slipped his finger into her, and hearing her moan only made him harder. He’d hoped to hold out a little longer, but his cock was so ready to be buried in her. Moving fast, he pulled her pants down her thighs as she helped until they were completely off. Pulling it out of his pants, he was already dripping as he continued to devour her mouth. “I love you,” he said against her lips as he spread her legs beneath him. “I fucking love you, Dani. My Dani. My Dani,” he said through clenched teeth as he thrust into her again and again, harder and deeper until they were both crying out and moaning in ecstasy.
Chapter 24
Danica
Blaine’s name popped up on Danica’s car dash screen as her phone rang. She answered, hopeful that he might have some good news. He’d already explained to her weeks ago that the current hard-ass district attorney handling her case had suddenly announced his retirement soon. He was hopeful anyone taking his place might be more lenient and she might have this felony reduced to a misdemeanor sooner than they’d first anticipated. Just a few days ago, he’d informed her the district attorney had officially retired and they were just waiting on the final word on who’d be replacing him. Orlando had told her to think positive, and she was doing just that, even as she winced and answered the phone.
“Danica?”
“Yes?” she said, already smiling because he sounded excited.
“Great news and even better news.”
Her heart raced as she reached a stop. “Okay?”
“I got the word of who the newly appointed district attorney is for your case a few days ago: a former prosecutor, David Verlinden. Didn’t mean much to me because I knew little about him. But since you told me I could share with my dad about your case, I mentioned it to him last night when we had dinner, and you’re not gonna believe this.”
He paused for a moment, so she had to ask. “What?”
“He knows the guy. Not only were they in the same fraternity in college, they were good friends.”
He paused again as if waiting for reaction from her, but she wasn’t quite sure how to respond. “Okay?”
“Even better, Danica. My dad said he hadn’t kept in touch with him in years, but the guy reached out just a few months ago when he heard my dad was running for county supervisor. They have the same political views, and he’s backing my dad, even donating to his campaign, but he also put in a few requests of what he’d like to see changed once my dad is in office. You know how that goes. Scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours.”
Danica had heard about this stuff. It irked her sister, who said all politicians were crooked and it was all about money and who you knew. Only Danica wasn’t sure how this was good news for her.
As if reading her mind, Blaine went on. “My dad’s gonna put in a call today to him and see if we can get this felony charge withdrawn by your very next court date. He might even get the motion to expunge the charges altogether expedited and removed entirely from your record much sooner than we anticipated. Like maybe in just a few months.”
Danica gasped, suddenly feeling choked up. “You’re kidding me.” It was only then that she realized the honking she’d been hearing was for her sake. The red light she’d been sitting at, had since turned green and just turned yellow again, and she hadn’t moved. It took her a second to decide what to do, and when she finally hit the accelerator the light was already red. The honking went even crazier as she moved through the big intersection, and cars coming at her on either side had to slow to miss T-boning her.
“Everything okay?” Blaine asked.
“Yeah, yeah, just a lot of traffic.”
“Okay, so I’ll get back to you when I know more. Next court date is still the same, but this is good, Danica. Stay positive.”
“I will,” she said, feeling giddy before hanging up. She smiled the rest of the way to Orlando’s. Last night had been one of the few nights out of the week now that she’d gone home. It was mostly for the sake of seeing and spending time with Dominic, but she’d needed to pick up more clothes too. She’d picked up enough to be at Orlando’s for a few days again. Today was one of her