by Rumer Raines
“Yes,” I tell her and I call the cab company and give them my address. They confirm that they will be here in twenty minutes. I close my eyes hoping they can get here faster because I want her out of my house. Fifteen minutes the cab arrives and I walk Angie out. I hand the cab driver a fifty-dollar bill and close the back door for Angie. She looks pissed at me and turns away as they pull off. I walk back into the house and walk directly to the fridge to grab a beer. As I take my first swallow, the doorbell rings. I shake my head knowing that Angie just couldn’t leave peacefully. She had the driver bring her right back to the house. I am tempted to just let her stand out there, but It rings again. I close my eyes tossing the bottle into the sink. I stomp to the door and yank it open to find Adele waiting there.
We spend several seconds staring at each other. I can’t believe she is standing at my door. I shake my head realizing that I have her still standing outside and I move aside so she can come in. Adele walks past me and slightly touches me as she walks by. I close my eyes because even that slight touch is too much for me. My heart is racing and I can barely breathe with her standing this close to me. It’s been a month and it feels like it has been years.
“What are you doing here, Adele?” I ask and pray that she gives me the right answer.
“I needed to see you,” she says and I notice that she didn’t walk all the way inside. She stopped a few inches from me.
“Why? The last time you were here, you couldn’t get away fast enough.” I realize the anger has managed to creep back in.
“I was scared, Alex.”
“You’re not scared now, Adele? I am the same guy you walked out on before, “I ask and tilt my head questioningly as Adele moves closer to me.
“I feared the person I thought you were. Then I feared I was walking away from the person I know you to be,” Adele explains as she stands directly in front of me. I put one of my hands on her cheek and the other around her neck. I pull her body nearer so that it’s touching mine and I pull her into a kiss. She opens for me immediately and I lose myself in her taste. When Adele moans, I pick her up and she wraps her legs around me, dropping her bag to the floor. I reach back and lock the door and carry her to my bedroom.
Adele gasps when I toss her on the bed and I push open her legs to crawl between them. I yank off my shirt and pull her up to take hers off. She pulls me down on top of her and I start kissing her neck and along her jaw before crawling down her body. When I get to her stomach, I unbutton her jeans and pull them off along with her panties. Adele watches as I kiss her inner thighs, then I sit up to take off my own pants. Adele’s eyes widen when she sees my engorged cock which is pointing happily at her. I reach over to my nightstand to grab a condom and Adele sits up to pull me into another kiss.
She takes the condom and rolls it down my cock and then lies back down, pulling me on top of her again. I reach down to position myself at her opening. I push inside her, inch by glorious inch, as Adele braces her back to take me even deeper. Adele moans as I start thrusting in and out of her. Eventually, she starts moving her own hips to meet my thrusts. I can’t believe how warm and wet she is. Adele fits me perfectly and being inside her is my own personal heaven. When I can feel myself about to come, I slow my pace not wanting this to end. When I slow down, Adele starts moving her hips using me to get herself to come. The minute she goes off, I start pushing myself into her harder and I go off with her.
We are both hot and sweaty, but I don’t even bother moving. I think I even doze off while I am still inside her. Eventually, she moves a leg and I pull myself out of her and lie beside her. I pull her into my arms and we both fall asleep until the next morning.
Adele
I waited until Nick fell asleep and I snuck out of the condo. I know it was wrong and that I was putting myself in jeopardy. I had no other choice, I had to see Alex. It has been one month and I missed him and I needed to see him. It wasn’t a matter of me wanting to see him, I needed to see him. I needed to see him like I needed to breathe. I needed to see him like I need water and air. After I made sure Nick was asleep, I took his keys borrowing his Suburban.
When Alex opened his door, he was surprised to see me. He asked why I was back and I told him that I needed to see him. He reminded me of how I ran away the last time. I knew I had to lay my cards on the table. I ran from him because I was scared. I had run from one monster and I was afraid I was running to another one. I am back because Alex showed me that he was; the man I couldn’t walk away from. When Alex picked me up and carried me to bed, I realized it’s where I wanted to stay forever.
The next morning, I wake to find Alex’s leg and arm wrapped around me. I also find his dick pressed firmly against me. When I turn over to look at him, he doesn’t even budge. I grab his shirt off the floor and put it on as I head to the kitchen to make breakfast. I am making eggs and toast when I feel a set of arms wrapped around my waist and something hard pressed into my ass. I let out a soft moan as I lean back against him.
“Good morning,” Alex says as he places a warm kiss on my neck.
“Good morning.” I turn around and wrap my arms around his neck as our lips meet.
“Are you hungry? I ask pulling away from him.
“Not for food,” Alex retorts as he lifts me, setting me on the counter. “Hold on to the edge,” Alex tells me as he spreads my leg wide and leans down to lick my pussy. I close my eyes and moan as he licks, bites, and nibbles every sensitive area that I have. When Alex sticks his tongue inside me, I practically jump off the counter, but he manages to hold me down. I scream and I think I black out for a few seconds when suddenly Alex stands up and pulls me off the counter. He takes me over to a chair and I practically fall into it.
“I think breakfast is ruined,” Alex remarks and I watch him toss the black eggs and toast in the trash. Alex grabs more eggs and bread and I watch him as he flips the eggs. As he puts the bread into the toaster, my cell starts to ring. I close my eyes expecting an angry Nick to be on the other end. I can’t blame him, I snuck out and stole his car. I pick up the phone as Alex walks to the table staring at me.
“Hello,” I quietly answer.
“Where are you?” Nick asks and I can tell he is very annoyed with me.
“I am with Alex,” I tell him as Alex continues to watch me as he starts to eat his breakfast.
“I am glad you’re safe. Is there anything else you need to tell me?”
“I borrowed your car. I hope that is okay?” I tell him and Alex’s eyebrows nearly touch his hairline.
“I need my car back, Adele,” Nick sayss and I can tell he is still quite pissed.
“I’ll have it back in thirty minutes,” I tell him and hang up as Alex starts to chuckle.
“You took his car? You must have been pretty desperate to get to me,” Alex laughs as he takes another bite of his toast.
I narrow my eyes at him as I grab a piece of toast and head to the bedroom to get dressed. I should get Nick back his car and apologize for running out on him. He doesn’t deserve any of this. A few seconds later, Alex walks into the bedroom behind me and starts getting dressed too.
“What are you doing? I ask.
“I am going to follow you to the condo so I can bring you back. You didn’t think I was going to let you walk away, again did you?” Alex answers. I start to get butterflies in my stomach at the thought of him following me if only to give me a ride back to his place.
I lean over and pull Alex by the shirt to kiss him on the lips. He grabs my ass and pulls closer giving me a quick kiss. “We better get going or we’ll never leave,” he says and we make our way to the condo to drop off Nick’s somewhat stolen Suburban.
Alex and I hold hands as we walk to the door so I can apologize to Nick and return his car keys. He wasn’t happy with me when we spoke on the phone, so hopefully, he will forgive me when I apologize. I pull out the card key and push the door open. When I walk into the room, I accidentally kick a broken lamp by the door. Alex grabs my arm
and pulls me back toward the door and takes a gun from his pants.
“Stay right here.”
I glance around the room and watch as Alex peeks into the bathroom, which is next to the door. He walks further into the room and he rushes to look out the window. Then I walk into the room and gasp as I see Nick’s body on the bed. There is a blood-soaked pillow covering his head. One of his arms is hanging off the bed. He has at least three bullet holes in his chest and the white sheets are drenched in blood. I don’t want to believe it is Nick until I look at the other arm that is laying across the bed and I see the watch that he always wears.
I am frozen staring at Nick as Alex rushes over to the bed and checks for a pulse. He closes his eyes and shakes his head as he looks at me.
“Adele, we need to get the hell out of here,” Alex says as he grabs my arm and tries to pull me out of the room.
I yank my arm away, staring at Nick’s lifeless body as I start to hyperventilate.
“Adele… look at me!” Alex yells as he shakes me.
“We have to get out of here. Whoever did this to him could still be close. Nick will be taken care of. Please, Adele!” Alex pleads with me and manages to get me out of the room.
“Can I have a minute with him? “I ask and Alex turns to look at Nick’s lifeless body. He nods and walks over to the door to wait for me. I say goodbye to Nick and make him a promise.
I manage to stay strong until we are out of the condo. Alex said we should walk out as calmly as we walked in. We can’t make ourselves look suspicious or we’d be the first ones’ people would think of when Nick’s body. If Nick’s body is found. I want to question what the hell he means when he says ‘if’ Nick’s body is found?
When I climb into Alex’s car, I break down. I cry until we get home and Alex puts me to bed and I cry myself to sleep.
Alex
It bothered me to hear Adele cry all the way home. I reached over to hold her hand and I noticed that she flinched whenever I touched her. When we finally got home, she just sat there; she didn’t even attempt to get out. I carried her into the house and took her directly to bed. I covered her with a blanket, but couldn’t walk away from her. I laid down, pulling her against my chest and just held her while she cried. When she eventually cried herself to sleep, I quietly snuck out knowing I had shit to take care.
I call Frank, Thomas, and Oliver and let them know what happened with Nick. They each determine what they will do to keep Adele out of this shit. Frank asks if Adele is staying at my place and I tell him that she is and she’s not leaving. If she wouldn’t have sneaked out last night, she would have been in that room with Nick. She could be dead too and that is something I won’t let happen while I am breathing. Thomas will be checking out the condo to see if Nick’s body has been found yet. The worst part of all this is, we don’t know if this was a hit from some other family that wants our turf in Chicago or was this Garth? I know this is a bad thing to say, but I hope this is a family testing us and not Adele’s husband. I can deal with another family and I know how to react. If it’s the mob, we’ll go toe to toe with them. We’ll kill them all if that’s what it takes. If Adele’s husband killed Nick, that’s a different story. If he did this, he is more than a woman beater, he is a fucking murderer and he’s after my woman.
It’s been a few hours since I left Adele lying in bed. I walk back into the bedroom to check on her and I see that she’s awake. She is curled up into a ball and the covers are practically up to her eyes. I climb into bed and curl up behind her pulling her back into my chest. I can feel her shivering even though she is under the covers.
“He did it,” Adele whispers.
“Who did it, baby?” I ask her as I tighten my hold on her.
“Garth. He killed Nick.”
“Why do you think that?” I ask her as I listen for her answer.
“He told me. He said that if I ever walked away from him, he’d kill anyone that kept us apart,” Adele says as she starts to cry
I don’t say anything after hearing her make this statement. I just hold her and think of how I can find this guy to make him pay. Adele walked away from me the last time I threatened to kill Garth, so I won’t make that mistake again. I won’t tell her all. I can do is make sure it happens.
“I don’t want him to hurt you, Alex.”
“Baby, you don’t have to worry about me. I’m sorry about Nick, but I am glad you weren’t there,” I tell her and she pulls my arm tighter and places her hand on mine.
We lie like that until my phone rings and Adele turns me loose knowing I should answer it. I check the caller ID and see that it’s Thomas. I leave the bedroom to talk to him since I don’t want Adele overhearing any of the conversation.
“Hello,” I quietly answer as I walk out of the bedroom.
“Hey. I don’t know if this is good or bad news. I got there before the housekeeper. Check out went well,” Thomas tells me and I have been in the business enough to know what he is talking about. He got rid of the body, the blood removed, and clean sheets were probably put on the bed. As far as everyone is concerned, Nick left the condo and is on vacation happy and healthy. I close my eyes wondering what I will tell Adele. She’ll ask questions that I won’t want to answer. She’ll probably be expecting a funeral for Nick and will want to attend. Unfortunately, there won’t be a funeral because as far as anyone will know Nick is fine. He’ll simply disappear and I plan on making Garth do the same.
“There is one thing, Alex.”
“What is it?” I ask.
“When we cleaned the room, Nick’s cell phone was missing. It’s 2017, so it’s obvious he has one, but we didn’t find it.” Thomas tells me and I close my eyes wondering if Garth took it. Nick would have had Adele’s phone number listed and I close my eyes to avoid getting pissed.
“Okay. We’ll have to deal with that if it comes up. Thanks for taking care of this, Thomas.”
“Family takes care of each other Alex,” Thomas says before he hangs up.
I walk into my office and pour myself a glass of bourbon. I rub my hand across my beard realizing that it’s been days since I shaved. I have not been myself lately and I need to refocus. I am Alex Deluca, the ruthless, reckless mother fucker that stole drugs and a cop’s car from a police station. I run shit, it doesn’t run me. There is no way I am going to let this wife-beating bastard run things in my town and with my woman. He found her at Deluca’s which was strike one, showing up at the restaurant with Adele and Alexis was strike two, killing Nick was strike number three and this fucker is about to have me put him out.
I take another swallow of the bourbon and look up to find Adele standing in the door. Our eyes meet and she walks into the office and around the desk. I push back my chair as she stands between me and the desk. We both know what the other needs and Adele starts to take off her clothes. She lifts her shirt and tosses it to the floor. She follows with her bra, pants, and panties and I just watch her. When she is completely naked and at my mercy, I stand up and lift her to my desk. She pulls me so that my mouth touches her and we practically maul each other and she manages to bite my lip as she kisses me. I pull back and wipe the blood off my lip and she blushes.
Before she says anything, I kiss her to silence her as I start to unbutton my pants. I pull them down and kick them off as Adele grabs my already hard dick and starts stroking me. She wraps her hands around it and she rubs it up and down and pumps it back and forth. The last thing I am going to do right now is come in her hand. I push her legs open, moving between them and lean against her so that she must lie back on the desk as I angle my dick up to her entrance. I thrust inside her with more force than necessary and Adele screams. I make sure that every inch of my dick is inside her as I thrust in and out of her tight, wet pussy. In and out, harder and harder I push inside and pull out while Adele moans and screams my name. The only sound coming from my office is moaning and grunting and a lot of swearing, but I am in a place I never want to leave.
; “Alex…don’t …stop…,” Adele moans as I continue to thrust as hard as I can into her.
“Fuck…so…good,” I grunt as I pull back to pinch her clit.
“Do... you… feel… AHH…” Adele groans as she comes a few seconds later.
“FUCK!” I yell as come inside her.
We stay joined until we both can calm our breathing and when I finally pull out of her, I notice some of my come dripping down her leg.
“Oh, shit. We didn’t use a condom.” I close my eyes and look at her.
“Are you on the pill, Adele?” I ask her as she bends over to start grabbing her clothes and I notice she doesn’t answer.
“Adele?” I ask again as I put my hand on her arm to get her attention.
“No. Look, Alex, I have been so stressed lately I doubt I would get pregnant. Don’t worry about it, if I did it would be my issue and not yours.” She says as she yanks her arm from me and tries to walk away.
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Adele
“What is this?” Garth looks at me and back to the pregnancy test that I threw in the trash earlier today. I can see the anger brewing inside him as he clutches the test with disgust.
“I...,” Not knowing what to say to him, I start to back away as he starts to walk towards me and I know what is about to happen. I turn to run away but before I can get away, Garth is pulling my hair, snapping my head back toward him.
“You are a fucking bitch!” he yells at me as he pushes me to the floor and kicks my stomach.
“You had one fucking job and that was not to get yourself knocked up and you couldn’t even do that shit right!” Garth continues to yell at me as I try to crawl into a ball to protect my baby.
“ONE! FUCKING! JOB!” Each word is punctuated with a swift, hard kick to my abdomen.
I am in so much pain, I am trembling on the floor and when I think he is finally finished with me, I turn over onto my back pulling my legs into my stomach. The pain is almost unbearable and Garth rushes back to stand over me.