Withstanding Me(40)
“When it’s just you and me babe, I’m Mason to you, no club, no fuckin hits, no fuckin idiot traffickers. It’s. Just. Us.”
Awe.
“But I don’t like my real name.” I pout.
He starts crawling towards me from where he moved to on the bed. It’s the hottest thing I’ve ever seen. He lays his palm gently on my chest.
“Who are you in here?”
That’s easy, and it takes me no time to answer him. “Storm.”
“Okay then… but when it’s just you and me darlin, I’m Mason, not ZZ. Can you do that for me?”
“I really, really L word you.” I can’t help it, I seriously do. Especially after him saying something like that.
His head tilts to the side and you can tell by the twitch of his lips he’s fighting a smile, and that does things to my insides. Sexy, sexy fucker.
“Give me some tongue baby, I’ve gotta go.”
I love his dirty mouth, so I give him some tongue.
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Chapter 20
Storm
Winter and I snuck up to the rooftop to be nosey little shits. I shit you not; we even got us some binoculars. We can’t help it we’re bored shitless. Lockdown really does suck, and I can’t really do anything right now. My entire body feels like it’s been run over. There’s a hit on us, so we have to be careful. Winter brought up some pillows for us to kneel down on just so we could peek over the ledge. It’s kind of a rush knowing that if one of the guys sees us up here, we’re in trouble.
“So how did it go this morning? ZZ bringing ya home?”
I look over at Winter and smile. “Really good. He asked me to call him Mason when it’s just us. Like our moments.”
“The Zig Zag is a romantic. Braxxon told me that when ZZ falls, it’ll be hard. Because of how his dad was with his mom. I guess Phil and Berry were the couple around here back in the day.”
That’s good news for me if I can just get him to fall.
“Has he said anything about the other guys?” I ask peering over the ledge with the binoculars. It’s fun; it feels like I’m on a secret mission. It’s stress free stupid fun.
Winter Snorts. “A few of them he has. Braxx was ranting. He got all huffy and puffy and was stomping around one night saying just wait until them motherfuckers fall in love. Just fuckin wait. It was hilarious. He said ZZ will fall hard. Sniper is a romantic and ain’t afraid to show it, so he expects it soon with Sniper. He also said that when it happens to Pyro again… that’ll be intense.” Her voice goes quiet.
“Do you feel like he would be doing wrong by Lana?”
I watch as she bites her lip contemplating my question.
“I don’t feel like he would be doing her wrong. If Lana was here to see him acting the way he is right now? She’d kick his ass. I want him to find love again when he’s ready.”
I peer into the binoculars and spot James picking at his butt. “Look at James,” I squeal.
“Oh man, I hope Berry has him washing his hands before dinner.” Winter laughs.
“It’s fantastic! Thank you for getting me outta bed and bringing me up here.”
“Anytime.”
“Are you nervous about more Russians showing up? Shit, you’re a Russian, but you know what I mean right?”
“Storm, it’s cool. I know what ya meant. Yes, I’m nervous as shit. I don’t see why my uncle wants me dead. I don’t have any ties to the east anymore. I want nothing to do with that shit. But I’m more nervous about meeting my mom for the first time.” She says as starts chewing on her lip again.
“It’ll be fine. She had her reasons right?” I ask while turning to look out towards the other road, stopping and refocusing on one man. “Winter…,” I croak, reaching behind me trying to grab her arm. “Winter. That’s the guy.”
“What guy?”
“Oh my god. What’s he doing here?” I cry, my palms beginning to sweat, my hair on my arms sticking straight up.
“Storm, who are you talking about?”
I don’t look away from him. I can’t. Something tells me not too. He’s just standing next to a car, talking on a cell phone. Oblivious to the fact I’m up here. Which in this case is a good thing.
“He’s the guy that took me from my college campus. I’m sure of it.” I swing back around to Winter, and cringe because my movements were too fast. “He’s the fucker that took me. Why is he here?”
“Don’t fucking move. Keep an eye on him. I mean it Storm, don’t move.” She jumps up, taking off inside the building. I want to tell her I ain’t fuckin moving. That fucking bastard kidnapped me and sold me to a human trafficker. Why the fuck would I move?