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
Evelyn POVI woke up to the feeling of something warm and hard moving against my core. When I opened my eyes, I saw Kade kneeling completely naked in between my thighs as he rubbed his rock-hard erection between my wet folds. His gaze was hyper fixated at the point where our two bodies met. I closed my eyes again, pretending to still be asleep, curious as to what he was going to do. The three words he said to me last night played on repeat in my mind. ‘I love you.’ He pressed the head of his cock into my entrance before rubbing himself on my clit. He let out a moan. “I know you aren’t asleep Princess.” I bit my lower lip and rocked my hips on his length as I continued to keep my eyes closed. I let out a soft moan when the feeling of a large hand grabbed my breast. “Ah,” I moaned as he teased my entrance and clit. My hips began to move of their own accord. “Kade, please!” I begged. “Tell me what you want, baby?” Kade asked in a husky voice. His normally whiskey-colored eyes were n
Kade POVI woke up to a text notification. I didn’t want to move and had every intention of staying snuggled against Evelyn. I was wrapped in a cocoon of Evelyn’s scent mixed with sex. We had only fallen asleep a couple of hours ago when it was still light. Now the glow of the city lights filtered into the room as the sky began to darken.UNKNOWN: $20 million for damages. Onorato St. Tomorrow. 8 PM. UNKNOWN: {picture msg}My blood began to boil when a picture of Evelyn walking out of RSS loaded on my screen. Fucking Stefanos. UNKNOWN: Or she will pay.ME: You don’t want to fuck with me. UNKNOWN: No. YOU don’t want to fuck with me Ghost. $20 Million or I take her as payment. ME: And if I don’t agree with any of it?UNKNOWN: Then maybe this will be an incentive for you…UNKNOWN: {PICTURE MSG} A picture of Lennie popped on the screen with her mouth duct taped and tears streaming down her face. My heart began to pound. Lennie had nothing to do with this. She was a dear friend an
Evelyn POV It had been 3 weeks since Kade told me he needed space to keep me “safe.” Twenty-one days, sixteen hours, and twelve minutes since I last laid my eyes on Kade, but I wasn’t counting or anything. He had spent the last three weeks working from home and taking some time off. Everyone in the office had their speculations, including myself, but I wasn’t one to add to the gossip mill. Kade to take his “I’m keeping you safe,” and shove up his perfectly sculpted ass. I had worked half that time remotely in my apartment. I continued to help with the Hive’s data by coding stronger firewalls. When I wasn’t doing that I was running configurations to attempt to find who was sending Badger strange texts and letters with cryptic messages. Chief had me on a tight leash after speaking with Kade about my safety. Trying to come to some sort of compromise with Chief was like trying to argue with cement. His decision was firm and unmoving. Today I had one of our new recruits from the Bureau