times before, that he was my best friend. He cared about me, and knew how much I missed my girl. He was genuinely interested in my wellbeing.
"She came to the garage. I guess Grandma gave her the info on our secret relationship." I chuckled and thanked Lizzy for the coffee. "We made love, and it was incredible, but that's all she wants from me."
"Is love?" Dane lifted his eyebrow.
"Sex, but in some ways, I think it's her way of saying that she wants to be with me, but can't."
"Wow, and here I thought you were the mack-daddy of the land for having pretty waitresses say hi to you and bat their eyelashes. You have the hottest girl in Pleasant Valley wanting to fuck you and not have to deal with the relationship woes that go with it? Crazy."
I growled softly. "Watch it. You know I'd take a relationship any day with Lena over a roll in the sack."
"This is true." He glanced around before turning his attention back to me. "And I guess she's having to steer clear of love because of her old man?"
"That would be my guess. Speaking of... what news did you have for me?" I picked up my coffee and took a tentative sip, enjoying the dark flavor .
"Keep it to yourself, of course." He watched me as I nodded. "This morning, a report came in that Zachary Banks is missing."
"Oh, wow. You think Rafael is involved?"
"Who else would it be?" Dane asked and moved back as his eggs and bacon were delivered.
Lizzy glanced down at me. "Anything for you today, sugar?"
"No, but thanks." I gave her a warm smile and chuckled as Dane watched her walk away.
"It's definitely Delgado. My guys on the force don't have a doubt, but we also don't have any evidence. If the mother fucker is good at one thing, it's covering his trail." Dane started to cut up his breakfast.
I turned to look out the window. "Yeah, we need to get on the inside. I'm not sure where this thing is heading with Lena, but I'll see after a little while if we can get her to come over to our side. She's got to know what a piece of shit her father is. Right?"
"Yeah, but sometimes we ignore things just because we love those around us too much to crucify them with the truth."
Dane's words sank into me, and I realized that I was soon to do that with Lena. Letting her use my cock for her pleasure sounded fun, but the truth of the matter was that it would only hurt both of us.
Maybe I should tell her no.
I chuckled at the thought. That wasn't happening, which really made me no better than her when it came to ignoring the truth for the sake of love.
"Something funny?" Dane asked.
"Hmm?" I turned back to him. "Oh no, just thinking about her."
"You're right about her. We need her on our team to make this work. I'll talk to my guys today to see if I can pull up any additional shit on Rafael. Maybe if you slid in bits of information between fucking sessions, she'll listen to you. Hell, you're the only one she might listen to."
I ignored the tackiness of his comment and simply nodded. She might have listened a year before, but she'd forgotten how good we were together. Maybe it was time to remind her.
Chapter 5
Selene
The hour with Lucky the night before did something to me. It re-infused hope into the center of my soul somehow. He'd wanted more than sex, and honestly, I did too, but for now, it would have to do. I ran my hands down over my tummy and cupped myself as I lay in the confines of my warm bed. He'd felt so fucking good with his body pressed to mine, his soft lips running along my neck, his hands so damn greedy.
I groaned and turned onto my stomach, humping the bed a few times.
"I love you so much, you sexy beast," I mumbled before sitting up and laughing.
I would have to make sure to keep the uptick in my emotions to myself, though. My father would notice the infusion of life inside of me if I wasn't careful.
Lucky hadn't come the night before, but that was because he was protecting himself from further loss. I'd almost lamented over the fact, but let it go and