“We won,” Bex informs me, and my smile matches hers. “You and Killian have to come with us after the game to celebrate.”
“Where?”
“Gio’s, the pizza shop on Broad Street. It’s pretty much tradition to celebrate there with the team. Killian hardly ever goes, but I know Preston and the guys would love it if you were to drag him there. Force him to come out of his shell. Will you?” she says that with a goofy smile which produces one from me.
“We’ll be there.”
Chapter Seventeen
Killian
“I have to do this job,” I tell Jade, hating the look on her beautiful face.
She gives me a pouty look and then says, “Fine, but I hope you mean it when you say this is the last time.”
“It is.” I kiss her forehead and sigh, hooking my arm around her back to press her body against mine. Her sweet scent fills my nostrils, and she smells amazing. “I promise, baby. I already told my crew I’m done after this. My tuition is paid, so are my mom’s bills, and I have enough left over to take you somewhere next weekend.”
She perks up at the mention of the mini-trip I’ve been mulling over for the past week. “Really?” She clasps her hands together and smiles up at me. “Where are you taking me?”
“I was thinking the Pocono’s. There’s a cabin I’ve been looking at for us. They have a huge outdoor hot tub, and the entire place is nothing but windows that overlook the lake. So, you’ll see the sunrise and sunset right from the bedroom. Would you like that?”
Her entire face illuminates. “Would I like it? Oh my God, Killian, I would love it. Are you serious?”
“Yes.” I hug her once more, hoping this isn’t the last time I see her. This job has me so nervous I want to crawl out of my skin. I’ve never had such a bad feeling before. “After I wake up tomorrow, I’ll book the place for us.”
The house I share with my teammates is cramped, to say the least, and fucking Jade in my car and on the hood isn’t the best of places. Not when I’m falling in love with this girl. Every day I spend with her, I know she deserves better. She can do much better than me. And yet, she settles for sex in my car or sex in an empty classroom. It’s about time I show her how much I care about her.
“Please be careful,” she says, squeezing me as hard as she can. “I don’t want to lose you, Killian.”
“You won’t,” I say, even though it’s not something I can promise. “We’ve done this before. It’ll all work out.”
“Keep me updated, please. I’m going to be worried sick.”
“I won’t have much time to talk, but I’ll do my best.”
She nods. “Just text me when you can. I’ll be in your bed, naked, and waiting for you when you come home.”
“Don’t get me all riled up before I have to leave.” I press a quick kiss to her lips, wanting to take so much more from her, but I stop myself, peeling my lips from hers. “Chase will be here any minute.”
She sucks in a deep breath and lets it out, her head resting on my chest, hugging me even harder than before. Her nerves shake through me. I hold her in my arms for a few seconds to comfort her before a text from Chase dings in my pocket to alert me he’s in front of the house.
“I gotta go, baby.”
She unhooks herself from my body and stares up at me with those wide blue eyes I get so easily lost in. “Good luck.”
“I don’t need luck,” I joke, even though this time I have a feeling I might need it.
“You’re such a cocky bastard.”
I wink. “You know it.”
She laughs as I exit my bedroom.
In a matter of months, Jade has somehow wedged herself into my dangerous and crazy life. I never thought we’d be here right now, with her waiting behind for me, and me walking away to go steal another batch of cars.
A chill runs down my spine when I hear sirens behind us. Chase looks into the rearview mirror clutching the steering wheel, biting his bottom lip as he switches gears. He takes a sharp turn around the corner, the wheels screeching as they hit the asphalt. I had a bad feeling about this job. Last night, when the buyer had added the Maserati we’re currently stealing to the list, I knew something was wrong. I don’t know how to explain it, but it was as if I had a sixth sense about how tonight was going to pan out.
We’re stuck in a subdivision that neither Chase nor me have ever been to before whipping in circles and hitting dead ends. Since we took the car from the garage where it was stored, the GPS has been a complete asshole forcing us to make one wrong turn after another.