The Beautiful Thief (Stolen Hearts #2)(51)

“Fuck, Angel,” he growled as her fingers ran up and down his length.

He stepped out of the pants and before she knew what was happening, he’d bent down and wrapped his good arm under her ass and lifted her up and against him.

She gasped in surprise and wrapped her legs around his hips. “You’re going to hurt yourself,” she warned as he walked the two steps to the bed and turned so that when he sat, she was still on top of him.

“It’s a calculated risk,” he said as he pressed a kiss to her shoulder. His hands found their way to her hips and adjusted her until the tip of his cock was right at her entrance. Her hands found his shoulders, and he looked up and right into her eyes as she slid easily down. He filled her completely but she kept looking at him. The last time they’d been together, it had been so unexpected. Now she wanted to commit him to memory. If they never saw each other again, she wanted to be able to remember how he looked... how he felt right now. Right now when he was staring at her like nothing else in the world existed.

And then she started to move. Adam guided her hips, setting the rhythm even though she was on top. Soon enough the friction became too much. She could feel her orgasm creep up on her and her eyes finally drifted shut. She wrapped her arms around him and held tightly as she no longer followed his guiding hands. Her hips told her exactly the right way to move, and the motion was hitting her clit in just the right way.

“Come for me, Angel,” whispered Adam into her ear.

And that was that. She couldn’t hold on any longer; the climax ripped through her. Her head fell back as Adam’s own climax hit. His fingers bit so hard into her hips that she would probably bruise, but nothing seemed to matter at that moment.

They both came down slowly. Melody rested her head in the crook of his neck. They would need to get dressed and pretend nothing happened once Scott and Toni came back, but they had a few minutes at least.

“I guess you never played basketball.”

“Hmm?” She had no idea what he was talking about.

He pointed over to the trash can, which was surrounded by crumpled pieces of paper.

“Oh, that’s nothing.” She started to detangle herself from him, but he held her close still.

“Nothing?”

“Just failed brainstorming. Trying to figure out a way to get Forbes into a trap without any of us getting a bullet in the head.” With that image, the mood was officially dead, and Adam allowed her to get up. After they cleaned themselves off, they both slipped back into their clothes. Except as she pulled her shirt back on she realized that Adam was over by the trash and uncrumpling one of the papers. She ran over and snatched it from his hands.

“Didn’t realize it was private.”

She put the paper in the trash and bent down to pick up the other scattered pieces. “It’s not.”

“Then what’s with the secrecy?”

“I’m just... annoyed, I guess.”

“With me? Because I happen to know that you enjoyed—”

“Not with you,” she said as he helped her up. “It’s with this whole thing. I spent hours trying to figure out a way to make this all work. We have Forbes here. We have Scott and Toni and a lot of determination, but Forbes still has us beat. And the whole reason I found you to begin with was because I was terrified my family would shut me out and take care of Forbes without me. Well, now what can they do? I’m going to be need to be stashed away out of sight and probably out of the country until all this blows over. Assuming we can even get out of town.”

“I saw him.”

“I got that from the shredded arm.”

“He wants you, Mel. He wants you bad.”

“Good. The feeling’s mutual.”

“No, you don’t understand. He takes the escape personal. We made him look bad in front of Sterling and now he’s trying to make up for letting you go. However hard you think it’s going to be to get out, it’s going to be worse.”

“I offended his pride? Adam, he killed my mother right in front of me!”

Adam reached down and took her hand in his, giving it a tight squeeze. “I don’t think his brain works like that. You offended him and now he wants payback. We’re not going to let him get it. Even if that means we have to leave and take him on somewhere down the line. We’ll get him, okay? I’ll be right with you the entire time and make sure it gets done.”

She looked down to where their hands were joined and nodded. “We’ll get him together.”

But she couldn’t enjoy the moment for too long because the motel phone rang. “It’s probably Toni.” She reached for the phone. Her cell phone was off for the moment, so the motel was the only way to get in contact. She picked up the phone and hoped for good news. “Hello?” She purposely didn’t say her name.

“Mel?” Toni’s voice was low and hushed, as though she were hiding from someone. “They know you’re there. Do you hear me? Get out now.”





“They found us,” Melody said as she whipped her head around and scanned the room. “We need to go.”

Adam already was wearing everything he’d come in with, since his bag had been abandoned when he’d bolted from the bar earlier, but Melody grabbed the bag with Jadon Belli’s laptop and the gun he’d given her before he left.