Obsession, Loving An Alpha Male(33)

I froze, not being able to allow any oxygen in my lungs. I stared at him with eyes wider than saucers… probably the size of a freaking plate. Did she just call me his woman? I mean, I knew that didn’t seem too far–fetched it was just hearing someone else say it sounded… crazy… especially since I hadn’t agreed to it, and he hadn’t asked either.

Josh, clearly amused, leaned into me and whispered, “Breathe, baby.”

I obeyed and let out a long breath. He chuckled and gave me a chaste kiss on my cheek, and I blushed.

“Oh my God.”

I looked up at Misty, and she just stared at me then at Josh.

“What?” Josh asked, frustration evident in his voice.

She continued looking at him.

“Oh, don’t look at me like that. For as long as I’ve known you, which by the way has been close to a decade, you’ve never been like this around a woman.”

Josh looked over at me then took my hand in his. He brought it to his lips.

“I’ll give you that.” He lingered his lips on my hand for a second longer then said, “You still don’t need to stare.”

“I’m sorry, I’m just in shock, that’s all.”

Josh shook his head then said, “Kenya, this is Misty, my pain in the ass partner. Misty, this is the one I almost lost because of you, and the love of my life, Kenya.”

And… I’m bright red.

“Holy shit… she changes colors on queue. Too amazing.” Misty moved closer into the room, smacking Josh on his back. “I see you took my advice to get her back, didn’t you?”

Josh frowned. “Fuck no. If I would have listened to you no telling what would’ve happened. You don’t know shit about women.”

Misty shrugged and sat down in one of his chairs.

“Eh, I never said I knew anything about women and relationships. All I know is how to fuck, and you know I know how to do that well.”

I gasped, and Josh looked to the floor and shook his head.

“You’re a fucking idiot, you know that?”

Misty looked at him then me and realized what she said.

She shook her head. “Oh no, sweetheart, he and I never had that kind of relationship. He’s not my type. I have fucking standards, and I’m definitely not his standard.”

I couldn’t help it. “What is his standard?”

“Oh my God, shut the fuck up, will you?” Josh frowned and shook his head.

What I noticed was Misty not caring at all about the intimidating frown on his face.

“Please, you know that look does shit to me. Besides, I wasn’t going to say anything crazy.” She then looked at me. “Me, I don’t date the brooding type is what I was going to say, Kenya. And as far as his type, well as you can see, I’m immune to his charm and bright attitude.”

I laughed and looked over at him. Josh, still not smiling, shook his head.

“You came here for a reason. What is it?”

Misty smiled and looked at me. “See what I mean? All business. Is he like that in the bedroom when you two are doing the nasty? Look at him, he’s probably all stiff and shit. Come on, girl, you can tell me.”

….Crimson is what you should call me because it seems to be my color.

“Fuck, Misty,” Josh moved to Misty and grabbed her arm and pulled her out of her seat. “You’re out of here.”

Misty laughing and put her hands up, “Okay, okay I’ll behave… Seriously, I came in here for a good reason.”

“Yeah, and what would that be?”

Just then his door opened and in walked a rather strikingly good–looking man with jeans and a three button pull over shirt. His hair was short with wild and crazy brown curls.

“Did you update him yet?” he asked, and I liked to cream my panties.

His English accent was heavenly. Josh rolled his eyes but didn’t reply.

Misty, smiling at him and then at the new guy, said, “No, I haven’t. I was just about to before you walked in.”

The guy moved his eyes to mine and raked me with them. I fidgeted slightly under his heavy scrutiny then I saw his eyes light up with approval then something else entirely.

“Who’s this, your CI?”

I heard Misty laugh then Josh possessively moved to me and grabbed my hand.

“She isn’t my CI.”

“Oh no, this is Josh’s woman, Jacks,” Misty said.

Jacks really?

Jacks looked at me and never changed the interest in his eyes.

“Is that so, mate?”

Josh walked in front of me like a shield and said, “Yup, so get those ideas you have out of your mind now.”

Ho–ly Shit!

I couldn’t see anything, but I heard Jacks reply with a little tension in his voice. “It’s like that then?”

“Yeah, it’s like that.”

There was silence then finally I heard Jacks chuckle, “Okay, mate, I understand. She means something to you then?”

“Yeah, she does, so watch that shit before I beat your ass.”

“Well, if she’s worth a toss, why don’t you introduce her?”

Being tired of all the testosterone in the room, I got up off the desk and walked around Josh to stand in front of him

“I’m Kenya.”

I looked behind me at Josh and frowned at him, then stretched my hand out to Jacks.

“Hello, Kenya, eh? What a beautiful name for a very beautiful woman.”

Jacks took my hand and began to raise it to his lips when Josh took my hand away.

I frowned. “Josh…”

“Uh–huh, Sweets, you have no idea where those lips have been. Believe me, I’m looking out for the both of us.”

My eyes grew wide, and I realized I was so out of my league here.

Josh said, “Can you two get on with the update so that I can get back to what I was doing, before I was interrupted?”

Both Misty and Jacks looked at me, and I wanted to melt through the floor. I needed some air.

“Um, I saw a restroom sign down the hall. If you guys will excuse me.” I smiled politely and practically ran out of that room.





Chapter 13


Joshua




“She seems sweet.” Misty smiled at him.

“She is,” Josh answered tersely.

“And very pretty I might add. I didn’t know you preferred that kind of taste.”

“I’ve never specifically required a certain taste, as you call it. It’s always varied.”

Misty eyebrows rose. “Is that so?”

She didn’t believe him one bit. The years they’d known each other she’d seen his taste, and they were all shades away from hers and Kenya’s for that matter.

“Well, I don’t know where you met her, but I hope you’ve had your taste and your fill.” Josh bristled and Jacks laughed, “Oh come on, Josh. That Pollyanna will pack her bags and leave you dry the moment she gets a whiff of the real you.”

“What makes you think she doesn’t know who I am already?” Josh asked him, folding his arms.

“Because you brought her here for one, and for two, you can see it in her eyes. She’s overwhelmed just being here. Just imagine what will happen when she finds out everything and learns the dangers that follow us. And if you decide not to tell her, she’s still going to leave because you’ll never be home. Look mate, I get it. You want someone home at night to warm up the sheets, yeah? Well, I can tell you now, that lil’ girl there will not be it.”

Josh stared at Jacks for a second longer before he moved. He tried not to let what he said piss him off. Jacks had no idea who Kenya was and what she’d been through. He was judging her based off of what he saw, but Josh knew the type of woman Kenya was.

“Let’s get to the reason why you two came in here in the first place. I have shit to do.” Josh grabbed his gun off the desk and placed it and the holster on his hip. He went around to his chair and sat down. “Misty, what’s the progress on the operation we did last night?”

Misty took the cue and sat back down in one of the chairs in front of his desk. She filled him in on the case as well as other open cases. Eventually, Jacks took the other seat and listened to Misty give her update. He put in a few of his opinions and had a few updates and suggestions himself.

“So where are we now? Do we have the arrest warrants?” Josh asked.

“Yes, we do actually. The locals are on their way in with the traitors as we speak,” Misty told him.

“So how do you want to play this?” Jacks asked.

“We already have the evidence we need to put them away for a long time, but we want who they’re working for more. I’m sure one of them will figure that out and make a deal. Give them what they want if the information is good, within reason. Make no mistake they have lost the privilege to breathe free air. It’s just up to them rather they end up breathing for the rest of their life or not. Junior has been working a ton of leads on who it was that recruited them, so we should be able to discern any bull shit they might give us.”

Josh looked at both of them then added, “Let’s not waste any time here, okay? We need this information like yesterday.”

“Well, I don’t think we will have a problem if all three of us hit them hard,” Jacks added, but Josh was already shaking his head.

“I won’t be here. You two will have to handle this on your own.”

It was Jacks’ turn to frown. “What do you mean you won’t be here?”