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Raelynn's pov:

I leaned against the other side of the counter, looking at him cleaning the blood.

"You are missing a lot of spots," I commented.

"Mind doing it then," he suggested as he stopped to look at me.

I sigh, "Give me."

I grab the towel before scrubbing it lightly on the spot he missed.

"Getting special help ey," Theo taunted as he walked into the kitchen. He was looking at Kyson with a big smirk on his face, his eyes glistening with mischieve.

"Done," I said as I put the towel in the sink.

I turned back to the men.

"So mind telling me how you ended up in this gated community?" I inquired as I crossed my arm on my chest.

"We came looking for a guy and the security man is one of our alibis," Kyson replied firmly.

Whhhaaattttt...

"We didn't know that you live alone," Theo added.

"I do... For a long time now." I said.

"Why?" Kyson asked looking at me.

"The guys at the mansion are nice and all but they are loud... I like having some 'me' time and being in a quiet place." I explained.

Theo nodded, "Understandable."

"What guy were you looking for?" I questioned curiously.

"The one who lived right in front of you," Kyson replied.

I was surprised.

"The old man that lives in front of me?" I repeated and they nodded.

"Lived," Theo corrected me.

"He's an ex-member of a mafia. He tried to kill us multiples time so tonight he died. Unfortunately, Val got hurt." Kyson stated.

"What if I didn't live here?" I asked looking at Kyson.

"We would have forced whoever lives here to help us." He replied.

"We wouldn't hurt them though," Theo added.

"Wait," I suddenly said when I realise something," Each house here has a security system that calls the police right the second someone tries to break in. Plus there are cameras at each angle of the houses. If you don't want to get caught, get rid of the camera footage asap."

Theo looked at Kyson, who nodded,"Get rid of them."

"The police might already be on their way," I added.

"Don't worry," Theo reassured me as he walked away with his phone in his hand.

"And how did you get here? Where's your car?" I asked. He open his mouth to reply but then stop and stared.

"Aren't you getting a little too worried for us?"

"And aren't you a little too chill about it? You want to deal with the cops." I stated.

He pulled himself away from the counter, walking toward me. He easily caged me between the counter and himself, both of his hands on my sides. He leaned down, his face a few inches from mine. Since I wasn't wearing heels, I was way shorter than him.

"I have been in this mafia world way before you... I always have my backup plans ready." He stated.

"Sure, you weren't even aware of the security alarm or the cameras." I pointed out.

"Are you sure about that? Theo already had the footage, he just looked at me to confirm whether to destroy it or to keep it. Plus we didn't break into his house, he opened the door for us." He said firmly.

Oh.

One of his hands reached to tuck my hair behind my ear. I looked at his face while his eyes were focused on his finger which was running down the side of my face.

My eyes shift to his lips before looking back at him.

"You are so pretty." His voice was low yet deep.

I felt the butterflies in my stomach awaken, it felt weird as it's been a long time since I felt something like that. His eyes shift to mine and there was an unexplainable expression on his face. It was like he was debating between two things inside his head.

Finally, he leaned his face slowly, closer to mine making my heart skip a beat.

Was he going to kiss me again?

He did give me plenty of time to pull away or reject his advances but I stayed idle. He pressed his lips softly against mine, making me close my eyes. One of his arms wrapped around my waist, pulling my body into his. I let my hand on his bare chest, roaming, as I kissed him back. It felt surreal feeling his muscle under my palm. He bit my bottom lip, making me open my mouth. As he deepen the kiss, I wrapped my arms around his neck. The kiss was slow but passionate. He wasn't in a hurry neither was I, we both took our time.

He broke the kiss both of us breathing heavily.

He grew tired of leaning in and hoist me up, effortlessly on the counter. He pushes my legs apart, setting himself in between. I don't know how but my robe unties, showing my silky nightgown.

His eyes darkened, his jaw clenched, and his grip on my waist tightened.

He started to slowly pull away, making me frown.

"Uhm, it opened." He said looking everywhere but down on my chest. My silk nightgown wasn't that revealing compared to the other ones, the top of the dress has a bra shape which was in a silky black fabric.

I tied the robe again.

"Do my boobs scare you or something?" I couldn't help but joke.

He let out a deep chuckle, catching me off guard. Did he just laugh?

He came back closer to me wrapping both arms around my waist but this time he went to my neck. He left open kisses on a few spots making me tilt my head to the side to give him more access. I bite my lips, holding in a moan.

"Your boobs aren't scary... it's quite eye-catching and it takes a whole lot of control to not rip that dress off." He kissed my ear making me shiver.

We heard the front door open and we instantly pulled away, I climbed off the counter steadying myself. Theo walked to us and gave Kyson a nod.

"Done,"

"Great."

Kyson turned his back to me and my eyes widened.

"Holy moly," I commented loudly.

(Kyson's tattoo⬆️)

Kyson turned to me but I grab his bicep and turned him around again. I heard Theo chuckle.

How come I never noticed that...

That's so pretty...