Theo POV I throw the condom in the bin and quickly move to get dressed. I have never felt so connected to someone as I felt with her. She is a fucking goddess, and I don’t like how that is making me feel. I shake my head slightly as I put my shirt on, leaving it open, and I see she pulled the covers, and her body is covered. Good. I don’t need the fucking temptation. I pass my fingers through my hair as I can tell some strands have fallen from the bun I carry. I look at her, and her eyes are locked on mine as if she is expecting me to cuddle her and stay in bed with her. “This is your room if you need me, I am down the corridor on the right side, double doors”, I say, and I can almost see the wheels in her head turning. She thought this was my room, and she thought we would be sharing a bed. Hell no. I won’t do that. I can’t do that. I can’t care, and I already care too much. “Am I sleeping here alone?” Everly asks, and I nod my head as I open the bedroom door and walk out. I go s
Everly POV Theodore has barely spoken to me these last two weeks we have been married. He avoids me like he avoids the plague. I would like to know what I’ve done so wrong that he is avoiding me like this. He spends his days in his office or out with Killian and Elliot. Elliot is the sweetest of them all, he is handsome, as in the boy next door kind of vibe, and he is sweet, he talks to me, and most importantly, he listens and cares. “I’m going out”, Theodore says as he walks past me in the living room towards the door. “Can I come?” I ask in hope that he will talk to me. His eyes scan my body, and I see nothing, he doesn’t even flinch, his stare is cold, and I can’t read what’s on his mind, and there was me thinking I was good at reading people. I stand up, wrapping my arms around my body, and looking at him. He moves towards me with his hands shoved in his pants pockets. He looks so sexy I could actually eat him; he is wearing tight black jeans and a black t-shirt that leaves no
Theo POV“What are you thinking?”, I ask, licking one of her nipples, she tastes absolutely amazing, and I could get used to this. Since I got married, I haven’t been able to fuck anyone else, and my balls are turning blue. This has been the longest I have been without fucking, and she is here. I can fuck her if she wants; why not? As long she doesn’t get attached, I can make this work. Her entire body shivers, and I can’t help but smile while nibbling on her nipple.“I’m not thinking about anything”, she tells me, and I know she is lying, with every tooth in her mouth, liar pants on fire, her body got tense, and I can feel her body shifting while I kiss her breasts. I need her to know she can’t fool me, but right now I don’t want to talk about it. I stand up, wrapping my hand around her neck after standing up. I put some pressure, and I can see her gasping for
Everly POVWhen I open my eyes, I am alone in my bedroom. Theodore is gone, and all I am left with is his scent on my bed, his amazing scent all over my sheets. I close my eyes, hugging the pillow and bringing it near my nose. I smile against it. I stand up and walk to the bathroom. I am going out, and I made up my mind. I get a shower and get dressed as fast as I can. When I open the flat door I am met by a massive guy looking at me. He looks scary, he has a spider tattoo on his head, and I swear to God, he looks like a serial killer from a horror movie. “Hi, Miss Quinn. I am Spider, your bodyguard ma'am”, he says in a thick Irish accent. I smile at him, realising it is the first time someone has called me by my married name. It will get some time to get used to it. I think. I don’t know.“Call me Everly, spider”, I say, and he smiles at me. He is so tall that it hurts my neck to look at him, he is four times my size, and he is scary as fuck. If Theodore’s idea of keeping me under t
Theo POV“Come on, mate”, Elliot says as he punches me straight in the face. I close one eye adjusting the pain I feel in my bottom jaw. I shake my head, and I move towards him, punching him straight in the stomach. Elliot flinches, and the double doors of the gym open, and Ashley walks in with her heels clicking. “Boys”, she says, winking, and she walks towards me and kisses me on the cheek; she does the same to Elliot. “What can I do for you?” Ell asks as he walks to the bench and throws me my towel. I pass it over my face while Ash looks at us with a grin on her face. I hate when she does this. “What?” I ask, grabbing my water and drinking the entire content of the bottle.“We have an event to attend in two days”, she says, and I sit on the bench with my head between my hands as I try to recover my breath. “I hate those things”, Elliot says as he sits next to me and Ash stands in front of us with her arms crossed in front of her chest. “So do I”, I say under my breath. I raise m
Everly POV Theodore is behaving differently, and I am starting to think that something is wrong. I just can’t put my finger on it. Theodore is sitting on the end of the coffee table and guides me to sit in front of him on the couch. He places his hand on my knees, and my entire body goes still and stiff. I look him in the eyes as he takes a deep breath. “What’s going on?” I ask. “Something happened, and I am really sorry”, He says. I frown, looking at him. I have a horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach, and I feel like I am going to be sick. I need him to spit it out. “What happened?” I ask once again, and he takes my hands between his. I look at his lips, waiting for them to part as he speaks. And my world stops moving. “Your dad had a heart attack, and he didn’t make it”, Theodore says, and I can’t really believe that. I stand up and walk to my purse, looking for my phone. For fuck sake, where is my phone? I move around until I find it as I say, “No, that’s not true”. I qu
Theo POV“Where is she?”, I ask as I walk into the safe house. Everyone looks at me with their eyes wide and then they look down. Elliot comes to see me, and his eyes go wide.“Are you okay?” he asks, reaching for my arm. I pull it away as I store down the corridors towards my bedroom. Where is she?”, I ask again and Elliot stops me in my tracks when we reach the bedroom and he shakes his head.I raise an eyebrow looking at him. What the fuck is he doing? Why is he stopping me? I open the door, and the room is dark. Is she asleep? I turn the light on, and the room is empty. I look at Elliot, that is standing behind me. “Where the fuck is she?”, I bark at him as I start walking through the corridor opening every door that I can find, and she’s not there.“Theo, stop, listen to me”, Elliot says holding onto my arm. I turn around, facing him now, and
Everly POV“Spider, why are we here? Where is Theodore?”, I ask, looking around the room. I have never been to the safe house, and dad always sent me out of the country when shit started to get heated for him. Or he would hide me somewhere far away from him. I spent most of my life away from my family as it was the only way dad thought I would be safe especially because I was his dirty little secret.“He is at the safe house with Killian and Elliot”, Spider says, and I nod my head. He doesn’t care. Off he did, he would be here, and he would be here trying to keep me safe. He wouldn’t leave me alone with a man I had just met and with guards I only knew because they used to protect my dad. They are nothing to me. If he cared, he would be by my side now that I lost my dad. I have no one.“Do you want anything to eat, lass?”, Spider asks, and I shake my head, I can&rsquo
Elliot POVLooking in the mirror, I shake my head. I can’t go to the hospital. I can’t stand the smell, and just thinking about it is making my stomach turn. I can’t. I shake my head again, walking away. I walk to the kitchen and pour myself a cup of coffee and rest both my hands on the kitchen island, trying to make up my mind. I know Theo will need me there, but he has Kill and Ash. I think I would be more trouble than help if I went there. “Fuck”, I let out, slamming my hands against the cold stone of the kitchen island. Grow a fucking pair and move your ass to that fucking hospital. I put my boots on after drinking my black coffee, and I grab the keys to my Harley. Maybe the cold weather will help me straighten my head and make me realise I am not a child anymore and being scared of a fucking hospital is as useless as putting milk in a coffee.I speed through the streets of New York, avoiding the traffic that is growing bigger because of all the tourists coming for thanksgiving.
Theo POV “You’re doing great, Everly, just a little bit more”, the nurse says, and Everly screams. “I want drugs, and I need drugs, all the drugs you can get me. I can’t do this without the drugs”, she shouts as she cries. She holds my hands, and she is told there’s no time because she is ten centimetres dilated already, and it’s time to push. “I didn’t sign up to do this without drugs, and I want drugs. It hurts”, she cries, and I caress her back as she smacks my hand away. “Don’t fucking touch me”, she barks, and I pull away but stand next to her. I know she is in pain, and I am feeling completely and utterly useless. How is that even possible? “Come on baby, push”, I say as she screams at me in pain, holding my hand tightly. I close my eyes as I hear a baby crying. My entire world collapses at that noise. I never thought we would see the day. Everly was on bed rest for the rest of her pregnancy, and she got in a terrible mood. I tried to keep her company as much as I could, but
Everly POV“Take me to Theo”, I say, and she shakes her head. “Please be reasonable, Everly, and you’re in no condition to go there. At this point, your brother is unrecognisable, and I don’t blame Theo for it. He almost cost you your child, your man, everything”, Mother says, and I shake my head. I need to face Chris. I need to look him in the eyes and show him he didn’t win. “I need to do this. If I am supposed to keep living this life, if I am supposed to raise a child in this world, I need to toughen up and see Chris. I need to face him. I need this”, I say, and she nods her head before she walks out of the room to get the doctor. I realise I am in the safe house, in the same place Chris is being held. I know Theo wouldn’t leave me alone and e far away. He would be close, and my suspicions are confirmed when I am taken in a wheelchair down a lot of corridors and down an elevator. We reach the bottom level, everything is dark, and the smell of urine is sickening; I scrunch my no
Theo POV“Theo, she is okay. I can guarantee that”, The doc says as he checks all the machines surrounding Everly. “If she is okay, why isn’t she fucking waking up?” I bark at him. My shouting made him shiver. The doc is an ally. He grew up in the mafia world, he even tried to get himself out of this world, but he didn’t manage. Ended up working for us full-time. I trust him with my life. After all, he watched me grow. He witnessed my training and my joining the ranks. “She lost a lot of blood, and we had to do several transfusions. Her body is recovering from the shock, and most of her energy is being sent to grow your baby in her womb. So be patient. She will wake up whenever she feels ready to”, he replies, and I take a deep breath pacing around the small white room. I hate every second of being here. I have never been so terrified in my life. The blood she lost, she could’ve lost our baby. She is now on total bed rest until this baby is out of her, and I will fucking make sure sh
Everly POVThe door closes as we walk down the tunnels. We reach a bifurcation, and I realise one of the ways is no way out, but it's the furthest away from the walls of the house. We will be safer here. I feel my heart beating so fast that I don’t even think I am capable of moving anymore. I am feeling cramps, and fear is taking over my body. I sit against the wall holding a very frightened Abigail.“You’re shaking”, she says against my chest. I close my eyes, trying to focus on my breathing and not on all the noises I hear coming from outside. Abigail pulls away from me, and she gasps as she stands. I look up at her and then down to where she is looking, and I see. Blood. I close my eyes, swallowing the tears that are about to spill. This is not the time for this. I need to focus on the little girl that is in front of me. The girl is scared. “Everything is okay”, I whisper at her, and she nods, sitting next to me again, hugging her legs. I pull her close to me as I feel my heart br
Theo POV“How did you two meet?”, I ask before shoving some bacon in my mouth and watching them. They both look at each other and then at me and smile. I have to say I can’t remember the last time I saw Agnes smiling like that. It’s good that she is happy, but she wanted in this world, and she got it, if her feelings are real or not I have no clue.Abigail sits back on her chair and has some cereal, and when she is done, she excuses herself and goes back to her room, where she will have some tutoring. She is being home-schooled, obviously, because we can’t risk her being out. Not with Christopher after her. And me now, because I fucking betrayed him. Oh well.“It’s a long story,” Elena says, and I sit back on my chair as I finish my food just sipping on my coffee.“I think we’ve got time”, I sa
Theo POV “Come”, I let out as we walk to our bedroom. Her hand feels soft against mine, her skin warm. We have a kind of ritual now. We walk into the room, and without hesitation, we walk straight to the bathroom, close the door behind us, and turn all the taps on, creating noise so if there are any cameras won’t be able to pick up our conversations. I grab my phone and dial Kill’s number, and he answers straight away as if he is waiting for my call. “How are you? We have been fucking worried”, Killian says before even letting me speak. “I am okay, I know,” I say, and I can hear him taking a deep breath. “You must be fucking out of your fucking mind. We have been trying to track you, but your phone is out of range, and we honestly thought about just driving there to fucking rescue”, Kill says, and I roll my eyes. Such a fucking drama queen.
Everly POV Theo lifts me from the floor, pressing my back against the wall while I wrap my legs around his waist. I start rubbing myself against him, showing how much I want him, how much I need him. Theo pulls my top off and bites my now exposed nipple, making me moan while I pull my skirt up, and he slides one finger inside of me, my walls contracting at the simple touch of his skin with my insides. I roll my eyes in pleasure, resting my head back. I ride his hand as I moan. Theo moves us to the bed and spreads my legs wide as he slides inside of me. I cry out loud as I haven’t had his length in me for a while, and his big cock fills me. I moan loudly as he moves in and out, sending me into an abyss of pleasure and pain. Theo wraps one hand around my neck, and I open my eyes widely as I see he is lost in his own little world as he fucks me senseless. I give mys
Theo POV “Theodore”, I say, and she nods her head as she guides us deeper into the house. Agnes walks to her and holds her hand, and I look at Everly, and she shrugs. What the fuck is going on here? Is this some parallel universe shit? “I hope you understand, but I will need to have you searched, and you will need to give your weapons for safety reasons”, Elena says, and I nod my head as I take my three guns out of their rightful places and put them on a table as two big men approach me and start searching me. I have my legs and arms opened as they touch every inch of my body, and it is starting to piss me off. When they are done, they take my guns and phone away. Great. I feel naked without my guns. “This way”, Elena says, and I hold Everly’s hand while we walk down the corridor into the large dining area. I see the table covered in white table cloth and the seats are set with red plates and napkins. “