Total pages in book: 29
Estimated words: 26962 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 135(@200wpm)___ 108(@250wpm)___ 90(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 26962 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 135(@200wpm)___ 108(@250wpm)___ 90(@300wpm)
“I’m so sorry,” I say, kissing the soft skin on her neck and shoulder. “I took you too rough.”
“Sorry?” Jade giggles, and I can feel it in my soul. “If you’re apologizing for giving me the best orgasm of my life, I think I’ll live.”
“I love you, and I don’t ever want to hurt you.” I pull out so I can roll her over on her back and look into her eyes. “I’m here to keep you safe, and all I’ve done is put you in danger.”
“Nothing that happened tonight was your fault. You saved me, Gray Malice. The so-called villain of your story came to my rescue.” She cups my face as she kisses me softly. “I love you, and I know that you’ll always keep me safe.”
“Forever,” I agree and slide back into her once more.
Epilogue
JADE
Gray paces back and forth in our office. I glance up from my laptop and fight a laugh.
“It’s not funny,” he grumbles.
“I don’t know why you’re fighting this or worried about it,” I say before I hit send on an article I just finished writing for JM Technology about the new drones. They’ll be hitting the market for companies all over the world in a few months. This won’t be invisible, but they will help make some deliveries faster. You don’t even have to be home to get your package. You can get it to come to wherever you might be.
I was a bit hesitant about working inside JM’s journalism department when Gray first offered it to me. I knew they wrote up articles about things they were doing, but I learned quickly that they also do a lot of digging on other companies and their shady dealings to expose them. Sometimes we hand the information over to the right people. That’s as far as we go when it comes to helping.
There is too much at risk now. If the government ever found out about Formula X, they’d want it. It’s something that we’ll protect. Keaton, Elsy, and my husband did, however, learn how to break the formula down and extract some things to put to use. From an injection they give after surgery to help someone recover faster to Band-Aids that you can put over a cut and it will heal twice as fast.
“She’s a baby!” He stops pacing.
“She’s not a baby. She’s a teenager, and we knew this was coming.” I push back from my chair, coming around my desk in our home office that we share.
Gray had the room done for me. The walls are covered in bookshelves that are filled to the brim, but he always found himself in here with his laptop. Not that I minded. I often take my laptop down to the lab if he’s working on something. Gray can get edgy if he goes too long without seeing or touching me. We learned that quickly.
“Can you think of anyone better for our baby girl?” I rationalize with him.
Elsy and I got pregnant around the same time. Her first was a son while I had a daughter. Then we’d both gone on to have two more. All of them are boys except for Violet. The girl is surrounded by boys that all act as protectors, but Elsy’s oldest Noah is different with her.
He watches her in a way the others don’t. She watches him right back. We’ve taken notice as they get older they are showing signs of Formula X having passed down to them. They seem to be in more control of it. I wonder if it’s because they were born with it or maybe it’s the fact it’s only starting to really show in them as they grow older.
We had a feeling they’d had some form of it. Never have any of them ever gotten sick. Not a runny nose or so much as a cough. I’m not sure if all the boys are big because of their fathers or if that’s a part of it. With Violet, though, the girl is wicked fast. The only one that can catch her is Noah, which has only been as of recently. I believe it’s because she’s his, and when she runs, those instincts take over to catch her. Both of them are starting to understand the pull they’ve always had to one another. It’s growing and changing.
“No,” he grumbles finally.
“Our baby girl will have a man that will love her more than anything in this whole world. Nothing he won’t do for her. I’m thankful.” I know this because Gray is that way with me. I rest my hands on his chest. He relaxes under my touch.
“You’re right.”
“I know.” I smirk. Gray steals it from my lips, pressing his mouth against mine in a sweet kiss. His hands go to my ass. He starts to lift me, but a knock sounds at the door. He growls. “Simmer down,” I laugh. “Talk to him and give him the okay. Then come find me.” I nip his bottom lip. Another growl rumbles from him. I wiggle out of his hold but only because he lets me.