Total pages in book: 52
Estimated words: 47819 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 239(@200wpm)___ 191(@250wpm)___ 159(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 47819 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 239(@200wpm)___ 191(@250wpm)___ 159(@300wpm)
“Dane.” She called after me as I turned and left the house before I really did something we’d both regret. Why couldn’t I fall for some unattached female with no past and no piece of shit ex who was trying to get my ass thrown in the slammer with his bullshit?
I sat in my car for the next five minutes until I saw the snake leave. He stopped short when he saw me sitting there and I wanted nothing more than to wipe the smirk from off his face.
It was then I realized what he was truly after. He wanted to drive me away, he really thought his games were going to make me tuck tail and run. Too bad for him I’m not the running type. Whatever he’d hoped to gain that little smirk had just backfired on his ass.
I got out and headed back inside, ignoring his non-consequential ass and letting my ire cool before I pulled the door. One thing I never wanted was for that little girl behind those doors to be afraid of me. Whether her mom realized it or not, that kid needed all the stability I had to offer her, because I was sure as fuck that the asshole would disappoint her again.
She was standing in the middle of the room looking dejected and my first thought was ‘what the fuck did he say to her?’ but then she saw me, and her whole attitude changed as she ran to me.
“I’m sorry, please don’t be mad.” She looked scared as fuck. I wrapped my arms around her because fuck, I didn’t want that tension between us, didn’t want anything to fuck with what we were beginning to have together.
Obviously the right thing to do would be to work around the asshole ex and respect the fact that he was going to be a part of my life for fucking ever, but that shit wasn’t about to happen.
Any asshole that would leave his wife and his little girl for some new pussy, didn’t get any props from me, he could go fuck himself. The last time I’d been about to settle this shit, she’d side tracked me with the game, but I was pretty sure the day was coming when he was going to get what he had coming to him.
“Where’s Alana?”
“In her room unpacking.” That’s right, we’d only just picked her up from her overnighter at Janine’s and came home to find him here like he fucking belonged.
“I was going to take you two out to lunch but...”
“How about I make something here?” I patted her ass in concession and moved towards a chair while she headed in the direction of the kitchen.
With all the bullshit I had all but forgotten this morning’s errand. Just what I did not want to happen seemed to be underway. One of my enemies was making noises again about payback for a job I did in the cesspit of the world a while back.
The thing is, there was always some asshole making threats against me for services rendered against them, and I’ve never paid too much attention to the bullshit before. This time I had my woman and child to think about so it couldn’t be business as usual.
Usually I would’ve been on the hunt for the fuck already, but I wasn’t about to leave them, not when things were so new and not with a mad man on my scent, if he was even that close.
So far I’d learned that he wasn’t on American soil, but what was worrying was that no one knew where the fuck he was. That’s what I’d been working on this morning when I left her well-fucked ass in my bed.
I didn’t even want to discuss that shit in the same room as her, just seemed too close for comfort. So I’d taken it elsewhere and conferenced my team, who knew to be on the lookout.
By now they all knew that I had a new family. The jokes had been kept to a minimum in the face of this new threat, but I knew they were all happy for me, and couldn’t wait to stick their busy fucking noses in my shit.
“Dane, Dane.” I looked up to see Alana trying to get my attention all secretive like. She was standing against the wall, beckoning me while looking around for her mom. I hid my smile when she called me over with her finger. Cute kid.
“What’s up squirt?” She placed her finger over her lips and grabbed my arm dragging me towards her room. She dragged me in and closed the door and I lifted my brow before opening it slightly again.
I wasn’t sure what was going on, but I was pretty sure that her mom would not appreciate the closed-door scenario; it was too soon for that. I’m grown enough to understand how that would be a bit uncomfortable for her seeing as how we’re still in the beginning stages.