-Caleb-I stroked Jacey’s hair gently in the morning hours before I had to go work for the devil incarnate.She stirred then snuggled into me more and tried to go back to sleep.“Baby,” I murmured, my hand moving down her back. “If we want to be together before I go to work, we have to start now.”J
Masterson came out of his office to torment me. “I think there’s a village in Brazil that needs clearing before we can pillage their resources,” he chuckled to me.Doubtless he’d been listening to our conversation last night. I hadn’t meant to give him ideas. “Can we not? I mean, doesn’t your legiti
It boggled my mind how Lacy just rolled with everything. Like this was a normal workplace, and Masterson hadn’t tried to rape my girlfriend. “Yeah, I’m sure she was,” I responded, bemused.“Anyway, I should get back to reception. I’ll catch you later!” Lacy smiled and wandered off.I stared after he
-Jacey-It was when the smoke detector went off that I realized something was wrong.I sat up in bed and blinked at the darkness. Caleb wasn’t home yet, and I’d decided to take a little nap before he arrived just in case he was in the mood for rigorous after dinner activities.Confused, I went to th
I scrambled through the alley and launched myself into the sedan, my head bumping someone’s thigh. Given that thigh was wearing expensive pants, I began to worry that I was being tricked and had just gone through this whole ordeal only to find Masterson was playing another one of his sick games.How
I screamed. “NO!!!”The FBI agent turned, and Jake took the opportunity to grab for the gun. A shot went off and Jake groaned.“Fucking hell,” the FBI agent said. He turned and pointed the gun in my direction while Jake curled on the ground, holding his stomach.I turned and ran.Another shot went o
-Caleb-Wade was not my favorite person right now.As he laid Jacey carefully down on the sofa and checked for even pupil dilation, I paced the rug anxiously.“Sit down, Caleb,” Darren said after a while.“She’s fine. Maybe a very mild concussion, but she shouldn’t need to see a doctor,” Wade mutter
I walked into the bathroom and sat on the edge of the bathtub while Jacey sat on the toilet. We watched patiently for several minutes. Just one line appeared.“Okay, we’re not pregnant,” I said, though I felt a little sad about that.“No, we’re not.” She sounded both sad and relieved at the same tim