Page 74 of Scandalous Contract

My jaw clenched as memories of our time together filled my head. Her smile! That was probably what I missed the most. It was a smile that could light up an entire room. It lit up my entire fucking world. I loved the way her eyes lit up whenever she got excited.

She wore all of her emotions on her face. Though she may not always tell the truth about how she was feeling, all you had to do was look into her eyes, and you could see what she was going through.

Then there was the way she bit her bottom lip when she was feeling indecisive. That was fucking adorable. And her moan!Fuck! I’d been trying my best not to cum every time she moaned my name.

Damn it,I needed this woman. Waiting to be with her was killing me, and now I had to wait even longer. I couldn’t let her forget me or think for a second that I was giving up on her. That was never going to happen.

I would continue to woo her. I just had to be more cautious than before. No more using my own credit cards to buy her gifts. No more driving past her house, hoping I’d catch her outside, going to her mailbox.

I had cameras on the light pole in front of her home. I would just have to use them to watch her from afar. And I still planned to investigate this fucking coworker of hers. But I would move in silence, not drawing attention to her.

I couldn’t let the Clarks know she was important to me. In my world, your enemies didn’t come after you first. They came after those you loved. I took a more direct approach. If the Clarks tried some shit over this, I would go directly to them.

Fuck who they loved. It was them I wanted. But those desperate cowards would always take the bitch route. I had to be prepared. I grabbed my phone and called the only man I trusted to keep an eye on her.

He’d shadowed her before, both here and during spring break. He was familiar with her habits. Having him keep an eye on her would eliminate a bit of my worries. For a second, I thought he wasn’t going to answer his phone.

“Hey, boss,” Gus said when he finally picked up.

“You in town?” I asked.

“Yeah. What’s up?”

“I need you to shadow someone for a while.”

“How long?”

Shit. I didn’t know.

“I don’t know yet. A month or two, depending on how things go.”

“I can do that. Is it the woman you had me shadow at the club?”

“Yeah. Her. I want eyes on her at all times.”

“What’s the protocol if someone approaches her? Kill or contain?”

“Kill if she’s in danger. Contain if she’s not.”

“Gotcha. I’ll get on it.”

“Thanks. By the way, how’s your boy? Is he still in town with you?”

“He’s fine. He and his mom flew back to Minnesota yesterday. I’m going to head up there to spend the summer with them in a couple of months. I won’t be back until August. Until then, I can shadow your woman.”

My woman.That had a nice ring to it.

“Thanks again.”

“No problem.”

I hung up and stared around the office. There was just one more person I needed to contact so he could keep an eye on India Adams, my sister’s roommate, the daughter of the woman I desired.

After that, I could go home to shower and rid myself of the stench of death and fucking evil. The call didn’t take long. I sent him a picture of India that I found on Stefanie’s social media, and I gave him the same instructions I’d given to Gus regarding whether to kill or contain.

The moment the call ended, I locked up my office and started the drive home. I stripped out of my clothes in the garage before entering the house. I didn’t want to bring that smell in with me.

I placed the clothing in a garbage bag and left it in the garage to get rid of in the morning. Naked, I entered my home, locked up, and activated the security system. Next stop: the shower. I scrubbed myself clean.