Chapter 14

ChapterFourteen

MAXIM

“Give me your keys,” I shout to Johnson when I see his motorcycle parked next to the building. As soon as I say the words, he tosses them to me. He might be an asshole, but he’s not one to ask a lot of questions.

“I’ll send backup!” he calls out as I rev the engine and take off down the narrow alley.

The GPS tracker on Rue’s ankle is connected to my watch, and it’s already going off. It was set to alert when she was a certain distance away from me, so now all I have to do is follow the direction it’s telling me to go. Going behind some of the buildings will help me cut them off before they reach the main road.

I must not be too far behind them or else he didn’t need to go far. There’s a lot of ways for someone to disappear in these warehouses, but he must not know Rue has a tracker on her.

The more I think about it, the more I don’t believe that she could have gone with him. She was running from him to begin with, and everything she told me about her life before was something I know she didn’t want to be a part of anymore. She wanted a way out, and that’s what I was going to give her. I thought things were going too far too fast, but clearly it wasn’t fast enough. I won’t make that mistake again.

My watch pings, and I see the distance between us is closing. Up ahead I take a sharp turn, and my tires screech. When I slide to a stop, I plant my boot on the ground and wait. As I predicted, my car comes around the corner, and I see him. Gavin is behind the wheel, and he looks deranged. I have to act fast because I have zero doubts he would run me over in his obsession to steal Rue.

Reaching behind me, I pull out my gun and fire off one shot in the windshield before shooting the tire. The driver slumps over, and the car turns sharply into the wall. When it crashes to a stop, I race over and check inside the vehicle for Rue.

There’s no one other than Gavin, and he’s not responding. My first shot caught him in the head, and when I try to check for a pulse he slumps over in the passenger seat. There’s too much blood for him to survive his injuries, and I’m not exactly worried about trying to save him.

“Where the fuck is she?!” I shout to the empty car.

“Maxim!” Rue calls out, and I hear thumping from the trunk.

When I try to pry it open, it won’t budge, so I tuck my gun in my belt and kick the lock with my boot. The metal latch pops open, and I yank at the lid. As soon as I open it, Rue practically leaps out of the trunk and into my arms.

“Oh god, Maxim, I was so scared,” she sobs, and I hold her tight against me.

“You’re safe, Rue. I’ve got you. I’m here, and I’m not going to let anything happen to you.”

“I wasn’t going to run.” She sniffs, and I feel hot tears on my neck. “I swear. I thought about it for half a second, and I couldn’t do it. I couldn’t leave you.”

“Hey,” I tell her and force her to lift her face so her eyes meet mine. “You don’t have to run from me anymore. You understand? You want to run, that’s fine, but you’ll damn well take me with you.” Her smile is so beautiful as she cries and then lets out a small laugh. “I love you, firecracker. I’ll take you anywhere you want to go and give you anything your heart desires. As long as you run to me and not from me.”

“I love you too, Maxim.” She sniffs, and I wipe away her tears. “And I promise. No more running without you.”

There’s an alarm in the distance that lets me know Johnson and his clean-up crew are on the way. This might not have been part of the plan in taking Vince Sledge down, but he’ll make sure this isn’t tied to either of us or that we catch any of the blowback.

“Ready to go home?” I ask, and her brows furrow.

“I’m not sure exactly where that is,” she admits, and her fingers thread through my hair.

“It’s wherever you are because that’s where I’ll always be. My home is anywhere you lay your head.”

“I like the idea of laying my head here,” she says and puts her hand over my heart.

“You’ve got yourself a deal.” I grin at her, and she wraps her arms and legs around me before I walk us away from the scene of the accident.

It doesn’t take long for Johnson to release us, and I call a car service to take us back to the hotel. Once we’re safely in the honeymoon suite, I run the bath I promised her earlier. When the hot water and bubbles are all the way to the top, I take my time stripping her down until she’s completely bare for me.

“Come here,” I tell her and then lower her into the water before taking off all my clothes. I see her staring at my cock and licking her lips when I get in, but I shake my head. “Not right now.”

“Why not?” She pokes out her bottom lip slightly when she pouts, and I wonder if she has any idea she’s doing it.

“Because I need to be inside you. All the way this time.” I lean back in the tub and move her so she’s straddling my lap. “It will be easier this way.”

“You know I’m a virgin,” she says, almost embarrassed, and I nod.

“I’ll do all the work. All you have to do is keep those thighs nice and open for me.”

She nods as I slide her over my cock, and the hard length brushes between the lips of her pussy. Her moan echoes off the tiles, and she rocks her hips. She’s already seeking the tip so she can put it inside her, and I have to fight not to cum.

“Be good for Daddy,” I say softly, and she whimpers. The head of my dick is pushing in, and the pressure is tight. I use one hand to hold her up, and then I reach between us with the other. “That’s it, let me take care of you.”

“It feels so good.” Her voice catches on the last word when I circle her clit and push in deeper.

“Your little pussy isn’t used to all this attention,” I say as I sink in farther. “She’s so tight.”

“Don’t stop,” she begs.

“Not until I’m balls deep, little one.” She rocks her hips a few times, and with the pressure on her clit, she cums fast. When her pussy squeezes me, I thrust the rest of the way. “Fuck,” I hiss and then move her up and down on my cock.

“It’s too much.” Her nails are digging into my shoulders, and she tries to push off of me, but I don’t let her go.

“Don’t you dare try and take this away from me,” I order her, and she stills. I pop her ass, and she squeals as I keep thrusting. “That’s it, take it for Daddy. Be a good girl.”

She whimpers again but doesn’t try to stop me as I fuck her the way I’ve been desperate to. When I hold her on me and grind against her clit, she calls out my name and cums again. I can feel her cunt clench tightly, and I can’t hold back any longer.

My cock throbs as I pour my cum into her over and over. It feels like it goes on forever, and my vision blurs. Cumming inside her has got to be the single greatest moment in my life. I hold her against me and kiss her lips as the last of her orgasm milks me dry.

“That’s my little firecracker.” I smile against her lips, and she does the same. “I love you.”

“I love you too.” She grins and kisses me back. “I can’t believe it fit inside of me.”

“That’s because we were made for each other.” I kiss her cheeks and then her nose. “You were the wild card I never saw coming.”

“I’m glad I finally found my home.”

“It’s always with you,” I tell her before I roll us over in the tub and slowly thrust in and out.

“Right here,” she agrees and kisses the space right above my heart.