Page 237 of I Never Stopped Loving You

“No. You need to go. I’ll be fine. I’m just going to take a bubble bath then go to bed.”

“Are you sure?”

“Yep. Positive. Go have fun being the boss. Just come home as soon as social etiquette allows you to get the fuck out of there,” she laughs as she leans against me.

I place a kiss against the top of her head then tilt her face to look at me.

“Only if you’re sure. Jeremy can handle it without me.”

“Go.”

“Fine,” I groan.

Honestly, I was hoping she’d tell me to stay home with her. I don’t mind these company things, but ever since we took over, I haven’t gotten to spend as much alone time with her as I want. Without her by my side, I’m going to be on edge all night.

I kiss her gently one last time before standing and making my way toward the door. When I open it, there are two Amazon packages sitting on our porch. I pick them up and turn to find her right behind me.

“What are these?” I ask curiously. I know I didn’t order anything.

“Just women's things. You know…”

Ah. That might be why she isn’t feeling good. Usually, around her time of the month, she gets severe cramps and her mood is…Um…Let’s just say Jeremy stays away for the first day or so. My little rabbit is vicious.

I pass her the packages then pull her against me one last time. I hate leaving her. I’d rather spend all day curled up with her in our bed, but unfortunately when you’re the boss at a law firm as big as ours, you have social requirements. It’s stupid.

“I love you, Little Rabbit.”

“I love you too.”

“Snuggs,” I shout.

A loud thump can be heard from the front room as he jumps off the couch then runs into the foyer. He’s grown more in the last few months than the vet originally thought he would. We still have no clue what he’s mixed with other than Great Pyrenees. All we know is that he’s still a pup, so he is going to be massive.

“You stay by your mom and keep her company. Don’t leave her side,” I order.

He barks in response, apparently understanding what I said before climbing the steps and heading towards the other set of stairs that leads to our room.

“Okay, go. You’re going to be late,” she teases, practically shoving me out the door.

“I’m going, geez. Can I have one last kiss?”

She rolls her eyes at me but leans forward, allowing me to kiss her again. As I said before, no matter how long we’ve been together, she still affects me as much as the first day I saw her after fifteen years of searching. I’m obsessed.

“I’ll hurry home. I love you,” I say before stepping out onto the porch.

“I love you, too.”

She stands there watching me as I climb into the truck and pull away. I hate being separated from her. It still causes a knot to form in my stomach every single time. As I make my way toward the event center, my phone dings notifying me of motion in the kitchen.

I ended up installing a few more cameras after everything that happened. We haven’t had to use the labyrinth since that night, and the only target we’ve eliminated was Vallero last month. I’m not going to lie, seeing my little rabbit so crazed covered in blood, was the hottest thing I’ve ever seen. After I brought her to Jeremy’s new house and his doctor came to give her a clean bill of health besides a severe headache, a broken nose, and bumps and bruises, we had one of the hottest nights of nonstop sex I’ve ever had. The woman was insatiable.

I can’t wait until we can hunt down some of the past targets, but I don’t see there being any new ones anytime soon. My father’s greed no longer runs this firm, so the clientele are different. After he retired, against his will, I might add, Jeremy’s dad retired within the week. It has been a month, and we can already notice a difference.

My phone rings, vibrating in the dash mount as my cousin’s face fills the screen. I have two minutes until I’m considered late; there’s no way he’s calling me about that already, is there?

“What?” I ask, annoyed.

“Geez. I figured with you being late, you’d be getting laid, but you’re grouchy, so I’m guessing you didn’t even get your dick sucked?” his voice booms through my speakers.