Chapter 24 Rafe
RAFE
We were moving in on Ivanov. LeBlanc would have information, even if it wasn’t directly about Ivanov.
We’d know more, and we’d find him. I needed to focus on making a solid plan of attack, but all I could think about was how once this was over, Zach would disappear.
He’d go back to being a fed, and I’d go back to random hookups that never… No. I couldn’t think about that.
I opened my contacts and tapped on X’s number.
“Rafael, what can I do for you?”
“I didn’t listen to your advice.” I wasn’t going to be able to ask for what I needed if I didn’t confess to working with Zach, so I decided to get that out of the way first.
X chuckled. “I never thought you would.”
“You thought I’d get involved with Zach?”
“Ah. I see you got his name out of him.”
“I know I was supposed to stay away, but—”
“You were too charming, too seductive?”
“Too something.” Stupid, probably.
“Do you want my blessing?”
I huffed. “No, but I do have some news, and I need some advice.”
“Advice from me and not your family?”
“I’m not ready to introduce Zach to my family.”
“Yeah, that’s a big step.”
Shit. I realized how that sounded. “Not because we’re in a relationship or something.” Zach’s eyebrows rose, and I turned away from him as heat rose in my face.
“So it’s casual?” X asked. “That’s good. It means you’ll be fine when you wrap this up and he leaves.”
No, I would not. “That’s not important right now. We found the mole Ivanov planted in the casino, or at least we’re as sure as we can be.”
“Impressive. Are you saying you’d like me to check your work?”
“I’d feel better if you did.”
“Send me what you’ve got, and I’ll have an answer for you within an hour.”
X didn’t play around. I was somewhat convinced he was magic, or his hacker husband was. I held out my hand to Zach, and he handed me the zip drive where he’d saved all the information. I plugged it in and sent X the relevant files, which Zach had encoded. “The info should be in your drive.”
I heard a few keyboard clicks. “Got it. What else?”
“We need a plan for how to proceed once we interrogate this man. We’re going to need to bring more people in and—”
“You don’t have to tell your family about Zach. You could plan everything with them and leave Zach out of it.”
“No. I… We have a deal.”
“Interesting. Very interesting.”
“Are you fucking with me?”
He chuckled. “Maybe a little.”
“I want you there to back me up. I don’t want there to be any chance that they cut him out.”
“No.”
I pulled the phone away for a second and took a breath. “What do you mean, no?”
“You found the mole. You can make a plan and present it. Everything will be fine.”
“I have to protect him.”
“You protect all your casual hookups?”
“No. I mean, yeah. Maybe not like this.”
More laughter. “I didn’t think so.”
“I don’t know how to tell Remington or my brothers. They aren’t going to like the deal I made, but I have to convince them. They need to understand why I did it.”
“I believe in you.”
“Xavier, please—”
“You want to prove yourself to them. Now go do it.”
He ended the call, and I stood there staring at the phone for several seconds before finally shoving it back in my pocket. What the fuck was I going to do now?
“He won’t help?” Zach asked.
“Not with telling my family. He will look into LeBlanc.”
“You called him Xavier.”
Fuck. “You didn’t hear that.”
“Tell me you weren’t talking to the man I think you were talking to.”
“Um… I have no idea what you mean.”
“Shit.”
I pressed a hand to my forehead and massaged it, trying to prevent the headache I felt coming on. “He’s a friend.”
Zach snorted. “Of course he is.”
“I mean, he’s your friend too. He vouched for you.”
“That’s… good. I guess.” Zach looked confused. “I’ve never met him, and I don’t need to change that.”
“He says I don’t need help with my family. He says this is a chance to prove I can handle things on my own.”
Zach nodded. “It is.” He stepped closer and placed his hands on my waist. “You’re tense.”
“Fuck yes, I’m tense. I have no idea how to pull this off, and I really don’t want my family to kill you.”
“Or me to kill them.”
“You—”
“Don’t underestimate me.”
“Fine. I don’t want any of that.”
“No, but I think I know what you do want, what you need right now. Did you forget about your reward?”
I had. I couldn’t believe I’d actually forgotten what he’d promised to do to me. The call to X, the way he’d insinuated there must be more with me and Zach, the way I might wish there was had my mind going in a hundred directions.
Zach turned us, backing me against the desk. I opened my legs so he could fit between them.
He wrapped a hand around the back of my neck. When he pulled me to him for a kiss, heat surged through me. His hips worked against mine as our tongues slid against each other. I cupped his ass and pulled him harder against me. His lips left mine, and he kissed along my neck. “Turn around.”
I wanted to. I wanted to let this happen, right there, right then, but I pushed him away.
He frowned. “I want you like that, over your desk, ass bare, mine to fuck.”
“Jesus. Not here. We’ll use the desk at home. I want more privacy.”
“Surely no one would come into the boss’s office without permission.”
“True, but I don’t want to have to be quiet.”
He grinned. “Really? You think you couldn’t keep it down while I’m deep inside you?”
“Do you want me to?”
“No.”
“And if anyone did interrupt us, I might not be able to stop myself from blowing their heads off.”
“Then I suppose it’s best. I don’t want you making a mess of your lovely office.”
“Come on.” I grabbed his arm. “Let’s get out of here.”
“In a hurry?”
“Fuck yes.” The moment he’d touched me, all my fear and stress and anger had transformed into desire. I needed to work off all my aggression with Zach as soon as possible.
I led him out through the door only I and a few others used. We emerged right by the black Corvette I’d commandeered from the family fleet. I reached out my arm to stop him. “Wait. We need to stay back.”
It was going to be a while before I could unlock a car without worrying it would explode. But all that happened when I clicked the fob was the clunk of the doors unlocking.
I gestured toward the car. “Get in.”
“You’re bossy tonight.”
“Get the fuck in the car.”
He held out his hand. “I’ll drive.”
“No, you will not. I have plans for you.”
He stood there, refusing to move. I rolled my eyes and gave him the keys. I was too fucking curious about his plans for me to wait any longer.
After Zach pulled out onto the road, he reached over and laid a hand on my thigh. “Unzip your pants.”
“What?”
“Don’t act shocked. Get your fucking dick out.”
I laughed as I undid my pants and pushed them out of the way enough to get my hand around my cock. Zach glanced over and smiled. “Watch the fucking road.”
“You worry about stroking that fat cock, and I’ll handle the driving.”
I shouldn’t like him being so controlling, but fuck, I really did.
I loved when he talked to me like that. Anyone I hooked up with who knew me acted like they had to kiss my ass.
They would never order me around or even think about trying to top me.
Even when I went looking for someone who would, I wasn’t willing to give in to them easily.
But with Zach, I felt safe. It made no sense.
I wasn’t safe at all. I hadn’t even thought I craved safety like that until I felt it the first time we’d kissed.
I leaned the seat back farther and started jerking my cock. I groaned as I lifted my hips up into my hand, and Zach looked over at me again. I stopped and smiled at him.
“I didn’t tell you to stop.”
“You think I’m going to do whatever you say?”
“I know you are, because you want to be fucked.”
I did almost badly enough to beg him to pull over and get on with it. I didn’t need another scandal though. If I got arrested for fucking on the side of a major road, Remington would shoot me.
I kept going, dropping my head back and watching Zach.
He was breathing almost as hard as I was now.
When he came to a stop at a light, he reached over, putting his hand around mine and guiding my strokes, and then he swiped his thumb over my slit and drew it to his mouth.
If I hadn’t stopped moving, I could have come watching him lick his thumb, then suck it into his mouth.
“Drive faster,” I demanded.
He laughed and took off as the light turned green.
I’d worked myself into a frenzy by the time he pulled into my driveway. He cut the engine, released his seat belt, and bent over, taking my cock down his throat.
“Fuck.” He worked his lips along my length, and I gripped the seat so hard I’m surprised I didn’t ruin the leather. “I have neighbors.”
“Don’t care,” he said before swallowing me again.
His mouth felt so fucking good, and I was already desperate. I wasn’t going to last long. “Zach. Stop. Please. I can’t—”
“I’m going to make you come so many times you’ll think you’ve died.”
“Oh my God.”
When he took me all the way down, I knew I was lost. I bucked up into his mouth and let go, pumping my cum down his throat.
He licked his lips as he sat back, looking way too fucking pleased with himself.
Then he stepped out of the car and came around to my door.
I wasn’t sure I could stand, and I seriously doubted I could walk, even if I did get on my feet.
This man was destroying me, but when he reached out his hand, I happily took it.