Protecting Lyndley (11 page)

Lyndley

I could feel my heart erratically beating for the gorgeous man that held me close as we danced. This was a side of Ky that I had never seen before, and I wasn’t ready to let it go just yet. As much as I had fought against him, I secretly found myself needing him. He was my safety and security, but would that ever be enough? Or would I always want more than that?

W
hen the next song came to an end, Ky led me off the dance floor and over to a table full of people. When we first approached the other couples, I found myself being extremely nervous, but after a few minutes of light conversation I felt more at ease.

“Ky, who is this ravishing woman you have with you?” An older gentleman was standing in front of us.

“This is my beautiful wife, Sarah. Sarah, this is John.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, John.” I held out my hand to shake his, but was surprised when he kissed the back of it instead.

“The pleasure is all mine, young lady. Now I know why Ky doesn’t bring you by the office.” I blushed instantly.

“Aw, you’re too kind.”

“Well I’ll see you two in just a bit, I suppose.”

“You will.” Ky quickly responded.

John left us alone and we took our seats at the table we were standing in front of. I turned in Ky’s direction, wanting to thank him for everything he had given me and this amazing night, when a loud voice came through the speakers. My smile quickly faded and I turned in my seat, giving all my attention to Mr. Moore who was the one speaking now.

“
I just want to thank everyone for coming out tonight and celebrating with us. It’s not very often that we can get everyone in the same room for longer than a minute or so.” Everyone broke out in laughter. “Well tonight is a special night. We wanted to take the opportunity to introduce you all to a few of our newest employees. So without further ado, I would like to bring up the following individuals. We have our newest partner Ky Parker, our new trader Jo Bixly, and our newest and youngest assistant, my beautiful wife Sheena.”

The
re was a roar of clapping as each individual stood and made their way up to the stage. Suddenly Ky was turning in my direction and planting a long and heated kiss against my lips, before he took off to catch up with the other two. I was left stunned into silence as I watched his gorgeous tuxedo clad ass making his way up the stage.

I watched as Ky stood next to Sheena, who literally could not take her eyes off of my “husband”. Despite the jealousy that I felt, I also felt lucky to have such an amazing man looking out for me. I was lost in my thoughts, when I suddenly heard Ky’s voice echoing through the vast open space. I looked up just as he was searching me out, and I couldn’t help but smile.

Ky was halfway through his speech, when I felt a hand tap on my shoulder. I half expected John to be next to me, but when I turned around I came face to face with the one person I never expected to see
here
. Lorenzo sat next to me, his hand firmly grasping my thigh.

“If you say a word, I promise you will not get out of this place alive. Now as soon as your lovely husband is done speaking, you will excuse yourself to the restroom and make your way out front. Nod if you understand me.”

I rapidly nodded my head in his direction and then fixated my gaze back on Ky. He had just looked at me again, and I forced a happy smile so that he wouldn’t think anything was wrong. When he looked directly at me, I knew that he knew something was off.

“Just play fake happy wife, Lyndley. That’s what you have been doin
g since you left Chicago anyway, isn’t it?”

I quickly turned my head in Lorenzo’s direction. “Who are you?” My lips quivered in fear as I spoke and I knew Lorenzo noticed.

“It’s not important. All you need to know is that I will be the last person to see you alive. You have ten minutes.”

When I turned back around in complete and utter shock, he was gone. I scanned the room for him, but came up empty. I could feel my hands shaking in my lap, as I waited for Ky to finish his speech. Finally, the room erupted with cheers and Ky sat down next to his co-worker on stage. I wasn’t exactly sure how this was all going to end, but I knew if I
didn’t excuse myself soon Lorenzo would have no problem coming in after me.

Everyone was completely fixated on Sheena as she ma
de her way up to the podium to start speaking, so I took this as my chance to slip out. I grabbed my purse and silently made my way towards the back of the room and over near the restrooms. I wasn’t sure where Lorenzo had gone, until I felt the cool metal of a gun poking into my back. I took in a gasp of air as the full weight of the situation came crumbling down around me. This was it. This was the last time I would see Ky, and the end to my once seemingly perfect life.

“I’m not sure where you plan on taking her, but I would seriously rethink it.” Ky’s voice boomed through the small hallway that Lorenzo had taken me down and I was instantly relieved. That was until Lorenzo’s arm went from around my waist to around my neck.

“Come any closer and I will shoot her right here for everyone to see. You wouldn’t want that now, would you?”

Ky quickly reached behind his tux jacket, pulling out a handgun and aiming
it straight at Lorenzo and me. “I’m going to give you ten seconds to lower your weapon and let her go. And just so you know, I rarely miss.”

I slowly started counting to ten in my head as I closed my eyes and prayed for this night to be over
. When I reached nine, I could still feel Lorenzo’s arm around my neck and I knew this wasn’t going to end pretty. Everything happened in a flash of a second. The steady beating of my heart and the cocking of Ky’s gun were the only sounds I could hear. My eyes slowly fluttered shut as I looked directly at Ky.

Seconds later, a gun was going off and my eyes shot open in shock. I didn’t know
whose gun it was until I felt Ky’s hand gripping my arm and tugging me away from the spot I was currently standing in. Everything passed by in a blur and my mind wasn’t responding until we were in the safety of Ky’s car, and he was buckling me in.

I watched unblinking as we sped out of the parking lot and out onto the main road. I could barely hear Ky’s voice through the ringing in my ears. When I turned towards him to respond to whatever it was he was saying, I could feel my body quickly going into a state of panic. Suddenly I could feel the warmth of my tears falling down my cold cheeks. I wasn’t sure why I was crying, but it was enough to make Ky pull over.

His hands clutched my face in them as he looked at me in fear. “Lyndley? Lyndley, please answer me.”

I let my eyes slowly shut as I took a second to
gather my thoughts. More tears ran down my face, and Ky was there to catch them. “I’m okay.” I whispered through my soon to be hysterics.

“Lyndley, you don’t seem okay. I need to know that you’ll be okay for a minute.” I nodded my head over and over, trying to reassure him and myself. “I’ll be right back.”

The words hadn’t fully sunk in until he was opening his door in front of our house and getting out. Before he could make it all the way out, I was grasping at his jacket sleeves. “Please don’t leave me, Ky.” The tears were now steadily streaming down my face.

“I promise I’ll be right back. Don’t move.”

Without another word, he was gone. I let my head fall into my hands as I let every emotion I had bottled up inside, quietly spill out. I knew that I was in constant danger, but I never imagined in a million years that my past would be so quick to find me in my present.

Ky

I ran into our house as fast as my feet would take me. I knew I didn’t have much time to gather some of our things, that and I really wasn’t too comfortable leaving Lyndley out in the car by herself for longer than necessary. Without a second thought, I immediately ran up to Lyndley’s room. I scanned the room for her bag and quickly started depositing all of the things I thought she would want to hold onto, and then I did the same in my room.

I was almost out the door when I caught sight of her running shoes in the far corner by the back door. I contemplated for about a half a second on whether or not to grab them, but in the end, I did. I knew she would be thankful for them later. I slammed the door behind me, and ran straight for the car.

I threw all of our belongings in the back seat and jumped in, heading for where I wasn’t quite sure. As I merged into oncoming traffic on the freeway, I took a second to glance over at Lyndley’s hunched over frame and I immediately began to worry. Of course when I eventually spoke to her, it came out more asshole than nice, but I was in protection mode. My first priority was to get her to safety, not coddle her.

“Lyndley, I need you to sit up and look at me.” My tone was harsh and to the point. When she still made no attempt to move, that’s when I started getting angry. “Lyndley, I need you to sit up now! Look at me, damn it!”

She slowly raised her head and looked over at me. “What?” Contempt laced every word she spoke.

“You need to get out of that dress. There’s a bag of your clothes in the back.” I pointed behind me as I searched for my
cell phone. Instead of responding, she just simply listened to what I said and reached behind my seat.

Once I found my phone, I quickly dialed Tom. “Dunn here.”

“It’s me.”

“Jesus Christ, Ky. Where
are you guys? Your shenanigans were all over the nightly news.”

I took in a deep breath trying to keep myself calm, for Lyndley’s sake.
“We’re on the highway heading south west. Where should I go?”

“Give me a second, I’m finding out. I’ll be right back.”

I nervously began tapping my fingers against the leather steering wheel, as I impatiently waited for Tom to come back on the line. I looked over at Lyndley, realizing that she was now comfortably dressed in jeans and a t-shirt, my t-shirt in fact. I took in a strangled breath as the thin fabric pulled against her full heaving breasts. I was caught in my own dark fantasy, just as Tom’s voice came on over the line again.

“Okay, I need you guys to keep heading west. When you get closer to the outskirts of Pennsylvania, then I need you to call me back for the address. Ky?”

“Yeah, Tom.”

“Do we know who he was?”

I knew Tom needed to know for his report, but I wasn’t comfortable saying his name in front of Lyndley, so I muttered a “yes”. “I’ll talk to you soon.” I hung up the phone and made my way onto the connecting freeway that would take us out to Pennsylvania. I could only imagine the place we would end up this time.

~~~~~

A short while after I hung up with Tom, Lyndley fell asleep. We were now only about an hour and a half away from the address Tom texted me, and as much as I wanted the company, I couldn’t find it in my heart to wake her. She looked so serene, that and I wasn’t ready to deal with her attitude that I’m sure she would have.

I glanced at the small glowing clock on the dash, and couldn’t help the yawn that escaped my mouth. It was almost three thirty in the morning and I was dead fucking tired. I swear this job was going to be the death of me. As I rubbed my eyes for what felt like the tenth time in the last ten minutes, I felt a cold
hand clasp around my bicep. When I looked over in Lyndley’s direction, she was alert and staring at me with a look that I had missed seeing from a woman of her caliber.

“Where are we?” She whispered.

Her voice lulled my reverent beating heart. “We’re in Pennsylvania. We still have about an hour and a half to go though.”

“Oh. Is there any way we could
stop at a motel for just a little while? I am in desperate need of a shower and an actual bed.”

As much as I just wanted to get to our destination,
I was in need of those things as well. The only thing I worried about was my overwhelming fantasy of making her mine. “Um…sure. Keep your eyes open, and let me know when you see a sign for something.”

It was only about ten minutes later that we spotted a sign for a Motel 8. It wasn’t the best of places, but honestly at this point I don’t think
either of us would complain. When we pulled up into the small driveway, I quickly ran inside and got us a room. I was back within five minutes, and Lyndley was surprisingly still awake. I held up the key and gave her a goofy smile. When she laughed, my heart literally melted. Her laugh was one of the sweetest sounds I had ever heard, and it was nice to hear her not be afraid.

I held the room door open for her as she walked through, and a small drift caught her scent causing it to assault my senses. Her signature smell caught me off guard, and I was suddenly at a loss for words. I closed the door behind me and set our bags on the floor in front of the bed. She was already half way to the bathroom, but she suddenly stopped and turned in my direction.

“Did you need something?” I knew it was a dumb question, but I needed her to say what she wanted, before I took it.

“You.” She responded, her hooded eyes meeting mine.

I slowly made my way in her direction without dropping her gaze. Lust took over her expression, and I was thankful that she was finally succumbing to me. My hand went up to her face, pushing back the fallen strands of her hair. My eyes searched her face, and then came to rest on her quivering lips. I could tell she was nervous and a small part of me took some pride in that. It was nice to know that I was able to have her just as twisted inside as she made me.

My free hand fell to her hips, pulling her flush against me. “You sure?” I muttered against her lips. She didn’t say a word, only nodded against my face.

The only sound in the room was our erratic beating hearts, and I couldn’t help but notice the way she was looking at me. Her eyes were sparkling like diamonds underneath the dimmed light coming from the bathroom. She was effortlessly beautiful and I took my time admiring every inch of her.

My deft fingers went to the waistband of her p
ants, unbuttoning them and making quick work of pushing them to the ground beneath her. I guided each of her feet from the legs of her pants, taking my time as my fingers slid up her silky smooth skin, past her thin lace panties and up onto her lower back. Before I undressed her anymore, I pressed my lips tightly against hers. Her lips were soft and inviting, and my slow passionate kisses quickly turned ravenous.

My hands caressed her back, as I pulled her so deep into me that I couldn’t tell where she ended and I began. My passion for this girl was immeasurable and I was finding it hard to take my time. My fingers finally unhooked her bra, pulling it and her shirt off of her in one fluid motion.

My lips slowly left hers as I stood back and took in the breathtaking sight before me. Her body was absolutely flawless and amazingly beautiful. There wasn’t a single inch of her that my lips didn’t want to be on. My eyes slowly made their way back up her body, my lips finding hers for a brief second before I stepped back to peel my clothes off.