“I’m surprised you’ve heard about it already. It just happened a couple of hours ago.”
“Son, it’s my job to know when the Reyes name is threatening to impede what we’ve spent so hard to rebuild.” His condescending tone grated on my nerves, and also made me realize how much I fucking hated my father. If it wasn’t for the greedy, selfish part of me that wanted my inheritance, I wouldn’t associate with him at all.
I sighed. “Right. I know. I just mean, we know who it was and we’re working to bring him in for questioning. He was just released and has been doing runs in Jersey.”
“Jersey is where Eddie’s daughter lives. You don’t find that suspicious?”
I met Sophie’s eyes again, and she gave me a reassuring smile. A light breeze made her hair whip around her, and I found myself reaching up to tuck it behind her ear. She was the calm in this storm, much like I hoped I was for her. The thought made my chest warm. I had an overwhelming urge to take her mouth with mine, to hold her close and show her just how fucking beautiful she was. Her eyes darkened the longer our gaze remained unbroken, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t already half-mast from the look alone.
“Not at all. From what I’ve heard, Sophie is actively pursuing her career in law enforcement. Aside from occasionally poking around in Victor Chavez’s life, she keeps to herself.”
He was quiet for a moment. “What do you know about Victor Chavez?”
The concern that squeezed my heart was solely for Sophie’s safety. My father didn’t know that I knew of his involvement in her father’s death, or my suspicions of his darker dealings in this fucked-up world… the human trafficking I was still trying to get to the bottom of.
“I know that NYPD was questioning him a couple of months ago after an update in Eddie’s case, and I’m guessing that’s why his daughter has an interest in him as well. Damn, Dad, what’s with the third degree?”
Another beat of silence. “There have just been rumors that you’ve been associating with her. Is that true?”
I smirked at Sophie, suddenly picturing all the ways we’ve beenassociatingwith one another. “Are you really taking the word of a bunch of drug dealers?” My stomach dropped I asked the question, suddenly afraid he’d put Sophie in his cross hairs.
My father sighed, then went on to talk about the future of the cartel. A bunch of nonsense I wasn’t interested in, because for the last few years, I’d been engrossed in trying to make a living outside of my family’s money, like running a successful club and casino. Whether or not it was purchased with dirty money didn’t matter; what mattered was the life I could create with that money.
Sophie seemed to sense my sudden stress, because she pushed me against the side doors of my club with a mischievous little smile, then ran her fingers up my torso before popping open the top button of my shirt. I tried to focus on what my dad was saying, but I couldn’t bring myself to care, not when this woman was now cupping my dick through my pants with her warm hand—a stark contrast to the lingering spring chill in the air—while the other finished opening my shirt, leaving me exposed.
She leaned in, kissing and sucking on my throat up to my earlobe, and my eyes rolled back. Making her way down my torso until she was on her knees, she unbuckled my belt. I still had half a mind to glance up at the security camera facing us to see the red light flashing, and, not wanting any video evidence of Sophie doing anything remotely incriminating, I flipped Duane off through the feed.
I knew he was probably cackling at the scene. The light blinked off, indicating he’d shut the camera down. Now I could focus on the fact that Sophie was on her knees before me, whipping out my hardened dick and looking at it hungrily. I was grateful the doors were set back in a small alcove, so no one could see her like this but me.
“—not an option for us at this point. Are you understanding me, son?”
My eyes shot open, having forgotten about the phone call with my father. “Sorry, Dad, I don’t have time for this right now.” I hung up, knowing I’d pay for it later but not caring as my hands clutched Sophie’s hair just as her mouth took the tip of my cock in.
I sucked in a sharp breath, then groaned as her cheeks hollowed out. She sucked and took me in further, licking and sucking in a way that I swear my fucking soul was leaving my body. She brought one hand up to cup my balls while the other worked up and down, spreading her saliva and making me wet. “Fuck, Sophie, just like that. Don’t fucking stop.”
She didn’t. She moaned, the vibration hitting me straight in my core as I leaned my head back against the door. She continued sucking, moaning, touching me, the feeling so fucking erotic and so fucking perfect that the only thing I could think about was her being mine and only mine, her mouth doing this to me and only me. Making me feel this way for the rest of my life.
Fuck.
My release built quickly, overpowering all my senses as I gripped her hair harder. “I’m going to come, baby,” I warned her, just as I felt my dick swell and the cum shoot out of me. There was a smile in her eyes as she sucked on my tip, milking me until I was completely drained and breathless.
“You… are fucking incredible,” I panted, helping her to her feet.
Sophie batted her eyelashes at me, her lips red and swollen. Ugh. I wanted to fuck her right here and now but knew I should probably get back to work. “Just a little something for the road,” she said.
I laughed, and she just leaned against the side of the building casually. I put myself back together quickly, then spun and pressed her against the door, tipping her chin to look at me. “I mean it. You’re incredible.” Kissing her with all the passion I had in me, all the heartfelt emotions I wasn’t used to experiencing but knew were reserved only for her, I took my time. Spelled out all our sins and my desire for her, let my hands roam freely over her body, until we were both breathless.
“Mav,” she breathed, and I wanted to die at the sound.
“I’ll see you back at home?” I noted the error when her breath caught, but after a moment she nodded.
“See you there.”
“You’re safe,” I told her. “I won’t let anything happen to you.”
“I know,” she whispered.
Everything she did pulled me deeper, wrapped me tighter in her orbit, and I had no choice but to keep falling. And fuck, I knew she felt it too.
