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She groans. “I need a new nail technician. A new tattoo artist. Someone new to wax my pussy. Colt, do you know how hard it is to find someone good at that?”
“I’ll do it.”
I’ll take any opportunity where her pussy is involved.
Xander clears his throat from the driver's seat. He’s a cowboy on a ranch; he’s heard worse.
“No. Too far, cowboy. I’ve found my limit.”
Running my index finger along her jaw, she shivers against my touch.
“Have you heard from Dom?” she asks.
“Yes, baby. They’re at the hospital with Tate.”
“Is he… okay?”
If anyone can break Tate out of his shell after this, Gianna could be the girl to do it. Especially if they'd formed a friendship through everything they'd just been through together.
“They’ve stitched him up, given him some painkillers; he’s resting now. He’s going to be fine; us cowboys can take a hit. Wait till you see Ace get thrown off the back of a bull.”
“Why didn’t you go into bull riding?” she asks while tracing circles on my thigh.
“Because my brain developed quicker than Ace's,” I joke.
She giggles, and my chest swells.
“I was always more drawn to horses. That’s why I went into focusing on rodeos. Now, I spend more time training the horses and having them be used to represent our ranch.”
“Do you love it?” she asks.
I don’t hesitate. “Yeah. I do.”
I made a promise to myself, since unlocking Vacation Colten in Greece, that I need balance. To be able to do the shit I want to do, spend time with my wife, and not kill myself with work anymore.
She thinks for a second before asking, “Is it something I can help with? My skills are kinda restricted to real estate investment and murder.”
I laugh, but I can hear the pain in her voice.
“Not true. I bet you’re amazing at a bunch of things; you just have to find what it is that brings you to life.” I pause. “In failing that, I oversee a lot of the drug running, the shipments, storage. Perhaps you want that?”
“Maybe. I’ll assess my life's goals once I nap.” She leans her head on my shoulder.
“Whatever it is, I’ll help, sweetheart.”
And like that, she’s fast asleep again. I know whatever Gianna puts her mind to, she’ll be perfect at. Because that is exactly what Gianna is. The kind of woman who will explode into your life and make you realize everything you were missing.
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED ONE
Gianna
I slept for a few days. I vaguely recall a doctor prodding me in bed at one stage. He almost went flying into a wall for touching me.
Turns out, between being drugged, kidnapped, thrown around, shot at, and killing my uncles, my body was exhausted.
Beyond exhausted, actually. Colten has been bathing me. Trying to wake me to feed me. I remember parts. I remember Dom coming to visit. I sent him back to LA with Romeo to work out how we move forward.
Dom is holding the fort for me until I figure out what to do and how to do it. I am not leaving Sterling Ranch. But Colt is right; I shouldn’t give up my rights to running LA out of fear of becoming my father.
