Lydia saw him. Tears fell from her eyes, but she looked so happy and relieved to see him.
“Henry,” she said, trying to crawl to him.
“No, bitch.” Bill yanked on her hair pulling a scream from her lips. It took every ounce of control for him not to simply fire at the bastard. They needed to know these three were the last men to deal with.
“What are you doing here, baby?” Henry asked.
“I wanted to come and see you. I brought you lunch, but those bastards ate it and shot Arnold. I had distracted him with a joke, and they pounced on him before he could do anything.” She screamed as Bill pulled her to her feet, pressing a knife against her throat.
Pissed, he focused his gaze on Bill.
“She’s not just a random whore,” Bill said.
“You were working for Drake,” Caleb said, interrupting everyone.
“Yeah, he got a kick out of the fact you gave me a job. He thought it was fucking hilarious,” Richard said.
“Raping the women was just for kicks?” Elijah asked.
“It was easy and fun. I always like my women submissive.” Richard pocketed the money.#p#分页标题#e#
“So we killed Drake leaving you three shit-heads to take his place.”
“No one was watching, and there’s more than enough room for all of us. We’re not a problem,” Leon said.
There was no way these men could take on the task of running a business. There wasn’t even a brain cell among the three of them and Elijah said as much.
“You’re all that’s left?” Henry asked. He didn’t look away from his woman, who had a knife pressed to her throat.
There was no way he’d live without her. He loved her with all of his heart, and the bastard holding her was going to die.
“We don’t need bodyguards,” Richard said, showing the fucker was dumb.
“Rule one, never give away how many people there are,” Caleb said.
“Huh?”
“Lydia, baby.”
“Yes?”
“Remember what I promised you?”
“Yes.”
“It’s going to happen now. Close your eyes if you don’t want to see it.” He fired his gun as Caleb and Elijah took out the other two.
Bill released Lydia, and she scrambled away from his hold. Henry advanced on the man, aiming his gun at Bill’s head.
“What?” Bill asked, grasping his shoulder.
Henry hadn’t had a clear aim while the bastard was hiding behind his woman. He had a clear shot now. Aiming his gun, he heard the other two men finish off Leon and Richard.
“You had no chance of winning. You touched my woman, hurt her, and now you’re dead.” He fired the bullet into Bill’s head.
Dropping his weapon to the floor he turned in time to have Lydia in his arms.
“It’s okay, baby. I’m here.” He stroked her hair, trying to soothe her. He was shocked to see his own hands were shaking.
“I love you, Henry.”
Her admission completely undid him.
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Lydia sobbed against Henry’s chest, telling him the truth of her feelings. “I love you so much.”
“I’ve got you.”
She pulled away to stare into his eyes. When she walked into the club to see Leon and Bill she’d not had the time to run away. They’d caught her before she got a chance to do anything. Throughout it all she knew Henry would come for her and she’d not been wrong.
He cupped her cheeks. “I love you, too, baby.” He pressed his lips to hers, stroking his tongue inside her mouth.
Melting against him, she accepted his kiss. She made sure not to look at the evidence of the dead bodies.
Pulling away from the kiss, she kept her eyes closed against his chest.
“I’m going to get her out of here.”
“Yeah, please, I don’t want your lovey-dovey attitude to rub off,” Elijah said.
“I’m sorry for treating you like shit,” Caleb said.
She opened her eyes to see Henry’s friend standing close. “It’s okay. I know you were only taking care of him.”
Running her hand over Henry’s chest, she looked up at him smiling.
“What about me?” Arnold asked, groaning.
Henry kept her head locked to his chest.
“Go, we’ll deal with him.” This came from Caleb once again.
Henry held her as they made their way outside toward his car. Climbing inside the car, Henry took his seat beside her.
“Are you angry at me?” she asked as he drove toward their apartment.
“Why would I be angry at you?”
“I don’t know.”#p#分页标题#e#
Henry grabbed her hand. “I’m not angry at you. You didn’t know they were there. I got you out of there because I don’t want you to remember shit like that. I love you, baby. I promised to take care of you, and I failed.”