House of Paine - A Full Length Bad Boy Novel (18 page)

She wanted Caine alive long enough to know that he was about to die, and why. She put the pills in her purse and took out her phone. She scrolled through her contacts and found the number of “Jules.” Jules was the one Tommy told her to call if she needed anything. She had the know how to do what she was planning and the Suc…but the rest of the supplies weren’t something she’d have easy access to. That would be where Jules comes in. Tommy told her that he told Jules about her and that she would probably be calling. She could trust her. She sent a text that said, “This is Paige. I’m ready. Can you meet me at Java Heaven on 7th Avenue?” A few seconds later she got a text that said, “When?”

“Twenty minutes?”

“Okay.”

“How will I know you?”

“I’m wearing a red sweater. When you see me, smile and say, “Nice day isn’t it?”

Paige felt strange playing at all of this cloak and dagger but she agreed. She looked at her watch. It was eleven forty five. She went to the bathroom where Damien was showering and stuck her head inside.

“Hey, I’m going to run down to the deli and get us some sandwiches and coffee for lunch.”

“Okay. If you wait a few minutes, I’ll go with you.”

“No. Your leg is still a little swollen. You need to stay off of it. I won’t be long.”

She was relieved when Damien didn’t argue with her. She hurried out while he was in the shower though, just in case he changed his mind.

Paige walked the three blocks to the deli. When she got there, she was disappointed to see there were only three men there…no Jules. She stepped up to the counter and ordered two black coffees and two turkey sandwiches. She looked around while she waited. One of the men was sitting at a table alone was wearing a red sweater. But “Jules” was a woman…wasn’t she? She tried to remember if Tommy ever said it was a male or female. She couldn’t really recall him saying. She felt really stupid as she walked over near the man’s table. As she passed, he looked up at her and she smiled and said, “Nice day, isn’t it?”

The man smiled back and said, “Yes Paige, it is. Would you like to join me while you wait?” Relieved, Paige sat down at the table. “Jules, I presume?”

He grinned. He was a lot younger than she would imagine for a guy who was purported by the NYPD to be able to get “anything” anyone needed in the city. She briefly wondered if he was a good guy or a bad guy by trade. She decided it didn’t matter and she didn’t care.

“That’s me. You thought you were looking for a woman, didn’t you?”

“I have to admit that I did. How did you know?”

“Common mistake. What can I get for you, Paige?”

Paige handed him the list. He looked at it and raised an eyebrow. Nodding slowly he said, “I can handle this. You’ve thought this through?”

“Completely,” she said, simply, “Can you do this for me?”

“Absolutely,” he said.

“I leave for work around seven p.m. Can you have it that soon? I put the address of the building I’m staying at on the bottom there.”

Jules looked at his watch and said, “How do you get to work?”

“I’ll be taking a cab tonight.”

Jules picked up the list and tossed five dollars down on the table. “I’ll be in yellow cab 303 out in front of the building just before seven. It’ll look like I’m not accepting fares. Just get in and I’ll get you to work.”

“Thank you.”

Jules winked at her and said, “Your brother was a good guy and so was Tommy. Be safe.”

She watched him leave and then after paying for her sandwiches and coffee, she headed back to the apartment. When she let herself in, she heard voices in the kitchen. When she realized that one of them was Alex’s voice, she started to head for her room.

“Well, there she is.” Fuck! “Where did you get off to?”

Paige took a deep breath and turned to face Alex. As usual, he was wearing an expensive designer suit. It was dark blue and brought out the color of his eyes. His weren’t as pretty as Damien’s, they were a lighter blue with the same green rim though and they were pretty enough. Paige knew that Alex…like the rest of them knew how attractive he was and how to use that to his advantage.

His looks didn’t impress her. He was just a pretty thug as far as she was concerned.

“I don’t believe that’s any of your business.” She saw Damien over his brother’s shoulder. He didn’t look happy and the tension in the room was thick. She got the impression the brother’s had already had words.

Alex took a step towards her and she took one back. He smiled. “Well at least the bitch is capable of learning. One good smack across the face and I’ve got her terrified.”

“Fuck you; I’m not afraid of you.”

He threw his head back and laughed. “Then maybe you’re a stupider bitch than I thought you were.”

“Alex…” Damien started. “Back off man.”

Paige heard him hesitate and she could tell that Alex heard it too. He didn’t want to fight with his brother. Alex seemed sure Damien would give in before that happened.

“Why’s that little brother? You can get the same pussy action from Kelsey any night of the week and twice on Sunday. What do you need this one for? She’s trouble…the kind that you don’t need.” He looked back at Paige and said, “You need to give me the package that your brother’s partner left for you.”

“You need to go fuck yourself. I told you and your father I destroyed it.” Paige was bracing herself for his fist. He had it closed at his side, ready to strike.

“You’re a lying cunt.”

“Alex! That’s enough!”

Paige glanced at Damien. She could see that it was taking all he had to control himself. His chest was rising and falling quickly and both of his fists were clenched at his sides.

Alex looked surprised and turned to glance at his brother. In a warning tone he said, “Our father has given me orders to do whatever it takes to get what she has. He included you in that little brother. I might enjoy hurting her, but I won’t you…so please stay out of this. She’s not worth it.”

Damien didn’t flinch. “Leave her alone Alex, I mean it.” Alex smirked and looked back at Paige. He still didn’t seem to believe that Damien was serious.

“I do think I’m going to have fun beating that bitchy attitude right out of you.” He lunged for her and she stepped back again. Damien moved at the same time, catching his brother around the throat with one hand and pinning his back to the wall.

“Last time brother,” he said through gritted teeth. “Leave her the fuck alone!”

“You’re a stupid prick! She’s got you under her thumb. Is her pussy that good?” Even pinned against the wall with Damien having the obvious upper hand, Alex didn’t back down.

“Nobody has me under their thumb. Nobody will come into my house and start threatening me or Paige either. Not you, not anyone. Get the fuck out of here Alex before I have to do something you and I will both regret.”

Alex choked out a laugh. “Man that must be some good pussy. You’re so whipped that you’re willing to die for it.”

Damien pulled his brother out from the wall and then gave him a hard shove back into it. “Unless you’re willing to beat me into submission first, you’re not touching her Alex….so one more time, get the fuck out!” Damien let go of him and Alex adjusted his suit, narrowed his eyes at his brother and then turned to Paige and said, “You’re both being watched…closely. You’re one fuck up away from joining your brother in the afterlife.” He looked at Damien then and said, “Make no mistake little brother…so are you.” Damien and Paige both watched as he left, both of them knowing it was far from over.

“Fuck!” Damien screamed when Alex was gone, startling Paige. As he screamed he threw a punch into the living room wall. His hand went into the wall, leaving an impression of his fist.

“Damien! Oh my God!” Paige ran over to him and she could see that his fist was raw and bloody. “Damn it! Stay here,” she told him. She went into the kitchen and took out a clean dish towel. She filled it with ice and wet another with warm water. When she went back into the living room, he was in the same spot she left him in.

“Let me see it.”

Like a zombie, he handed her his fist. She wiped away the blood and then she wrapped it in the towel with the ice. When she looked up at him, he was staring at her face. His eyes fell to her lips and without giving it a second thought, she leaned in and kissed him. Damien used his body to press her back into the wall, right where he’d held onto his brother by the throat only moments ago. He kissed her long and hard and then using his left hand, he went for her clothes. She wanted him too…but she couldn’t afford to be late tonight. If she missed Jules….

He let her up for air as he worked on getting off her blouse. “Damien, I have to get ready for work.” He leaned his forehead into hers, practically panting already, still tearing at her clothes. He looked into her eyes, again, searching for something. He must have seen the same desire there that she saw in his. His hand brushed against her heaving breasts as he grabbed both sides of her blouse and ripped it apart. Then he reached behind her and unhooked her bra to free them. His lips were on her neck now, moving roughly down to take a nipple into his mouth. Paige put her hands in his hair and ran her fingers through it as he sucked and nibbled on her swollen nipple.

She ran her hands down his back and when he moved back up to bite on her neck, she let them roam across his bare chest. He kissed and bit and sucked his way down again, this time not stopping until he reached her jeans. He unbuttoned and unzipped them and ripped them down her legs to her feet. Paige kicked them away as he fisted her panties up and ripped them off. She spread her legs a little wider and she felt him slide two fingers up inside of her. He put his face between her legs and bit down on her clit as he rammed his fingers up inside of her as deep as they would go. He worked them in and out while sucking, biting and licking on her clit. Paige was pressing back into the wall with her body and raking her fingers through his hair and down across his shoulders. Everything with him was so fucking intense. She could hardly breathe.

She was moving her hips in rhythm with his fingers and she felt the orgasm building all the way down to her toes. She moaned and pressed his face harder into her pussy…the orgasm was beginning to gain momentum like an avalanche and just as she felt it release, she screamed out and clenched her teeth down hard. She came so hard that she felt like she was going to black out. Damien licked her gently then until she stopped shaking uncontrollably and then he stood up and pulled his fingers out of her. When he reached her face he grinned. Paige grabbed his face with both hands and began licking her own juices off of his lips. When she finished, she shoved her tongue deep into his mouth. They kissed until they were both on the verge of suffocation and then she finally pulled back and said, “Fuck…that was…Jesus.” Damien grinned again. The anger from earlier seemed to have left him for now. Still holding his face in her hands she said, “Thank you.”

“My pleasure.”

“For that…and for sticking up for me with your brother. I was wrong, you know?”

“About what?”

“About you. You’re not like them. Your mother must have really been a good woman because she instilled that in you. They can’t take that from you, Damien. It’s who you are.”

“I’d like to think so.”

“I know so. You’ve been through so much. I want to help you…I’ll do whatever I can. You need to get away from these people.”

“Look around Paige. This is my house of Paine. There’s no running away.”

“We’re going to change that.”

*****

When Paige was able to walk on her noodle legs, she gathered up the mess they’d made with her clothes and she went to take a shower. By the time she was out of the shower and dressed, Damien had Chinese food delivered for dinner. They’d never gotten a chance to eat the sandwiches she brought home for lunch and they were both starving. Poor Damien had a hard time eating with his swollen hand. Paige helped him and she enjoyed doing it. There was something intimate between them now…something that had gone beyond the driving passion and lust they felt for one another.

“Do you want me to drive you tonight?” he asked her while they ate.

“I think it’s better if I take a cab.”

“Why?” he raised an eyebrow questioningly.

“Kelsey. She’s giving me a hard time and I think it has to do with you.”

He rolled his eyes. “She has known from day one that we weren’t going anywhere. She needs to get over it.”

“I need to be on her good side for now…so I’m going to let her believe there’s nothing between us. That’ll be easier to do if you’re not dropping me off and picking me up.”

“And what about Caine. If he touches you again…”

“He won’t. I can handle him.”

Paige still never told Damien just how much Caine had touched her. She was sure after seeing him with Alex earlier that if he knew, Caine would be left in a bloody heap. As much as she would love to see that…she had much bigger plans for him.

“He better not,” was all that Damien said.

Just before seven o’clock Paige left for work. When she got downstairs she saw Jules’s cab right away. Jules flipped on the fare light and drove over to her. She jumped in the back and Jules drove. As he drove, he talked.