RUSH (Montgomery Men #1) - C.A. Harms Page 0,78

word, he slammed into me, and the growl that ripped through him was so fucking sexy I almost came at the sound of it.

He was like a madman unleashed. Our lovemaking was raw and dirty, and I’d never felt more powerful.

Ashton gave me that.

ASHTON

“IT’S DONE, BROTHER.”

I gripped the back of my neck and sagged back against the chair. “Yeah?” I asked Beckett, still not believing that what he said was true.

“They were arrested an hour ago, and the entire Miami Police Department is now under investigation, and so is the mayor. It’s a fucking shitstorm, but I can assure you that Bruce and Jase are both going away for a long time and taking a lot of bad people with them.”

This was the news I’d been waiting weeks to hear. But with the pushing and prodding my brothers had been doing, I knew it was only a matter of time before the shit came raining down on everyone involved.

“It’s time to tell your woman that she’s finally free.”

Beck’s words made the weight of the world lift from my shoulders.

It was finally over.

“Go home to your girl, Ash. You need to share this together.” I could hear the smile in his voice.

I would never be able to repay Knox and Beck for the time and energy they’d put into giving my Kinsley her freedom back.

“Thanks, Beck,” I said, feeling like I could finally breathe.

I hung up and hurried from my office, passing a curious Lex, whose crude comments about my manly needs I chose to ignore.

I had one purpose: to get to Kinsley as quickly as possible.

She’d taken up a new hobby. She said it was something she’d always wanted to do, and I knew it gave her tremendous happiness.

Who knew the woman who held my heart was also an artist, and a pretty damn good one at that?

I found her in the spare bedroom I’d converted to a studio. It had the best view of the Hudson River in the house, and Kinsley had made it her own little safe haven filled with her creations.

Her back was to me as she carefully analyzed the painting before her, resting the wooden end of her paintbrush against her lip as she tilted her head to the side.

“It’s beautiful,” I said, and she looked back over her shoulder with a smile.

She had become a lot less jumpy lately and seemed to feel safe and comfortable here with me. My home was now her home if every sense of the word.

That was all I’d hoped for when I gave her no choice but to move in with me. I’d needed her here just as much as I knew she needed to be here.

“Thank you.” She lowered the paintbrush to the table beside her and moved toward me.

There was nothing more beautiful than the woman before me. Her presence was so overpowering that I grew weak in it. Before Kinsley, I never liked to feel weak. But with her, I welcomed it.

“Why are you looking at me like that?” she asked.

“Because I love you,” I said without hesitation. “I’ve never loved anyone the way I love you.”

“I love you too.” Nothing made me feel more powerful that hearing her say those words.

“I told you I’d keep you safe.” I rested my forehead against hers. “I told you to trust me, because one day everything from your past, everything that still haunted you would come to an end.”

She pulled back and gave me a quizzical look.

“It’s over, Kins,” I assured her, and her body weakened in my arms. “Everything is over. Bruce and Jase are finally gonna get what’s coming to them.”

“How?” Her lower lip trembled, and for a moment I almost lost my ability to continue, but I pushed through.

“They were both arrested and have numerous counts of fraudulent charges against them.” She still didn’t look convinced. “The Feds stepped in, and a criminal investigation is underway into the police department’s cooperation in the Hellmans’ wrongdoings. It’s all out now. Everything is.”

“Are you sure?” Her eyes filled with unshed tears of happiness and disbelief.

“Everything is over. I promise you, baby. It’s all over.” I knelt just enough to look directly at her, hoping she could see the truth in my eyes. “They will never hurt you again. You no longer have to hide.”

Kinsley threw her arms around my shoulders and hugged me with more force than a woman her size should be capable of as she cried tears of joy and continued to say thank