“You awake?” Ben asks.
I realize I’d closed my eyes, because when I look around, we’re almost at the warehouse. “I’m awake.”
“Could’ve fooled me. Damn, Logan, I should’ve taken you to the hospital. You’re a fucking mess.”
“I’ll live. Doc Lewis is waiting for us.”
“That guy is a menace. Does he even still have a medical license?” Ben enters the gate code, and we both give a curt nod to the Brotherhood member eyeing us from a spot along the fence. They’re spread out all around us. I can’t see them, but I feel their gaze on me. Good. That’s what Clevenger promised me. He’s true to his word, though I’m not too keen on owing him a favor.
We roll through the fence. My heartbeat kicks up a notch at the thought of finally having Quinn back in my arms. I couldn’t contact her while I was doing dirty work. Ben and I were silent, untraceable.
“Doc Lewis is the best in his line of work. Don’t worry about it.” I feel lighter the closer we come to the warehouse. “He took care of Nova, didn’t he?”
Ben nods slowly. “Yeah, and I’m grateful to him for it.” He slows as we wait for the garage door to open. I’d jump out of the car and run if I weren’t so beat up.
“Hey...” He hesitates so long I think he’s forgotten to finish what he was saying.
“Yeah?”
“Have you ever thought about maybe … I don’t know … like maybe not doing this anymore?” He pulls into the garage.
I’ve already got my door open, but I pause at his question. “You mean give up the life? You?”
“Not me. I’ve got years of work ahead of me.” He rolls his eyes and climbs from the car along with me. “You.”
To be honest, the thought has crossed my mind. Especially after Quinn told me she was pregnant. But is this life something I can just give up? It’s all I’ve known.
“You’ve got a family now, Logan. Things are different. And—” He gives me a cocky smirk. “I can do all the heavy lifting while you’re in early retirement.”
“Dick.” I cough again, more blood in my hand.
“Logan!” Quinn cries as she bursts into the garage, her eyes wide.
“Sugar.” I open my arms, and she runs into them, hugging me tightly.
I fight the urge to cough as I lift her and inhale her scent. Fuck, how I’ve missed her, the only beautiful thing I’ve ever had.
“God, you’re hurt!” She squeals and tries to wriggle from my hold.
I don’t let her go. Instead, I carry her into the warehouse and down the hall to our room. A snoozing Harley is curled up on the bed as we pass.
“What happened? Are you okay? Are we safe? Where are you hurt? There’s blood. Oh my God, you’re bleeding!” Her words run together as I put her on her feet in the bathroom, then strip out of my clothes.
She gasps at the bruises and cuts I’ve earned over the past few days. “You need to see the doctor. He’s down the hall. I’ll go get—”
I grab her before she can step away from me and pull her into the shower. The cold water hits me in the back before heating up as I strip off her shirt—one of mine—and her panties.
“Logan, you can’t just take a shower when you have cuts and bruises and that cough!” She smacks at my hands, but I ignore her protests and strip her.
Once I have her naked, I grab her ass, lift her up, and pin her to the tile. “I’m going to fuck you, wife. You’re all I’ve dreamed about, thought about, cared about. You and the little life inside you. And now I’m going to take what’s mine.” I thrust hard, seating myself deep inside her.
She gasps, her walls clamping around my hard cock as she digs her nails into my shoulders. “Logan!”
“Tell me you want this forever.” I pull back and thrust again, hard and deep.
“Yes!” she cries as I start a punishing rhythm, taking all of her as I impale her on my cock. The water washes away all my sins of the past few days, cleaning me as I renew myself inside Quinn, as she gives me her body and her love.
Leaning down, I claim one of her nipples. She scratches my neck, her fingers tangling in my hair as I suck and bite the stiff peak.
“I want you forever, sugar. I need you.” I return to her mouth and kiss her. And with that kiss comes clarity—Ben is right. I don’t need the assassin life anymore. Whatever I used to get out of it, it’s gone. Quinn gives me all I need.
“I love you, Logan.” She cups my cheeks and stares into my eyes. “Every last bit of me loves you.”
I feel so many emotions, like a whirlwind inside me, but when she digs her heels into my thighs, I know which one to focus on. Love. My love for her, and my need to please her. I thrust harder, grinding each time so her clit can get all the contact it needs.
She bites her lip, then mine, and when her thighs start to shake, I know I have her.
“Come for me, sugar. I want to feel your cunt squeeze my cum out.”
She moans at my filthy words, her body contracting around me as she finds her release. I join her, my cock so hard as I let go, filling her as I groan and kiss her sweet lips.
This is the way we were meant to be.
Together.
Forever.
Epilogue
Quinn
I check the time again and wonder where the hell Nova could be. She’s never late. Plus, she’s the one that set up this little meetup. You know how hard it is to sneak out when you’re married to a super spy hitman and have two little ones underfoot? It’s damn near impossible, but Nova said this was top secret. It doesn’t matter if I only snuck out to the pool house which is thirty yards from the house. That’s still a giant feat for me.
“I’ve been waiting for you.”
“Ah!” I let out a scream, spinning around to see Nova standing behind me. “Where the hell did you come from?”
“If I told you, I’d have to kill you.”
“Hardy har.” I rush over and wrap her in a tight hug. She and Ben have been MIA for the last few months.
They don’t actually come out to the farm often. This is our safe place away from the world they still play in. Logan and I moved out here not long after we left the warehouse. I actually love the whole small-town life a ton more than I thought I would. But I would love any place as long as Logan is with me.
“Miss you.” She squeezes me tightly for a long moment. “I need your help.”
I miss her so much. I was so used to having her around all the time that it took a while to adjust. “Everything okay with you and Ben?”
“I’m sure he’s mad at me, but I gave him the slip.” She smirks. “How are you?” She runs her hand across my small baby bump. “We get our girl this time?”
“We did.” I’ve been dying to tell her, but she and Ben have been radio silent. This time for a lot longer than normal.
“That man really will give you anything.”
“Hey, Ben would give you anything too. As long as you ask.”
Part of the silver lining with everything that had gone down hasn’t only been Logan having to come clean with me, making us closer than ever, but Nova finally admitting to Ben that she’s in love with him.