Meeting

Acker’s POV

12.57am

She was finally asleep.

Exiting Alicia’s bedroom, my steps were quiet down the hallway and entering the living room. There was no one there, and the lights were all shut off, leaving the moonlight streaming through the curtained windows, a slight chill in the air, though not as cold as it already was in my home city of London.

My phone began to vibrate from the inside pocket of my coat, and I reached and plucked it from the pocket, pressing the green button on the touch screen and answering it.

“Javier,” I greeted my friend and second in command.

“The exchange has been done,” he reported, referencing the alliance between our mafia company and the Knauf’s. They were one of the larger mobs in the US, therefore gaining their alliance was a big part in protecting all bases.

“Good,” I responded.

“How is she?” Javier asked. “You seemed pretty keen to return.”

“Asleep.“

I had done my best to be of comfort to her tonight, putting my lust and desire for her on the back burn