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It was everything I ever wanted

And didn’t know I could ever have

“Fuck,” I grunted, rotating

I wanted to love her so da

I was close and so was she We were both on the verge of going over, and I wanted to do it together

“I’ainst my mouth

I gripped on the back of her neck, looking deep in her eyes Kissing her passionately

“You’re Fucking Mine”

And I meant every word

Chapter 21

Austin

“Fuck!” Briggs yelled, ju out of bed in a panic

My head was pounding andI felt like a semi-truck ran ain

The godda

We had been up partying with business associates in Colos finally wore off enough a few hours ago to where we could shut our eyes and catch some Z’s

Briggs had another i and she wanted to stay up, but I convinced her that we needed to get some sleep for at least a few hours

“Austin! Get up! We’re so fucking late!” she screa up her clothes

Our hotel rooot a little hazy toward the end for ht the party back to our room

“Baby, relax,” I coaxed, sitting up on the edge of the bed, trying to open my eyes

I leaned forward, placinghed a thousand pounds in my hands

“Relax? Are you for real right now? Get your ass up, now! We’re over an hour late and we still have to drive there and that’s another thirty minutes!”

“Babe, it’s fine Just explain—”

“Explain what, Austin? That we’ve been getting fucked up on X and blow for the last forty-eight hours? Jesus Christ! These are drug lords not fucking PTA members Get up!” She threw some clothes at me

“I’s I’ll be ready in ten minutes Let me jump in the shower”

She sighed in frustration, hurrying out of the rooo find God knohat, but at least thataton the shower to let the water run for asucked It didn’t matter how much you paid for your five-star suite In the last year, we had been back there three tiht in New York I learned fast that this country was definitely where most of the deals went down

I inspectedshit, my eyes were bloodshot red, and ot worse as tiot therapy for it The Percocets stopped working over a year ago, I beca Oxys instead I didn’t have to take as ed sword Being nus I probably shouldn’t have, only fucking up my back more

I downed two of the a quick rinse just to wake up I threw on some jeans and a black t-shirt

“Fuck,” I breathed out toto put some shoes on

I was still so daht My mind was shot to shit, and I could barely forht All I wanted to do was crash and sleep away the shitty feeling There wasn’t a chance in Hell I’d let Briggs go by herself If so happened to her, I’d kill the motherfucker responsible and then myself

She wasWe hadn’t said I love you to each other, but we didn’t need to

We knew

Actions would always speak louder than words

I shookon the dining table

“Briggs?”

Silence

We never did drugs before aNot even weed In the last two years that I had been with her it was one line we never crossed We alent in with a clear head, just in case shit went down But the way I was feeling at that moment, trust me…

She wanted me to snort some cocaine

At least then I would be lucid

I did a line up each nostril before deciding to do two o, but it irabbed a Redbull froe

You ready?” Briggs asked, opening the door peeking her head in

Even ate up as shit with two days of partying and barely three hours of sleep, she still took oddamn breath away

“Yeah” I raised my drink “Want one?”

“I have one already in the car”

I grabbedit in the holster onthe keys out of her hands

“You sure?”

“Yeah I feel better now” I kissed her, and she smiled

“I’h the alarms”

“Shit happens Come on”

I sped the entire way there, knocking off fifteen s’ face, she was grateful for the s out of the car, but she caughtme

“What?” I asked, taken aback

“The man we’re about to see, Austin, he’s different, okay? He’s not like what you’re used to seeing”

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”

“Just that, I’ve uards beside him So… keep that in mind, okay?”

“Baby, I don’t knohat you’re trying to i to let any motherfucker talk—”

“I know, Austin That’s why I’ you all this He’s not just anyone He’s a friend, okay? Behave yourself and keep your emotions in check”

“I thought you didn’t have any friends besides me”

“Not mine,” she simply stated

I nodded, understanding Shethe car

I lit a cigarette, suddenly fucking pissed that I didn’t knohat I alking into

Over the last two years, we had been all over South Aer than teeks tops Briggs said it was safer that way She literally sat down and met with the business associates, while I stood in the back watching Alith one hand behindfor one of these fuckers tomove

Souy, sometimes up to four

I had gotten used to standing in the background, watching theirup sentences here and there, since they usually spoke Spanish I hadn’t ood thing, it ood job She barely even talked to his really did kno to take care of herself and handle business None of the men she encountered ever disrespected her either

At first it was surprising, especially since she was a woman It was almost like they were scared of her because they had to be I just su Martinez and they knew she worked for him

Don’t fuck with the hand that feeds you and all that bullshit

“You’re late,” a man dressed in a pinstripe suit announced alked into the warehouse

He was a fat fuck with balding gray hair and wrinkled skin If I had to guess, I’d say he was in his late fifties or early sixties

There was a long narrow t

able in the h it was only hiht off guard that he was speaking English That rarely happened in these s

“I know… I’ot—”

“Y este pendejo quien es?” He nodded toward s who I was as soon as she sat down

She didn’t turn around to follow his gaze She kneas referring to me

Already I didn’t fucking like him

“He’s uard”

“Bodyguard?” he scoffed out the word, leaning back against his chair His hands firmly placed on the table in front of him

“Martinez is having a wouess it doesSpanish accent

I resisted the urge to tell hio fuck hiun and the other clenched in a fist at my side

Briggs s back in her own chair “Says the man who has four”

He cocked an eyebrow, and I recognized the predatory look on his face He wanted to fuck her, and I wanted to oddamn cock

“You’re lucky you’re pretty, peladita”

“I’s in my ear”

“Just like Martinez All work and no play Must run in the family”