She shook her head, wrinkling her nose. “I don’t do oceans.”
“Why not?”
“Sharks.”
“We’ll go somewhere where there’s no sharks.”
“You can’t guarantee no sharks, Shadow. They’re everywhere, and it’s the ocean. I’ll sunbathe while you go and do your shark diving.”
He burst out laughing. “You’re a crazy woman, you know that, right?”
“I’ve lived this long, and I’ve got no intention of ever, ever, being shark bait. It’s not going to happen.” She couldn’t help but yawn.
“I think it’s time we got you home.”
He began to pull out of her ass, and she groaned, feeling a bit sore now.
“I’ll run you a bath when we get back to my place. I’ll take care of you.” He used some tissues to wipe up the lube. He removed the condom, wrapping it in more tissue, and threw it in the trash.
Shadow didn’t give her the chance to do anything herself. He took care of her, helping her into her clothes before they left the bakery. Being with Shadow was a life she could certainly get used to.
****
Driving back home, Shadow made sure to constantly check his surroundings. The hit out on Riley was serious shit, and he had no intention of losing the only woman he’d ever loved. There were no cars following him, and nothing looked suspicious, even when he made it home noticed nothing was out of the ordinary, which surprised him.
Even he would have been watching the house of a hit, and yet, nothing seemed to be out of place. Checking up and down the street, he rounded the car, opening Riley’s door.
“What is it?” she asked.
“Everything’s normal.”
“That’s good, right?”
Shadow shook his head. “You’re an easy target, Riley.”
“Thanks for the compliment.”
“You got that guy last week out of sheer luck. You’ve got to admit that,” he said, turning to her.
“It wasn’t just luck, Shadow. Being on the streets, you learn to defend yourself. Some of the foster kids would teach each other moves in case they ever got caught. So it wasn’t just luck on my side. I had practice, and I’m glad nothing really bad happened.”
“I’m not disputing that, but this guy was part of something bigger. They’d want revenge, believe me.” Something bugged him about all of this, and it pissed him off.
He always listened to his instincts, and right now they were telling him something wasn’t right. Entering his home, he punched in the security code.
“Shadow, you’re scaring me.”
He didn’t stop, knowing that Riley would find this out at some point. Going to the basement, he turned on the computer screens that showed Riley’s house.
“Holy shit, you were watching me all this time?” Riley leaned over his shoulder.
“You got a problem with that?” he asked, checking each angle of her rooms, and seeing nothing out of place. Nothing was ransacked. The house was empty.
Leaning back, he tapped his knuckles on the edge of the desk aware of Riley staring at him.
“Something is really bothering you,” she said.
“You’re not going to give me shit about this?”