Chapter 20
Chapter Twenty
KRUGER
“So they’re going to blackmail him into letting us keep him?”
“That’s the plan. For now, Theo will have to stay at the apartment because we don’t have a room for him. But as soon as we can find a place that works, he can move in with us.”
“Theo says his stepdad won’t like it. He’ll cause problems just for the sake of making sure Theo is unhappy,” Delphi says.
“Small-minded, vindictive people are only ever happy when they’re hurting others. So that doesn’t surprise me. We’re expecting it, though.” I wish we had the legal right to take action, but I don’t see that happening.
“I want to rebrand Au,” she tells me out of the blue.
“Okay? You want to keep it as a pawn shop?”
“What? No.”
“You said rebrand. I thought that’s what you meant.”
“Oh, nothing like that. I don’t really have any interest in that side of things. Will that be a problem?”
“Of course not. It’s yours to do with what you want.”
“I wasn’t sure if it was expected for me to let the club wash their money through the place.”
“Times have changed, Delphi. For the most part, Raven Souls is legal.”
“For the most part?”
“That’s all you need to know. Plausible deniability. Either way, there is no need to launder any money. And even if there were, Midas’s new business venture will be up and running soon. That place will make a killing. Of that I have no doubt.”
She chuckles. “There’s a reason you guys call him Midas, after all.”
“Exactly. So what’s your idea, then?”
“Well, we already have a diner, so I’m not going to infringe on that.
Besides, I want something a little different.
Something born of want over necessity. I think I want to open a book and coffee shop.
Call it something like The Book Nook. It can be a place people come to relax and unwind.
They can buy their book and their drink and curl up in a cozy spot in a huge armchair without waiting to get home to begin. ”
“Okay, I can see that. What about food? Are you gonna sell that? Because if so, you’ll need to think about having a kitchen added.”
She nods. “I’ll need a kitchen, but I think I’ll stick to things like sandwiches and cakes. Maybe do breakfast sandwiches and muffins for breakfast, and the usual things for lunch. Heck, I could do an afternoon tea like they do across the pond.”
I take in how excited she is and smile. “I think you’ve already made up your mind. You should do it. You have nothing to lose.”
She lets out a deep breath, and I can see her running through things in her head. “I could pay Theo to help out, give him a way to earn a little extra cash around school hours.”
“He’d love that. Circus and Capone both work in construction. Once they’ve finished up with Midas, I’m sure they’d jump at the chance to help.”
“It doesn’t have to be them. I can call another team in. They have to be busy.”
I look over at her and see her fiddling with her cuff. “Someone say something to you tonight?”
“Huh? Oh no. Nobody said anything. Probe was the only one to speak to me, and that was only when I was picking a song to sing.”
She goes quiet again, and it suddenly dawns on me where her head is at.
“Fuck, Delphi, this was my fault. I warned everyone to stay away. I didn’t want you to get overwhelmed on your first time back.”
“Really?” She looks at me, searching for the truth.
“Yeah, really. They’d have probably swarmed you otherwise.”
I see her shoulders relax.
“Okay, that makes more sense. I didn’t want to be swarmed, so it was a good call. I just thought…not that they were holding a grudge as such, but that everyone wanted to pretend nothing happened. And I didn’t realize how not okay with that I am until I thought it was happening.”
“I get it. If you pretend something didn’t happen, you take away its importance.”
“Exactly. It changed my whole life. I couldn’t forget that even if most days I want to.”
“I just want to ease you into it. They can make their amends when we don’t have a party going on or another chapter in.”
She reaches over and rests her hand on my thigh. “Thanks, Kruger.”
“Anytime, chestnut.” I cover her hand with mine, where it stays until we make it home.
I jump out and open the door for her. She takes my hand and keeps hold of it as I help her out and walk her up to the door.
I key in the alarm code and let us in before locking up.
I lean against the door as she watches me, a sense of déjà vu hitting me.
The last time we stood like this, I let the bullshit consume me.
As time wore on and I struggled to bridge the gap between us, I stood by and watched the chasm erode even more.
Not anymore.
“Come here.” I crook my finger at her. She bites her lip and walks to me. Once she’s close, I hook my finger in the belt loops of her jeans and pull her in tight so I can kiss her. Her hands slide up my chest to wrap around my neck, as I revel in the taste of her.
I groan when she breaks the kiss, but it’s only so she can shrug out of her jacket.
I take it and hang it on the hook near the door, alongside my cut.
She turns so her back is to me, then bends down, sticking her ass out as she tugs off her boots.
I move behind her, cupping her ass, loving how it feels in these jeans.
“Want to take a shower with me?”
“If that answer is ever no, get me medical attention because I must have had a stroke.”
She laughs as she reaches for the hem of her top and pulls it up over her head before shaking her hair free. She uses the shirt to cover her chest with one hand, and now it’s her turn to crook her finger at me.
I’m more than happy to follow her. I toe off my boots as she moves into the living room, tossing her top onto the sofa before unbuckling her belt and lowering her zipper.
I grip my T-shirt behind my shoulders and tug it up over my head.
I throw it on the sofa as she shimmies out of her jeans, leaving her in nothing but her underwear and jewelry.
I pop open the button on my jeans and lower my zipper as Delphi grabs a cushion from the sofa and puts it on the ground.
“Change of plans.” She gets to her knees on the cushion and looks up at me as she tugs my jeans lower and reaches inside them.
My cock is rock-hard now and offering zero protests.
I gather her hair in one hand and twist it away from her face as she pulls my cock free.
She licks from base to tip. She slips just the tip between her lips and sucks, making me curse before she takes me deeper.
She pulls free and licks the length of the sensitive vein, making me shiver before taking me back in her mouth, this time almost to the root.
She gags a little and looks up at me with tears in her eyes.
Fuck, it takes everything I have in me not to come down her throat right here and now.
She bobs her head before taking me as far as she can go, making me growl.
“You like my cock in your mouth, chestnut? You like the thought of bringing me to my knees, don’t you?”
She moans around me, making me curse.
“Jesus, fuck. You’re going to make me come so fucking hard. You want that? Want to swallow it all down like a good girl?”
She releases my cock with a pop, her eyes hooded as she stares up at me. “Do it. I want to taste you.” She wraps her hand around the base of my cock and slides it back into her mouth, stroking and licking with her tongue before she starts sucking once more.
“Fuck, fuck, fuck.” Here it comes, baby.
She swallows me down, ripping a groan of pleasure from me before I erupt down her throat. She eases me out before licking me clean.
“You fucking slay me, chestnut.”
“Oh yeah?”
“Yeah. And now, it’s time for me to return the favor.”
I pick her up and toss her over my shoulder, making her squeal. A slap on the ass turns her squeal into a moan as I carry her upstairs and drop her on the bed. I peel her soaked underwear down her legs and throw it away before crawling between her legs.
I dip my head and suck a cherry red nipple into my mouth, eliciting a gasp from her.
I move to the other, licking it before I work my way down her body.
I kiss her stomach, dipping my tongue into her belly button and making her squirm before I spread her wide.
I press my nose to her pussy and breathe her in, then swipe my tongue through her nectar, making us both groan.
“Fucking knew you’d taste like liquid gold. ”
I slip a finger inside her, slowly sliding it in and out before I add a second. I scissor them as I suck her clit into my mouth. I grin against her, blowing lightly when she fists the sheets, and her head starts thrashing from side to side.
“You’re going to come already, aren’t you? Did you get yourself worked up sucking my cock, chestnut? Were you imagining it sliding into your tight pussy every time it slid into your throat?”
She mutters something incomprehensible before she reaches for me.
I pull back. “No, this time, you’re going to come with me inside you.”
I move so I can slide my cock over her pussy, slapping it against her clit, making her back arch in pleasure. “Tell me you want me.”
“I want you,” she whispers.
I open my mouth to make her say it again when she flips the script on me.
“I want you, bare Kruger. I want to feel you come inside me.”
I don’t ask her if she’s sure, and I sure as shit don’t give her a chance to come to her senses. No, I surge inside her, feeling her pussy ripple around me as I finally come home.
She comes on the second stroke, screaming my name as she rakes her nails down my back. But I don’t relent. I fuck her hard and deep, while I dip my head and whisper every filthy thing I want to do to her until I’m on the brink of coming myself.
“Stoke your clit, chestnut. I want to feel you come all over my cock again.”
She reaches down as I pull back so I can watch. There is no sweeter sight than my cock disappearing inside her. I’m teetering on the edge but refuse to go over without her.
“Come now!” I roar, unable to hold back any longer.
I come hard, just as her pussy turns into a vice around me. She throws her head back and whispers my name. I take her lips in a scalding kiss as I fuck her through our orgasms and the aftershocks.
I lift my head and stare into her glassy eyes as I stroke the hair back from her face. “You okay?”
“Mmm…more than okay.”
“Good. Shower?”
“That depends. Are you going to wash me?”
“Try and stop me.”