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Page 24 of Pregnant and Needy (Forbidden Fantasies 56)

“The fuck, El?” he asked, voice rough.

“It’s been crazy. I know I should have called, but Elizabeth was freaked the fuck out.”

“Do the cops know?” he asked.

“That she was the real target? No.”

“Think the shooter will talk?”

“A Bratva enforcer? Unlikely,” I said. “Are things still on for tonight?” I asked, thinking of the plan to have one of ours take out a member of a local, disloyal crew and frame it on another crew that was wrapped up with the Russians.

“Yeah,” Renzo said. “If anything, I think this might make shit easier. They will be too distracted by the arrest to investigate this too much. Any chance there were any Russians around the senator’s building?”

“I doubt it. The press and cops were out in force. They wouldn’t want to accidentally be caught on camera.”

“Were you?” he asked. “Caught on camera,” he clarified.

“I parked far enough down that even if someone did catch me in the background, it would be blurry as fuck.”

“Okay. She alright?”

“Freaked out. But I got her to sleep.”

“This has to stop,” he said.

“Yeah, I know. I’m going to tell her that when she wakes up.”

“Alright. Let me know how it goes.”

“Will do,” I agreed, hanging up.

“Tell her what?” Serano asked, watching me.

“That this has to stop,” I told him.

“Yeah?” he asked, one side of his lips curving up.

“What?” I asked.

“Can’t tell her she’s yours,” he said. “But can tell her what to do?”

“It’s a safety thing,” I insisted.

“Sure,” he agreed, finishing his drink and setting the glass in the sink.

“Where are you going?”

“I’m on guard,” he said, making his way to the door and letting himself out.

Alone, I sucked in a deep breath. I’d been so focused on calming Elizabeth down that I hadn’t gotten a chance to wrap my head around the panic I’d felt at hearing her say someone had shot at her.

As much as what I said to Serano was right—that you couldn’t just claim a woman—I also had to admit that she was starting to feel that way. Mine.

And I had to figure out what I was going to do about that.

“Elian?” Elizabeth’s voice called, making me turn to find her standing in the hallway.

“Hey, sorry, just had to take a phone call,” I said. “You okay?”


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