a

he ceiling for a while before I got up. My mind was racing wi

ed up the stairs, trying not to chuckle

iked about her. Maybe too much. That fire and rage in her eyes throughout the ev

her father, and he wouldn't be able to come in contact with her anymore to ask for mon

ng together but unable to have her. And Sara thought that I was the

aking in an old friend's child until Sara was in a more stable situ

mpted every time I laid my eyes on her, but now I had a weakness. I was king of my domain, and

d hold on the city, but

eeded to stick under my and my men's care. If anything happened to her-I was already piss

a didn't come down for breakfast. I didn't expe

Sara under me, moaning my name, an absolute vision with her hair splayed against the pillows. I alm

even harder, but

well-respected, well-loved, and well-feared, and yet Sa

o far out of your reach unless you tru

ir

ying to leave for work soon. Drive her to her shift and bring

t from the diner

now that Sara was truly under my care, I had t

s, or that he doesn't make nearly enough to warrant staying o

pop, black pants and a white blouse, a work uniform that she really shouldn't look so good in with how the pants hugged her curves and t

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figure it out?

s. He also gives me fruit for free, and

s needed to stay out of the way. "Yo

e fresh pot of coffee I'd had brewed.

uld start to cry. Feel betrayed, indignant, angry, and just a little bit of hate to the poi

hould I call you if I have ove

of it. I expected you in my people'

alled into fists, but she d

an angry smile on her face. "If my 'ma

ith how my grip on my coffee

master'... did she really not know what she did to

I stood up, head

the head of a publishing company, living a double life,

for publication, other gangs doing deals or stirring up trouble while the acco

when I finally got the call

Usually, you only call to talk abo

fia don, she'd been exposed to the underworld ever since she was a kid. While she might've married my dad

d always had. Normally our calls were about the companies and how well th

think that's why sh

ut enough about ME. I've just heard the most interesting news, dear. A li

Sara. I expected her to learn about

l informed,

aret girls and every wh*re house in the city operates under your or

skills fading with your age so that yo

w it's Sara. The 'little an

There was no 'we' ab

h it. Live your fantasy and get rid of her. Your image won't survive if th

to kick her o

d for men had always been beneath my mother in her eyes. She thought I was being soft on them wi

d*mn well they had it far better than they would'

e had always been different, but that wasn't a good thing, not

hy you're the king of the

u helped me

hing company, of slowly gaining control of the gangs and mobs in the city-of seizing the power for

about to falter now. Sara's special, I'll admit, but I'm not about to let a

od you were at it, but there was just something so satisfying abou

tell me, Jaxon, since you own that girl now,

s si

now I can't do anything about this, but just know Jaxon that I'm not

er have,

o look out for me, even if it was unwarra

oy your stay in Monaco," I said, dism

a long time, and people will just be dying to

. She wasn't wrong though-but that's why I had Jonny and Ron posted; my men were stiff with the

to work overtime that evening. After contemplating it for a moment,

to stay away from her. What could I say? She made it hard to want to stay

he accepted what was going on sooner rather than later. I

ted her to stay out of it. If she WAS going to

he wanted