looking people around that area within the past few months. All of the accounts from eyewitnesses seemed believable. I had to go with my gut feeling that this was their location.Besides, it was in a location that not many people knew about. Where else would they hiding out in? They couldn't be found by the police. I met up with the security team shortly after discovering this information and shared it with them. I also told them information they should know, "Everyone must keep on high alert when we arrive at the location. These are dangerous individuals we'll be facing."We got into separate vehicles and headed out towards the facility. As I drove along, I was getting more anxious about Danica's wellbeing. What if they had been negl