Dangerous Rescue - Linzi Baxter Page 0,46
face.
“I’m not going to promise I will answer, but ask away.”
“Why did you stop modeling?”
She tilted her head. “I didn’t have an easy pregnancy. At six weeks, I started puking my guts out and didn’t stop until the day Mia was born. Most women don’t get sick past the first trimester. It wasn’t the case for me. A few times, I had to go to the hospital for an IV because I was so dehydrated from not being able to keep anything down. So, during the pregnancy, it wasn’t an option for me. And the delivery didn’t go as planned…” She shook her head. “After, I didn’t want to make Mia travel the world with me. It wasn’t fair to her to have to constantly be in a different country. Yes, I have enough money that she could have stayed home with a nanny, but I told myself I wouldn’t put her through what my parents did to me.”
“So, that’s when you decided to be a teacher?”
She ran her tongue along her pretty lips. He did his best not to think about them wrapped around his cock. It was so hard to be around her and not remember their time together. Everything was different now. And he hated the fact it was his fault for not being there when she was sick—not holding her hair up or making sure she made it to the hospital.
“I spent years in private schools.” She paused. “My parents were friends with Ivy League donors. During my modeling career, I heard so many women talk about how they dreamed of going to college but couldn’t get in or their families didn’t have the means. So, they found their way into modeling. I had the connections to get people in. At first, I thought about being a guidance counselor but changed my mind. I love to teach and spend time with the kids.”
She reached over and grabbed an onion ring from his plate. Then she froze. It was something she’d always done when they dated.
“I’m so sorry,” she said.
“You have nothing to be sorry about. Honestly, I’m glad you’re comfortable enough around me to feel like you can grab food from me.” He reached up and cupped her cheek.
When he ran his finger along her plump lips, she moved away. “Whenever I’m around you, my sense goes out the window. It’s like nothing has changed, and we’ve picked back up where we left off, but that’s not the case. So much time has passed, and we’re different people now. You talk about spanking, and I grade papers.”
“Your cheeks turned a pretty shade of red.” He paused. “I think you want to know what it would feel like with my hand against your ass, but that won’t happen until you beg for it.”
“You’re pretty sure of yourself.”
“I just know how good we are together. And how to make your body hum.” He let out a breath. “But we have other things to talk about. Discussing how hard my dick is just because you ate one of my onion rings was not what I planned.”
“Do you think Cy will find any information out on the Oaxaca Cartel? All reports show that Kyle is dead, and Edward’s in jail. What are we going to do to get the cartel off my back? I have a lot in savings. You think I can offer them money?”
“No, we aren’t going down that route. They will keep taking more and more until you have none left. Once they dried your account, they would still say you had a debt to pay. The men we’re talking about are bad, Siena. Cy will find a way to get you out of this. We just need more time.” His voice broke. He had faith in Cy.
“I’m scared, Hudson.”
He instinctively stood and pulled her into his arms. “I shouldn’t have a mission for a few weeks. My team is gone, and I highly doubt my commander is going to loan me out again after what happened. So, I’ll be at your side during the night. We both have to go to work during the day. After the incident today, I’m sure your principal isn’t going to allow any more guests in your classroom.”
The principal had spoken to the detective, and he apologized to Siena over and over and offered to let her to take another day off. She refused. It was close to midterms, and she wanted to go over the information with her students.
“You make