Deadly Hunt (Deadly #1) (20 page)

It’s been four months since the bomb took the lives of my brothers. Tommy no longer works for us, he had 3rd degree burns over a lot of his body, as well as having his leg amputated. He will always have a job with us if he wants one, but he needs to come to terms with being an amputee. I’m hoping he does. He is still recovering, he’s mad at the world, he blames Sophia, and he says if it wasn’t for her, he would still be whole. Scott had to walk out of the house, he couldn’t sit there and listen to a friend have so much hatred for his sister. I tried to get him to see that Soph is a victim just as much as he is, but he’s not ready to hear it.

Asher had a few burns, he took a vacation after the funerals, and I don’t blame him. He lost his best friend in the bombing. Jamie and Asher lived together in the same apartment complex as mine, they actually lived down the hall. Asher doesn’t want to live there anymore, he decided to move out. Thankfully Sam was looking for a place to live, he had been staying at Caleb’s but wants his own place now. Asher has become silent and withdrawn. Scott told us he found Asher trying to get the guys out of the rubble. I can’t imagine what he went through. He’s due back to work tomorrow; I’ll be keeping an eye on him.

Hailey is doing okay, she has a scar on her arm from the burn, and she is seeing a counsellor, Sophia insisted. Maddie, had a freak attack over it, telling her she’s not allowed to come back to work for us, that it’s our fault she was injured. When Soph said it was actually her fault, Maddie actually slapped her across the face. She told her she hated her. I was in so much shock, how fucking dare she touch her. I waited on Soph, to hit her back, but my secret ninja is defeated, she blames herself. Hailey on the other hand had no problem in telling Maddie where to go. It was the first time I had seen the fire back in Hailey’s eyes.

Scott is a time bomb waiting to happen, he’s pissed that the woman he cares about got hurt, that his colleagues died, that this fucking monster has his sister set firmly in his sights. He is on the hunt, he doesn’t care what measures he takes, and he wants this fucker taken out. He told me what happened with Alex. I’m glad he confronted her. We checked and she moved out of state, she is currently in Georgia. As long as she’s away from Soph, we don’t give a fuck.

Winter didn’t come home after the weekend retreat, Sophia was expecting it, and she packed up her house for her. She sent the stuff Winter needs to Maui and kept the rest in storage and cried all night. Maddie still doesn’t know what happened to Winter. Me and Sophia have different opinions if she should be told or not.

Soph believes Maddie shouldn’t be told, that Winter didn’t want her to know, also for the fact that Maddie hasn’t spoken to Soph since the day in the hospital when she was slapped. I on the other hand think that she should be told, that way Sophia isn’t handling everything on her own, and my girl wouldn’t cry when she thinks of her best friend, or the reason her best friend is gone, for being fucking violated. Any man that rapes and beats a woman, needs putting down.

We’ve had one sighting of Mullah Al Mohammed and that was a month after the bombing and in Brooklyn, since then the fucker has been in the wind yet again. Selena has been keeping a low profile since then as well. We searched her apartment, but she doesn’t live there anymore. Steven got his cop friends to talk to her family and find out where she went but they haven’t heard from her since the day I fired her. I hate the not knowing, I hate wondering who or what is his next target, but knowing his end game is to kill the woman I love, it makes me want to kill the bastard slowly. Dwayne is constantly on this, now we have joined forces with Smithy International, we’re using their offices until mine are restored. Now Dwayne has Oscar working full time on finding these two fuckers.

The funerals were tough on all of us. Sophia blames herself, she says that if Mullah wasn’t after her, this would never have happened; I don’t know how to erase that notion from her mind. Jamie, Drake, Liam and Andy, I paid for their funerals, it was the least I could do, they died whilst working for me.

Simon has started digging around as to how Soph may know Mullah. Both Oscar and Dwayne are being extremely unhelpful. Soph says she doesn’t care if he finds out about what happened in Afghanistan, she hasn’t done anything wrong. I know that, but he is looking for a scapegoat and I won’t let him tear apart Soph’s life just so he can add another solved case to his resume. He’s all about climbing the ladder these days, he doesn’t give a fuck who he crosses.

Sophia’s pregnancy is finally noticeable; she’s just over six months along and has a neat bump. From behind you wouldn’t know, but from the front, you can see a bump. I feel so possessive. She is so fucking sexy pregnant, I may keep her that way, as long as she doesn’t kill me. I remember the day she had to buy maternity clothes for the first time.

“NATHAN.” I jump out of the shower, my heart is pounding. I run into the bedroom. She is sitting on the bed a scowl on her face.

“What? What happened?” she gives me a look that calls me a moron without her having to say a word.

“What happened? I’m fucking fat.” She looks as though she’s about to cry. I can’t handle her tears, they fucking wreck me.

“Babe, you’re not fat, you’re pregnant. It’s hardly noticeable. Unless someone was zeroed in on your stomach, no one would know. Why would you say that?” She is glaring at me.

“My zipper busted on my favourite jeans. I’m fat. I hate it.” She starts crying and I walk over to the bed and hug her.

“Baby, I don’t care if you are fat or not, but you are not fat. You are pregnant, you’re carrying my baby. I can’t put it into words what that does to me. You are beautiful.” She nods and sniffles. She sits there letting me hug her for a while.

“Okay, now get off me you’re wet. Hurry up and get dried we’re going maternity shopping.” I fucking hate shopping.

We arrive at the mall, and she sighs as we pass Kat’s store. They haven’t spoken since the day at the hospital, Kat was out of line. Mom and dad are over the moon they’re going to be grandparents. Mom seems to love Soph. I’m glad she has mom to talk to.

“In here Nathan, apparently this is the best place to come to get maternity clothes.” I look at the shop, Mama’s, I see men standing outside. I hope I can stay with them.

“How do you know it’s the best place to come to?” She shrugs.

“I googled it.” Then walks into the shop. I hesitate, hoping to stay outside. No such luck.

“Come on Nathan, the sooner we’re in here the sooner we can leave.” She’s right. I walk into the shop and look around, this place has everything. Soph takes my hand and starts walking around the shop, she looks through the rails, grabbing a few bits and tells me to wait as she tries them on.

“Nathan? You still there?” where else would I be?

“Yeah, babe. You okay?” I hear shuffling and the door open. She looks stunning; she is wearing this dress, it’s pink or red, and it shows off her tiny bump, she’s never looked more stunning. Before I can even say anything she walks back into the changing room.

I’ve been waiting for about twenty minutes, she’s back and forth picking clothes and trying them on. The door opens again and she’s fully dressed.

“Okay, Nathan, I’ve just got to grab a few more small bits, I will meet you outside.” She stands on her tiptoes and kisses my lips, then walks off. I head outside and wait with all the other pussy whipped fuckers.

She’s true to her word and she’s out within ten minutes. She has three bags from one shop, how on earth women can do that is beyond me. I take the bags from her and we head back to the car.

“Babe, tell me if this looks okay?” I’m trying to get paperwork done but I’ve been distracted, Sophia is constantly on my mind. I walk into our bedroom to find her dressed in some negligee. Her tits look fucking amazing, they look bigger. I can’t help myself, I walk over to her and go straight for her tits. I use my thumb against her nipple, she moans, they are super sensitive. I do the same with the other nipple, they pebble beneath my fingers. I pinch them, Sophia throws her head back. I go for her throat kissing and licking up to the base of her throat and down to her tits.

Sophia tugs my jeans down. I hadn’t realized she had gotten rid of my belt, my jeans fall to my ankles. My cock springs free and Sophia palms it as I free her breasts, I put one nipple into my mouth, and start licking and sucking. She’s moaning louder, her fist gripping my cock tighter. I swap tits and do the same with the other one.

I pick her up and she wraps her legs around my waist. She’s bare, she’s not wearing any underwear. Damn. I can’t control myself. In one swift movement I’m inside her, we both moan. Fuck, how did she manage to get tighter?

“Babe, hold on tight.” She wraps her arms around my neck and I start thrusting into her, she kisses her way around my face. My thrusts are hard and fast, just the way we both like it. Sophia is moaning into my ear; it’s turning me on even more. She’s close, I can feel it coming. She kisses her way to my ear where she starts nipping at it. I’m gone. I thrust faster, Sophia starts cumming.

“Nathan, Oh God.” She’s moaning in my ear. She bites my ear and I thrust into her once more as I cum.

“Damn Nathan. We should fuck like that more often. That was fantastic.” She says with a giggle. I agree with her completely.

“Babe, we need to get you more of them.” she looks up at me and smiles while shaking her head.

There is something about knowing that your woman is carrying your child, it’s like an ownership or something, and I swear she can hear my thoughts because she is throwing daggers my way.

“What’s wrong baby?” she glares at me

“Your baby is trying to kill me slowly; my eyes are so sore.” She gets really bad headaches that cause her eyes to hurt, so naturally it’s my fault. Whenever the baby does something that she doesn’t like or agree with, it turns to my baby, but the rest of the time it’s hers. She is mad she can’t read her kindle, the glare on the screen kills her eyes. I have a surprise for her; she has this author she is in love with, she has every book on her kindle and she re-reads them like she’s possessed. Well now her kindle is hurting her, she’s been reading paperbacks so I got Hailey to order the books in paperbacks.

I walk into the office and grab the package. I open it and see a cover with a man with his head in his hands the other two are slightly better but still books I wouldn’t read Apparently Living with Regret by Riann C Miller is the best book she’s read in such a long time that she had to buy the rest of this authors books.

So I walk out of the office with the books behind my back. I walk to the kitchen and hide them in the top cupboard because she doesn’t go into there. She says if she can’t drink coffee, then anyone who wants one can go fuck themselves, she isn’t making it for them. I take out Unlikely Love, it’s the first book apparently. I walk into the living room where she’s eating ice-cream, I leave the book beside her and take the chair across from her.

Twenty minutes later she’s finished with the ice-cream, she gets up and goes to the kitchen. How she couldn’t see the book was beyond me. She comes back in and queue the screaming. “Oh my god, holy shit, you did good baby.” I smile and her eyes narrow “what are you after?” See what I have to put up with?

My phone rings, I glance down at the screen and see it’s my mom. Sophia hasn’t spoken to my family since the day in the hospital, and she comes up with lame ass excuses to get out of seeing them. I don’t blame her the way my sister acted, it was wrong. I’ve since spoken to my sister, and she doesn’t seem to understand what she did was wrong. It’s fucking frustrating, I want to protect Sophia the best I can, but Kat is my family.

“Hi Mom.”

“Oh, hi sweetie, now you’re coming to dinner at 3 aren’t you.” That is not a request it’s a demand.

“Yes, Mom I’ll be there at 3.”

“Oh good, I’ll see you then. Make sure you bring Sophia with you” And hangs up. Sophia will be coming with me; I was going to keep these books hidden until she finished the one I gave her already.

I walk into the living room and she spots the books straight away, “What the hell, Nathan you’re awesome. I don’t care what you want. You can have whatever you want.” Good, this could be easier than I thought.

“Dinner at my parents?” she narrows her eyes

“You’re a blackmailing dickhead, when are we going to dinner?” I look at her; she looks like she is sitting waiting for her death sentence.

“Today.” She sighs and rolls her eyes.

“Fine, what time?” I hide my smile.

“Well since it’s Sunday, we’ll go early, how’s three?” she looks like she wants to kill me.

“You’re telling me you want to leave in twenty minutes?” she stomps her feet and goes upstairs, fifteen minutes later she is dressed and ready to go. She isn’t really mad, she just hates being around Kat, I don’t blame her.

“Well come on then Judas, let’s get the last supper over and done with. Oh and you owe me more books, this time I want signed ones.” She is so dramatic. She walks out of the house. How the fuck do I get her a signed book?

We make it to my parent’s house. She hasn’t spoken to me once, but she’s been texting away. As I pull up to their driveway I see her smile at the corner of my eye, the sneaky bitch, she called in reinforcements. Scott, Luke and Steven are here. I look at her.