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

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 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

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 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