Page 79 of Beneath The Truth
He produced a condom from the pocket of his jeans before he kicked them off.My eyes fixed on the bulge in his boxer briefs, and how much I wanted to return thefavor.
When I tried to sit up, Rhett held me down with a hand on my chest.“You put that mouth on me, and I’ll be coming in a second.Right now, I need to beinsideyou.”
I understood.I needed theconnectiontoo.
Sheathed and rock hard, he notched the head of his cock against my entrance and powered inside.I gripped his shoulders and lifted my hips to take him deeper.With each thrust, the connection intensified until we moved together in a perfect rhythm, and when I screamed his name, he roared mine.I let go of everything, and the orgasm swamped me as Rhett’s cock pulsed inside.When he collapsed on top of me, our ragged breathing merged into a singlepattern.
I wrapped my arms around his neck and held him tight, feeling like I could face anything with him bymyside.
I was right.He was so much more.He was a gift, and hewasmine.
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Once our skinstarted to cool, Rhett pressed a kiss to my forehead and levered off me to take care of the condom.When he came out of the attached bathroom, I rewrapped my sarong to fit like adress.
He planted a swift kiss on my lips before surveying the interior of the safe room.When he’d arrived, he was wholly focused on me, so I supposed it wasn’t surprising that he was taking in thedetails.
“Do you want to hear allofit?”
He nodded.“Absolutely.Lay it on me.Don’t leaveanythingout.”
I proceeded to tell him everything I knew and everything I didn’t.By the time I got to the end of it, I didn’t feel like I had a better handle on thesituation.
“I don’t know why he targeted me.I really don’t.It doesn’t make sense, unless he was after mytechnology.”
Rhett’s expression darkened.“What kind of technology do you have that the cartel would beinterestedin?”
I shrugged and considered my pipeline.“I have a few pet projects that I mess with when Ihavetime.”
“Like?”
“Facial-recognition software that works with wearable cameras and can be synced to any database.Information about the subjects recognized by the software can be relayed through an earbud.It’s not ready for use, but it’s not far off.I was playing with stuff I thought could make cops safer on the streets.You know, for people like you and mybrother.”
Rhett closed his eyes for a beat before opening them.“Who knows you’ve been workingonthis?”
“A few people.I haven’t made a big deal about it, but R&D knows because several of them contributed ideas when I got stuck, and they helped me getunstuck.”
“It could be valuable to the good guys and the bad, so that’s a possibility.Whatelse?”
“Some other products that don’t seem to have much useful commercial application, except maybe the advanced scent-blocking technology.It’s better than what’s available now.Even drug dogs can’tsniff...”
Rhett’s eyes lit up.“That could be it too.I know the cartels have advanced tech, but something that could help them move more product over the border with fewer seizures would be ofinterest.”
“You think so?It doesn’t explain why they’d blow up your parents’house.”
Rhett’s shoulders stiffened and his mouth pinched tight.He shook his head.“That doesn’t have any connection to you.My dad got involved with them somehow, and I don’t have the answers about why and how.But it started a long time ago, before my brother was killed.Just because there’s cartel involved on two different ends doesn’t mean it’s the same people or evenrelated.”
It seemed unlikely that there was no relation at all, but I wouldn’t push it because I’d been trying to find a correlation all afternoon and I’d come up empty.God, I hated this.Hated bringing up what I knew was incredibly painful for Rhett, especially because he didn’t have any more answers thanIdid.
“Then what do we do?How do we handle this?”Iasked.
“First, we figure out how the security footage was wiped.Could someone else have been on the property at the same time as the guy whothreatenedyou?”
I shrugged.“I don’t know.Iguess.”
“You have to realize that they have resources you can’t even imagine.If they’re able to get in here, they’re able to do just about any damnthing.”
