Page 102 of Finding Lexie
“Midas?”
“Yeah, love?”
“You make everything better just by being here.”
Fuck, he loved her. “I feel the same. No matter how long my day’s been or how hard a mission is, knowing you’re here waiting for me gets me through.”
“You hungry?” she asked softly. “I can make you something.”
“No. I’m fine just as I am,” Midas said. His mind was racing with what he needed to do the next day. He needed to talk to Natalie about Theo. And definitely Baker. If anyone could find out what the hell Theo’s deal was, it was that man. He could probably even find the guy Magnus had punched as well.
Midas also wanted to meet Magnus. He would’ve been there today if the emergency meeting hadn’t come up.
“You’re thinking really hard,” Lexie accused after a moment.
He chuckled. “Sorry.”
“It’s okay. You just go ahead and think. I’ll just do my own thing here.”
Her hand slowly moved down his chest and played with the buttons on his uniform pants. Looking down, Midas saw her grinning as she continued to lie against him.
He grabbed her hand in his and said, “Are you okay now?”
Lexie looked up and nodded. “Promise.”
“I’m sorry you had a hard day and that I wasn’t there for you.”
“You’re here now,” she said.
“I am,” Midas agreed, then scooted down until he was on his back. Lexie laughed when he rolled them until she was under him. He lowered his mouth and loved that he could feel her smile against his lips.
When he lifted his head, they were both breathing hard. “I love you, Lexie. I hate that you were scared today. I’d kill anyone who dared fuck with you like that asshole who followed you today. And if Theo lays a hand on you, he’ll wish he hadn’t.”
She shivered, and Midas regretted his words for a second, until she spoke.
“Why is you being all alpha such a turn-on?” she asked.
“Because it means I love you.”
“And I love you,” she returned as her hands slipped between them to tug at the button at his waist once more.
“Something you want?” he teased.
“Yes. You,” she said, completely serious now.
His head dipped again as he went to work making his woman forget her shitty day.
* * *
Magnus settled into the king-size bed in his ridiculously expensive hotel room. He didn’t ask the Food For All board if his choice was all right. Lodging was included in the expenses for auditors, and no one had specified where he had to stay or what the budget was.
Today had gone better than he could’ve hoped. The asshole he’d hired to harass Lexie on her way home had done exactly as he’d told him to do. Magnus had felt Lexie’s tension, and he knew she was scared. He’d gotten to play her hero and gain her trust.
The fact that he’d spied the bat-shit crazy Theo in the alley across from her building had been icing on the cake. He’d planted the seed that he was following her…so it would be no surprise in a day or so when the mentally ill man attacked her.
The only loose end was her boyfriend. The Navy SEAL. But he knew from talking with Lexie that he dropped her off in the mornings, then headed for the Naval base.
He hadn’t come to town with a definitive plan in mind, but things were working out better than expected so far. Food For All was in a shitty part of town, and Lexie was stupidly oblivious to the dangers around her. Perfect. He hoped to get Theo in the right place at the right time. Magnus would arrive at the building first thing in the morning, observe the man’s routine, then make his final plan.
