Without Regret (Pyte/Sentinel #2)(136)

She wanted to go in there and hold him, but he wouldn’t let anyone in his cell except to give him food and blood.

“Hey, Joshua, look who I brought?” Chris said, holding the sleeping baby higher in his arm as he approached the cell.

Nothing.

Her heart went out to Chris as he stood there waiting for his brother to move or say something, but he didn’t.

He wouldn’t.

“Good night, Joshua. I’ll see you in the morning,” Chris promised. Every morning he brought Joshua a large breakfast tray and sat on the floor while Joshua quietly ate.

Chris sent his brother one last hopeful look before he took her hand and led her to the security door.

“Just one second,” she said, pulling her hand away and walked to cell in front of the desk.

Chris sighed heavily. “Are you planning on making friends with all the prisoners?” he asked teasingly, but she knew he didn’t have a problem with Logan and Kale. Of course he didn’t trust Logan, but he was grateful to the man for everything he’d done.

“Only the cute ones,” she teased back, loving that little possessive growl of his.

“What is it with you women and calling me cute?”

Logan grumbled, coming to the bars.

“You’re cute. Get over it,” she said, trying not to laugh when he scowled down at her.

“Here,” she said, slipping a small folded piece of paper into his hand through the bars.

“You found it?” Logan asked, sounding surprised.

“I believe so,” she said, still wondering why it was so important to him. When he reminded her of her promise she thought he was going to ask her to arrange his escape, which she would have done. She owed him her life after all, but instead of asking to be freed, he asked for a piece of information.

“Thank you,” he said quietly as he took the paper and placed it into the white pants all the prisoners had to wear.

“Good night, Logan,” she said before walking away.

He simply nodded as he headed back to his bunk.

Chris took her hand and led her to the elevator. They didn’t talk for several minutes, probably because Chris was too busy pressing butterfly soft kisses to Jessica’s sleeping face. She already knew that the man was going to spoil her rotten and if she hadn’t already known that, the nursery he set up for her was a big clue.

He hadn’t allowed anyone, including her, have anything to do with setting up the nursery for his, and she was quoting on this one, “Precious baby girl.” The man went a little overboard turning the room she’d planned on using for her office in a nursery. When Madison suggested a teddy bear theme he vetoed it and told her to get her damn teddy bears out of his damn princess themed nursery.

She was actually surprised that she got some alone time with Jessica today. The stubborn man usually took her everywhere with him only returning to her when Jessica needed to feed. He’d decided that they weren’t going to give their baby formula and that only breast milk was good enough for his baby. Sometimes she felt like a damn cow.

“I’m sorry, Munchkin,” he said as they stepped off the elevator.

“For what?”

He sighed heavily as she scanned her hand. “I know how badly you wanted to go to the new house. I’m sorry that you’re stuck here with-“

“It’s fine, Chris. Joshua needs us and until he’s ready to go with us we’ll stay right here,” she said, knowing how torn he felt between taking care of her and taking care of his family. She couldn’t wait for the day when he realized that he didn’t need to choose, because she would be by his side no matter what.

“I hate that you and my precious baby girl have to stay locked up here all day,” he said, sounding exhausted.

She just barely stopped herself from rolling her eyes.

The man was so damn cute and irritating sometimes.

“I’m not complaining, Chris,” she said, heading for their suite.

“And that’s what I love about you.”

“That’s the only thing you love about me?” she asked, looking over her shoulder as she gave him a coy smile when she caught him staring at her bottom.

“There might be one or two other things that I love about you.”

“If you’re good I just might let you near those one or two things,” she said, opening the door.

While Chris put the baby down, because apparently he was the only one worthy to do that, she stripped na**d and stepped into the shower, hoping to wash all her worries away.

Seconds later Chris was stepping in behind her and pulling her against him. “Mmm,” she moaned as she relaxed back against him.

“It’s time,” he said against her neck as he slid his hand down her flat belly.

“Time for what?” she asked absently as she spread her legs wide for him. He slid one finger inside of her as he licked a path to her ear and nibbled.

“For you to let me near all the things that I love about you,” he said, working his finger in and out of her at a slow rhythm that had her panting and shoving back in silent demand for what she wanted, needed, but he held back.

“Chris!”

He chuckled as he kissed a path along her jaw. “I thought I’d take my time showing you how much I love you tonight.”

“H-how about you show my how much you love me the second time and just f**k me now so that I don’t have to kick your ass?” she suggested, fully intending to keep her word.