Page 194 of Heartless

My chest hollowed in a sob. “Jake...”I hurled myself across the short distance, and straight into his arms.

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Jake

I crushed her against me.Cupping her face, I perused over my woman.She’d been crying, and remnants of fear dilated her pupils.

“Are you hurt?Did they hurt you?”

She shook her head.“Kelly.I don’t know where Kelly and Ruiz are.”

“They’re okay, baby.”

“I have to talk to Edo.Nigel sent his lawyers at work, and I have to—”

I kissed her.To quell the panic in her voice and the fear still burning through me.

When she burrowed deep, I breathed her in.Then I tucked her to my side and led her into my office where Edo and Zook were standing side-by-side in front of my desk.She spotted Sergio, and her nails dug into my side before she whipped her gaze to Edo.

“Edo, I didn’t—”

He lifted his hand, and she stopped talking.“I saw.”

Her head jerked.“Y-you saw what?”

“I saw how you signed the papers.”

She tilted her eyes to mine.“What?”

My beautiful tigress had signed every page with a cursive ‘Fuck You.’On every fucking page.Her initials had matched with, ‘F.U.’

I swept my thumb over the last of her tears.“I like your new name, baby.”

The beginning of a smile etched on her pretty mouth.Zook cleared his throat.

When Sienna and I turned to him, Edo studied her.“Few people are offered that kind of money in their lifetimes.Why didn’t you sign?”

“Nigel might not have been able to save my mother, but his money and influence could have helped with drug trials or specialists.”Suffused anger entered her tone.“That sociopath accosted me the day I buried her, and he had the nerve to lie about her.”She let out a sharp breath.“His money was more important than her life.He made his choice.I made mine.”

Fuck, but she made me proud.I kissed her head, and she gave me more of her weight.

“Your legacy and your future,” Edo said.Then he stalked toward the door.

Sergio followed suit while Zook shook my hand.“We’ll talk, son.Bye Sienna.”

After they’d left, Sienna looped both arms around me and pressed close, I held her tighter.She’d been scared out of her mind again, and she needed to feel safe.

“Let’s go home, beautiful.”

“Yes.Yes, please.”

In the car, while she recounted what had happened, I tagged her hand.“I’m so fucking sorry, baby.”

“It’s okay.I’m okay.”She shook her head before tilting her clear gaze to me.“Nigel is...”

“He’s what?”

She blew out a long breath.“How can one person be so...create so much...pain and destruction?”