Kade POV After the young girls were brought to thehospital for medical attention and social services called, I headed back to the basement of RSS to meet the others to interrogate Ricci. Badger was already in the interrogation room.Accompanying her was Machine who leaned on one of the far cement walls. Ricci was chained down to the metal chair in the center of the room. His eyes were both bruised and blood streaked down his face. I wasn’t sure what he said to Badger, but I knew by the punch she swung that he had struck a nerve. I saw Evan’s lips move. Whatever he said caughtBadger’s attention. Her fists clenched at her sides before she stormed out of the room. The bastard looked at the two-way mirror and gave us a sinister grin, showing us just how unhinged he truly was. Badger stormed past me and walked towards theelevator with Evan shortly following. He stopped next to me and scrubbed a handdown his face. “I take it, questioning him is goingswimmingly.” Evan let out a hum
Evelyn POV I walked into RSS with purpose. Ignoring the stares from the staff that stood in the lobby. My usual office attire was long forgotten, and, in its absence, I wore black cargo pants, a tight, long black sleeve shirt, and black combat boots. Instead of my hair in its usual wavy style, it was replaced with two braids. I looked like I was headed for war. Which in the grand scheme of things, wasn’t far from the truth. I walked to the elevator and pressed the button with more vigor than was needed. Slowly the elevator glided down to the basement floor. Time seemed to slow as I got closer to my destination. Chief was inside the room with Ricci when I approached the two-way mirror. Buddha and Badger stood in similar attire as me, in front of glass. Without looking my way, Buddha handed me a steaming hot coffee. “Thanks.” I mumbled before taking a sip of the liquid gold. I rubbed my lips together before speaking again. “How long has he been in there?”“He was here before all of u
Kade POV I gritted my teeth as I watched Evelyn scream at Ricci. I didn’t want her near him at all. The sight made my skin feel like spiders were crawling all over. The sense of losing control of my surroundings was starting to eat at me. Word had spread about the attack at the auction night. It would be a matter of time when men like Miguel Stefanos found out about my involvement with the attack. So far, my name had stayed out of the wrong people’s mouths. But I knew I was on borrowed time. The arrangement between Ricci and Stefanos was going to be a problem. I just hoped by the time he figured out what happened to Ricci and his shipments, that I had alliances to help back me. Evelyn looked at the two way mirror and crooked her finger to signal that I was needed. As soon as I walked through the threshold, Ricci let out a dry laugh. “Ha! There he is! The man of the hour!” Evelyn stepped out of the way as I took her place in front of him. “What the fuck do you want Butcher?” Ricci
EVELYN POVI had enough talking to this piece of shit. I gave Badger a look before grabbing the hand gun out of its holster at the waistband of my cargo pants. I aimed the gun at Ricci. “Oh, this is comical,” Ricci laughed. “There’s no way you have the stomach to shoot me. What was it your mother always said?” He paused and looked up as if he were deep in thought. “Oh, that’s right, ‘stay in the shadows.’ So why don’t you go and do that? Eh?” Before he could continue, I pulled the trigger. The sound of the shot echoed in the small room as the bullet landed right through his trachea. Ricci began choking as blood flooded the bullet wound. “I’m done listening to you run your mouth. That’s for my mother!” I screamed. His body jerked from the impact. I whipped out my knife that was sheathed inside my waistline and stabbed him in the stomach. “And this,” I pushed the knife further into Ricci’s abdomen. “Is for Aaron.” I gritted out. I removed the knife and wiped the blood that covered th
Evelyn POVI kept to myself the next few days. Needing time to decompress. I was ninety nine percent sure that if Alfredo could talk, he would be cursing me for not leaving the apartment. Zombie was keeping himself busy with catching up on work that piled up during his absence. The rest of the team was working together to get everything we needed for Domino’s 2.0 to be built. Kade and Machine had kept the logistics about the disposal of Ricci’s body to themselves. The only information they did give us was that he would be found by authorities in his home. I looked at myself in the mirror one last time before leaving for Aaron’s funeral. I rubbed my hands down my knee-length black dress. My light brown hair was styled in soft curls. I wasn’t ready for today. I would never be ready. I took in a deep breath and closed my eyes. When I opened them, they found a picture of the team posing for last year’s Christmas card. I focused on Aaron’s smiling face. How so much had changed in almost
Kade POV I stood outside the reception hall wanting nothing more than to go in there and wrap Evelyn in my arms. But I needed to keep my distance. Stefanos and his enforcers could be anywhere. I refused to have Evelyn in the crossfire. I loved her too much to push her into my mess. So far everything had gone according to plan in regard to Ricci. Machine had informed me that authorities had found Ricci’s body hunched over in his home office tied to a chair to make it look like he was tortured in his own home. When authorities found the body, information about his “extracurricular activities” would be strategically placed so the police would find it.I knew Ricci had the local police departments on his payroll, however I had more. One call was all it took to lead the mouse to the cheese, so to speak. Machine clasped his hand on my shoulder. “We going inside, Fratello?” I shook my head. “Nah man, we have work to do.” —I made it 4 days before I couldn’t take the war in my head any lo
Evelyn POVI looked at my phone for the tenth time. 8:03 PM. He wasn’t coming. The waiter came over to me and asked if I wanted to order any food. I shook my head no, now feeling nauseous. I gulped down my ginger ale. My stomach had felt unsettled since Kade had called me. I dialed Kade’s number and it rang to voicemail. When he didn’t answer I called once more. After the second ring a husky female voice came through the speaker. “Hello?” “Um, yes, may I speak to Kade?” “And who is calling?” The woman asked in an annoyed tone.Who was I? I wasn’t his girlfriend, but who the fuck was this picking up his phone? “This is Evelyn. Can I speak to Kade, now please?” I asked with some attitude in my tone. The woman scoffed. “He’s not available.” Click. My brows knitted together as I looked at the screen. The bitch hung up on me. I began to see red. This was it; I was done with Kaden Romano. Fuck him. I paid for my drink and headed home where I spent the night rehearsing all of the thin
Evelyn POVKade wrapped his arms around me. My face was buried in his chest as tears started to stream down my face from relief. I felt his lips press to the top of my head. I moved out of his arms and shoved at his chest. “What the fuck happened?” I yelled and shoved him once more. “And why the fuck did some girl pick up your phone?” I swiped under my eyes as anger began to coarse through me. I balled my hands into fists at my sides waiting for the man before to answer. The viking looked at me with wide eyes and then to Kade. “You good boss?” The viking asked. Kade put his hand up in reassurance before he took a step towards me. “First of all, lower your voice please.” He commanded in a low gravelly voice. I scoffed and crossed my arms over my chest. “FIRST OF ALL, EXPLAIN YOURSELF!” I growled back at him. A hint of a smile tipped up at the corners of his mouth as he moved closer to me. “Evan was attacked when he was running an errand.” Kade started. I could read between the lines
We slowly got into a routine with our newly formed family. Everything felt like it was slowly moving into place. Except for the radio silence, my sister had all of us on edge. We knew something was brewing. It was just a matter of time. For now, we would continue our lives as normal as we could. I had become an official partner for RSS and was working on liquidating all of Ricci Enterprise with the help of the Hive and my R-Team. The new headquarters and gym would be opening in a couple more weeks which had Buddha, Badger, Bodhi, and Chief extremely busy. I had helped name one particular wing that was designated for our training, specifically the mock missions training. The wing was named “Eye of Arrow” with a looped arrow symbol next to it to signify overcoming obstacles and solutions. Ever since our beautiful baby girl had been born, there seemed to be something going on between Badger and Machine. Both of them would look at the other longingly when the other wasn’t looking. Kade
I looked at the mother of my beautiful, healthy baby girl. She was asleep on the hospital bed, looking at peace. After a gruesome labor of 28 hours, the woman deserved the rest. She had been such a trooper through the entire thing. Proving that my woman had bigger balls than most men I knew. A knock sounded on the wooden door before Buddha peaked his head in. I narrowed my brows. “How did you get past security?” I asked him slightly. Buddha gave me a broad smile. “I look like security. Didn’t take much. Told them I was meeting my boss to take up a post outside Evelyn’s room.” I rolled my eyes fully understanding why the young receptionist would believe that to be true. He walked into the room with a bouquet made out of balloons and marshmallows. My phone vibrated with a message. When I looked at the screen it was a text from Buddha in the newly made group chat. Buddha 🧘🧘: I have made it to where the target is. Chief 🇺🇸: excellent! Let us know when we can visit. I will be in
8 Months LaterKade POV “Babe, we are going to be late!” I called out to Evelyn as I looked in the hallway mirror as I straightened my tie. Today was the grand opening of my new club, Oasis that was once called Olympus and owned by Ricci. Machine and I had worked hard making the space into an elegant yet erotic atmosphere. With a color palette of Deep Red and black with accents of crystal, we were able to achieve our goal. Never would this club be home to sex trafficking ever again. Tonight we would be showing our hard work off to our loved ones and the new elite members of the club. “Coming!” Evelyn yelled out from our bedroom. I heard her breathing heavily as she walked down the hall. She held her impressive baby bump as she walked. She looked breathtaking in a black satin floor-length gown that was tailored perfectly to her curves. Her hair was down and soft waves, which were calling me to run my hands through them. Evelyn was officially living with me in the penthouse after pu
Kade POV Evelyn began to rock her hips over my hardening length as we devoured each other. My hands roamed from her breasts, her back, and then to her delectable ass. I let out a groan as I squeezed both ass cheeks in my hands. I removed my lips from hers and began to leave open-mouthed kisses down her jaw to her throat before standing up while continuing to hold Evelyn in my arms. She squealed at the sudden movement and locked her legs around me koala-style. She ran her hands through my hair as she nipped and sucked my neck and earlobe. I could feel the heat of her core on my waist as I walked closer to the bedroom. I could feel my cock dripping already with precum. I needed to be inside her. I kicked the door behind me and placed my girl on the bed before tearing off my and her clothes in record time. I tried to slow down, but the caveman in me had a primal need that had to be fulfilled. Evelyn spread open her legs giving me the perfect view of her wet pink pussy. I yanked on he
Kade POVEVELYN 💕Amore mio: Are you home?I did a double take at my phone and questioned whether I was losing my goddamn mind. Sure as shit, Evelyn had texted me for the first time since our last intimate night together. I had just walked into my penthouse when I had received the text and had to sit down on one of the kitchen island stools to make sure I was reading her question correctly. I quickly snapped out of my shock and responded.ME: Yes, you ok?The typing bubble popped up on the phone before disappearing before reappearing again.EVELYN 💕 Amore mio: Can I come over? I need to talk to you.My heart began to pound in my chest. Play it cool, man. Don’t scare her off by coming on too strong. ME: Of course. You are always welcome here, Princess. I walked into my ensuite bathroom to make sure I looked presentable enough. I had been working from home and at the club we had just bought for the past couple of days and felt no desire to get put on a suit. I had a feeling though
Evelyn POVAlfredo weaved through my legs as I heaved my breakfast into the toilet. “For fucksake!” I grumbled. I rinsed out my mouth and sent Badger a text, asking for her to bring me some soup and saltines. She called me seconds later, talking a mile a minute.“Do you think it’s the flu?” Badger asked over the phone. We were on number five of questions to determine why I was sick.I rested my head on the back rest of the sofa and placed my cellphone on my chest with Badger on speaker. “No. I don’t have a fever or anything.” I had no energy today. In fact, I progressively had been feeling run down for the past week. Badger went silent on the other end of the phone, making me look at the screen to make sure she was still on the line. “Jess?” “Yeah I’m here. I need to ask you something but promise not to freak out?” I rolled my eyes. “We both know you are going to ask regardless.” I laughed at my joke. “That’s beside the point.” “Badge, just ask! Sheesh!” “Are you pregnant?”I s
Evelyn POVAll but Kade left my apartment. Matt apologized to Kade but also let him know that he knew about Kade’s skeletons in his closet before leaving the apartment. Kade sat on the sofa with Alfredo curled up in his arms. Seeing them together made me want to snap a picture but thought better of it. He was the one that pushed me away. “You know you are going to leave here covered in fur right?” Kade looked up at me as he continued to scratch behind one of Alfredo’s ears. “I missed this guy.” He looked back down at his furry friend. This statement took me by surprise before anger set in. “Kade, I need you to leave.”Kade looked back up at me, surprise in his expression. “What?”“You heard me.” I held the tears back that were threatening to spill from my eyes. Kade stood up with Alfredo in his arms who meowed in protest at the movement. “Evelyn,” He whispered. I extended my arms in a silent instruction for him to hand over my cat. “Don’t make this harder than it has to be Kade.
Evelyn POV“You’re lucky I’m not pressing any legal action on your ass!” Kade screamed in Matt’s face. Matt stood up and shoved Kade away from him.“Back off ‘Ghost;” He emphasized with air quotes. “I did what I had to.” Buddha clapped both his hands down on Matt’s shoulders and pushed him back down into the dining chair. “We are here to talk, Master Sergeant. No need to get physical.” Buddha stated in a calm voice. I glanced at Chief with a weary expression. This could get out of hand quickly. Matt sighed. “I needed to have Anthony’s files in a vulnerable state so I could access them.” What the fuck?“Why go through all this trouble when you could have asked him?” Machine asked as he took a sip of his beer. Matt scrubbed a hand down his face before looking at me. “You weren’t the only one who observed from the shadows, Evelyn.” My heart sank into my stomach as I remembered vividly how my mother screamed and sobbed when she found out my dad was killed. “Explain.” Chief stated w
EVELYN POV“I’ll be there as well.” Kade said with finality in his voice. “Wai-wait…N–” I stammered before getting cut off by Kade. His eyes told me not to argue with him. “What time Evelyn? This is a matter of RSS.” His voice was void of emotion. I nodded my head once with understanding. “6:30.” Kade looked back to the rest of the people in the room. “Continue.” He didn’t need to elaborate. Ollie was the next person to speak up as she took the remote from Lennie. “In this frame you can see Matthew take the thumb drive out and replace it with a plastic device that looked like a plug in for a wireless keyboard. This is the device that was meant to store data that he was looking for. From there the damage was done.” We knew the rest of the story and how I was able to fix it. I just hoped that Kade didn’t think I had anything to do with my brother’s actions. —-I went home early today not feeling well physically and mentally. I felt an overwhelming exhaustion take over my entire