This Savage Love: A Bad Boy Romance Boxed Set

by Kathryn Thomas

  Quickly, they went through the papers. Tania was excited. “There is more here. They have done this before. See here and here.”

  “Grab this all,” he decided. “It wouldn’t hurt to present this to the police.”

  Tania gathered the papers. Taking out a folder from Raymond’s desk, she put everything in it. “Now what?”

  “Now we wait for his call.”

  “Are you crazy?”

  He laughed. “Now we get out, of course. I’ll call Jason and tell him to skedaddle from that place.”

  “It wouldn’t take Raymond long to figure out that Jason was lying, that he never had any evidence to hand out,” she said.

  “And then he would wonder as to why we went through this hassle.” Carefully, he closed the safe and put the painting back. He took a look around to see if anything was out of place. “He would come here and we would be gone. He would come in this room and everything would look all right.”

  “Do you think he would open the safe to see if his precious evidence was locked inside?”

  Riley led her out of the room and closed the door. He put a hand on the small of her back as they went out. Opening the main door, he stepped outside. “Paranoid as he is, he would surely check.”

  “I hope he doesn’t have a heart attack.” She sat in the car. Riley joined her. “I sure would like to see the look on his face when the police arrest him.”

  “We’ll meet him in court,” Riley assured her. Once they were out of his house, he called Jason. “The work is done. Get out of there.”

  “Right,” said Jason.

  Riley wondered what excuse he would give Raymond for walking away from the meeting. He didn’t care. They were home free, and they had enough evidence in their hands to nail Raymond and the whole gang. The man trusted no one and, yet, he was the one who ended up betraying his club. Because of his carelessness, he would send them all to jail. They all deserved the fate. Riley might’ve forgiven them for blowing up that place, but not for trying to kill Tania. Now, they would pay the price for it. He didn’t mind.“We should go straight to the police station.”

  “We need to first see Jason and show him this. He will guide us. And if he goes with us to the station, it would be great. The police would take him seriously,” said Tania.

  Soon they reached Jason’s house. The maid let them in; Jason wasn’t home yet. When he didn’t come in, Riley began to worry. What the hell? Where was he?

  Just as he picked up his phone to call, the front door opened and in walked Jason.

  He was carrying a bottle of champagne in his hand. “Time to celebrate, my friends.”

  “You moron! We were worried.” Tania ran to hug him. “We got him.”

  “We sure did.” Jason grinned. He shook hands with Riley. “Did it go according to plan?”

  “As smooth as making pie,” he assured him. “What about you? What did you tell him after I called?”

  “I sad that I was going to the bathroom, and he should order coffee. He didn’t seem happy but since I was the one who was supposedly carrying the evidence, he didn’t have much choice.”

  “We got him good,” said Tania.

  Riley laughed. “I wonder how long he waited there, and when he realized you’re gone for good…”

  “He would rush home and get another shock,” said Jason.

  He put the bottle down on the bar and opened it. “This was exhilarating, to say the least. For the first time in my life, I actually dealt with a gangster. Before this, movies and books…it wasn’t real.”

  “Well, I can only hope that I never get embroiled in such a thing ever again,” Tania said as she accepted a glass of champagne. “I have to admit I was scared.”

  Riley ran a hand over her cheek. “You don’t have to be scared anymore.”

  It wasn’t true, though. This wasn’t over as yet, not by a long shot. Raymond wasn’t the kind of man who admitted defeat so easily, and especially now when he was made a fool of, he wouldn’t just sit back and let it go. He would do his utmost to destroy them. But now Riley was ready. He would do whatever was necessary to protect the woman he loved.

  Chapter Twenty Three

  Back at Jason’s house, Riley breathed a sigh of relief. He wasn’t sure if they would make it, but now Tania was safe and they managed to get the papers. It was a double bonus, and he had to thank her and Jason for it. Without them, this scheme couldn’t have been a success.

  “Jason isn’t back yet,” Tania commented as they climbed up the stairs. “I hope Raymond doesn’t follow him here.”

  “Even if he does, Jason is clever enough to fool him. Once he’s inside this house, he’s safe.”

  “It was too easy,” she said.

  “Ah! Now you say it when all is over. Trust me, my heart was in my throat most of the time,” he admitted.

  “I was frightened, too. If that guy didn’t believe us…well, it ended with a good result and that’s all that matters.”

  They went inside the room and he closed the door. Riley took her in his arms without a moment’s notice. His lips claimed her. Frightened and scared wasn’t how he would’ve described his feelings. In Raymond’s house, he was petrified. If anything happened to Tania, he wouldn’t have forgiven himself. Now he could breathe easy knowing that no one would hurt them anymore. Once they handed over the papers to the police, there wasn’t much the gang could do to them.

  He pushed all thoughts from his mind as his lips roamed over hers. When her lips parted, he thrust his tongue in her mouth and tasted everything as if they were doing this for the first time. Like always, the desire that skidded and slipped through his veins was unstoppable. The need that burned through his gut had a life of its own, and he was now a prisoner of this primal urge, picking her up without breaking contact with her mouth.

  When he set her down next to the bed, neither of them wasted any time. She tugged off her dress while he fiddled with the buttons of his shirt. Reaching behind her back, she unhooked the bra and took it off. The sight of her heavy, firm breasts spilling out of the delicate material sent a tingle of passion straight through his stomach and down into his cock that rose to the occasion. He stripped off his trousers while she slipped out of her panties.

  He couldn’t wait to take her in his arms. When he rested his hands on her shoulders, Riley felt a fission of excitement. His hands slipped down the smooth, bare skin of her arms while his gaze rested on her tits, slowly beckoning him to take them in his hands. He rested the tips of his fingers on her nipples and watched her shudder.

  Riley helped her lie down on the bed. She expected him to join her, but he bent down and nestled in between her legs.

  “Please,” she begged.

  He grabbed her hands and held them against the bed sheet while he pushed his face in between her legs. The sweet scent of her arousal drove him crazy. He licked the lips of her pussy and she gasped. Holding her down, Riley took his time as he tasted and relished the velvety center ripe with need. His tongue swept over her bud and she groaned.

  He thrust his tongue in between the lips of her pussy and she climaxed with a loud scream. Her muscles shuddered and quivered as he rose. She was breathtakingly beautiful and now, when he’d just shown her a piece of heaven, she looked even more gorgeous. He was lucky to have her in his life. The woman was all that mattered now.

  He joined her on the bed and felt her arms band around his back. Dipping his head, he captured her nipple in his mouth. She gasped as he paid homage to her breasts. His tongue caressed and fondled the hard bud until she was a mass of frayed nerves. Her nails raked over his back. She was close, he could feel it, but she pushed him away.

  Surprised, he rolled over and watched as she slipped down his torso. Her hands held his thighs, making it difficult for him to move – not that he wanted to. He could tell what was on her mind, and he wanted it more than anything ever before. She cupped her balls and caressed them, and he moaned. Riley never liked giving over the power in bed to a woman,
but with Tania, he felt comfortable doing so. She was special, more than he could describe.

  Her tongue caressed his cock and he writhed under her. It was her turn to make him squirm. Her tongue twisted around his cock and fondled and teased until he was the one clenching the sheets. She licked and kissed the head, and Riley thought he might burst any time.

  She rose over him and before his over-energized mind could figure out what she was up to, she took position over him and lowered her hips, taking him into her pussy. Riley groaned as he grabbed her hips. She was like a force of nature, unstoppable, uncontrollable. She moved up and down, taking him in and out, and he couldn’t do anything to stop her.

  There was nothing else he wanted other than to find the release that stayed tantalizingly out of reach. The pleasure that skidded through his veins was stormy and wild. Over and over, her pelvic bone slapped into his until she was a blur of motion on top of him. Their hips moved in unison for what seemed like an eternity. He cupped her breasts and squeezed and she came with a mighty scream. The orgasm rippled through her faster than she thought possible, and she shuddered.

  Turning her over while they were still attached, he thrust inside her, once, twice – and then finally he exploded inside her. Riley collapsed. It was one of the most exhilarating experiences of his life. Every time he made love to Tania, it was as if they did it for the first time.

  “It still seems like a dream,” she gasped, her body splayed on the sheets next to him.

  “To me, too. Let’s do it again to see if it was real,” he winked.

  She laughed and stood. “I wasn’t talking about that, you moron. The fact that we stole papers from Raymond’s safe…that was surreal.”

  “Not for him.”

  She stretched as she glanced down at his magnificent body. “Tempting as it is to snuggle into bed with you, I think we’ve got work to do.”

  He pouted. Riley stood. “Ah! Work. That never comes to an end. We should go to the police and finish this story once and for all.”

  She marched into the bathroom. “Hey, Jason has been thoughtful enough to leave his clothes for you.” Tania went into the shower and quickly rinsed off. She emerged and got dressed in jeans and a T-shirt. “We should go with Jason to the police station. They will take him seriously.”

  “But would he want to get involved in such a sordid tale?”

  “Let’s ask him. I hope he’s come back.”

  After Riley took a shower and got dressed, they marched downstairs. Much to their relief, Jason was in the living room. “So what’s the verdict?” he said.

  Riley smiled. “Got everything.” He showed Jason the papers and the two of them went over them. “This isn’t just enough to nail them on the warehouse, but also on a couple of other accounts of fraud. The police will have a field day, especially when Tania slaps in the kidnapping.”

  “I don’t think you should add that in,” said Jason.

  “Why not?” Riley bristled. He longed to send those people away for a long time. They could’ve killed Tania, and kidnapping was also a serious crime. “We could get them.”

  “No, you won’t be able to. She doesn’t accurately remember the people who were in the room, and she doesn’t know the location. Be glad that you’ve got these papers. It should be enough to send them in for a few years.”

  Riley rubbed a hand on his forehead. “I don’t like it.”

  “Neither do I, but it’s the best you’ve got so flow with it.”

  Tania licked her bottom lip. “You’re not coming with us to the police?”

  “I don’t want to be identified with this right now. When I write this story into a dynamite script, I don’t people to start drawing comparison with this particular incident.”

  She shook her head, but Riley understood his logic. As it was, Jason couldn’t add much to their account. The papers proved their story. Devil’s Mafia Brotherhood was going in for a long time and that was all that mattered. “We should get going,” he told Tania.

  “Jason, thank you for your help. We couldn’t have done it without you,” she said.

  Jason stood and they exchanged a hug. From the gleam in Jason’s eyes, Riley was sure he was sorry to let her go. Maybe Tania didn’t feel anything for him, but Jason sure as hell was smitten with her. Even though jealousy reared through his heart, he kept a rein on it. He didn’t want to lose a new friend because of such issues. Jason came through for them in more ways than one, and he liked the guy.

  They shook hands. “You guys come back here. This is the safest place to be – at least until the gang goes away.”

  “I think they’d be too busy figuring things out with their lawyers to come behind us,” Riley assured him. He wasn’t a hundred percent sure about that, but the fact was that they needed to start their life again, and it was time to stop being afraid of this group that ruled over them for so long. “We’ll be cautious; don’t worry.”

  “It might not be a bad idea to go for a vacation while the police catch them. The trial, if there is one, isn’t going to happen overnight.” Tania wrinkled her brow. “I thought about leaving town earlier, but this is my city. Why should they run me out?”

  “Yeah, well, you’re the one who is going to fry their ass,” said Jason.

  They bid a warm farewell to Jason and marched out. Riley had one destination in mind, and that was the nearest police station. As soon as they handed in the papers and got their complaint registered, they would be much safer. The Devil’s Mafia Brotherhood wouldn’t dare to attack them if they knew it would bring the police down on their head. These were white-collar criminals, not gangsters who weren’t afraid to go to any lengths. Although, of course, the kidnapping attempt on Tania was vicious and uncalled for.

  It must’ve been Raymond’s call. Charlie didn’t have the guts to make such a decision. He was all loud talk and bluster. He couldn’t plan such a thing and, even now, Riley was sure that if there were any attempt on their lives, it would come from Raymond. Had he already informed the rest of them as to what happened? Or was he still sitting in his house and crying?

  They got to the police station pretty quickly. It took them much longer to make their statements, present the evidence, and identify the people. Some of the lower lackeys who worked in Devil’s Mafia Brotherhood were known thugs. Others, like Raymond and Charlie, had never seen the inside of a police station.

  Finally, when they were done, Riley escorted Tania out. “Where should we go?”

  She seemed at a loss now that they fulfilled their primary objective. “I don’t know what to do anymore.”

  “We’re free, more or less.” He opened the car door for her. “Let’s go to your house. I’m sure we would be able to catch news of arrests and official case proceedings against them on TV.”

  “We could just head out and go away.”

  Riley considered the option. Him and her, together, alone on some island – the idea was tempting. He wanted to do it. It would be heavenly to be free of these worries, to not think about what Devil’s Mafia Brotherhood was planning, and not to be constantly on guard, but they couldn’t do it as yet. They set the ball in motion, but they needed to see if it would reach the desired destination.

  “We can’t just leave. The police told us they might need to question us, and we would need to identify everyone, and it’s…we’ve got a lot of work left.”

  “I was afraid you might say something like that,” she said. “The insurance company will probably call us for an interview.”

  “Yeah, I bet we’re going to be pretty busy over the next few days.” Riley helped her into the car. “I’m going to collect some clothes and then we’re going to hole up in your house. It’s the best place to be. Hopefully they won’t disturb there.”

  “And what if they do?”

  “I doubt that they would barge in without an invitation now that we’ve gone to the police. If something happens to either one of us, the police would latch on to them.” Riley felt fairly confiden
t they wouldn’t be attacked, but, of course, he couldn’t be a hundred percent sure. Although he wanted to keep Tania safe, he didn’t think she would agree to stay in Jason’s house without him. And, frankly, he just wasn’t that comfortable living in another man’s space with his girlfriend. “We could take a hotel,” he offered. “It will be safer. They won’t dare attack us in a public place.”

  “I thought you were sure that they wouldn’t cross our path?”

  Riley ran a hand through his hair as he considered the possibilities. “I’m just not sure. Raymond definitely isn’t silly enough to attack us when he knows it would land him in a greater vat of trouble, but Charlie’s loose cannon.”

  “Don’t scare me.”

  “I’m simply trying to come up with all the different scenarios. We don’t want to be caught by surprise,” he theorized. Riley’s head was spinning. There was so much that could happen, but as long as they were prepared, they could minimize the damage.