we will do everything possible to keep the streets safe.”
I said to my mom, in Russian, “He’s taken a special interest in Andrusha. He’s like a dog with a bone.”
She responded, “He’s a fat fool.”
I looked at the detective, who stood waiting with a self-satisfied smile on his face. “She’s grateful for everything you are doing for us.”
He nodded in satisfaction. “We will give you a report number and it will be ready to download for insurance within twenty-four hours.”
Chapter 23
CHARLIE
Mica came back into the house and seemed indifferent to the fact that someone had caused thousands of dollars of damage to his car. I watched him carefully as he got breakfast ready with Mark, but he seemed lighthearted as he joked around.
If my heart were a bird, it would be singing at the top of its voice. I felt so happy right now. The sex had been mind-blowing. Hands down, the best sex of my life. Mica was possessive, in control, and knew how to use his body to give me multiple mind-numbing orgasms.
But our conversation this morning was what made my heart bleat with joy. My temporary husband had half-heartedly suggested that we see where this could go. It had cost him a lot to admit that he wanted to make this work. He had struggled with his words and when I agreed, I could see his entire body relax. In my wildest dreams, I never imagined that we’d ever get to this point.
His aversion to kids didn’t bother me. After watching my mom raise two kids on her own, I had seen past the romance of having a baby and was versed in how much energy and time it took to parent a child. If I had to choose between having a faceless baby and keeping Mica in my life and heart, the choice was easy. He won by a landslide.
I hadn’t realized how much I had been trying to hold myself back in this relationship until he spoke those words. Now my poor heart seemed to overflow with emotion. It felt like freedom to just feel all my feelings. And there were so many of them. Lust, trust, happiness, joy. I felt drunk with emotion.
Every moment together with Jasper, Yelena, Mark, and Mica felt like a gift. The five of us felt like family. Together we enjoyed the last few days of the holidays. We cooked together, went for walks together and spent a lot of time laughing and eating.
But the nights were my favorite part. I couldn’t wait to go to bed. Mica was a demanding lover and his wicked, dirty talk made me crazy.
When I got out of the bath, he was lying on the bed, waiting for me.
“Tonight, I think I want a fashion show.”
“Oh yeah?”
“I want you to try on all your lingerie and show me what you bought. I’m going to lie here, and you’re going to parade up and down in your little outfits.”
I half laughed. “You do realize I bought, like, ten outfits.”
“Better get started, then. Start with the one with the feathers.” His hands were crossed behind his head, but his dark pupils told me he was turned on at the thought.
When I came out of the walk-in closet, wearing my feathery teddy, I only got halfway across the room before he was grabbing me and tossing me on the bed.
“The audience shouldn’t interfere with the lingerie models,” I laughed uncontrollably as I tried to crawl away from him.
He yanked me back and within seconds he had me bent over so he could take me from behind. When he was done ravishing me, he had feathers in his hair, his mouth, and stuck to various parts of his body.
The next night when I got out of my bath, he was waiting for me.
“Drop your towel and get on the bed.”
I couldn’t get on the bed fast enough.
He stood at the foot of the bed, fully dressed, his eyes drinking in my naked body. “Now spread your legs.”
I complied, and he grabbed my ankles and yanked me down the bed. With his big hands holding my thighs down, he put his face between my legs and made me come repeatedly, each time more powerful than the last.
“I can’t take it,” I begged, my body humming so hard I thought I might pass out.
Only when my body was a twitching mess of heavenly sensation did he strip down and push himself into me. He fucked me like a savage and