Brock: A Bad Boy Romance (127 page)

cheap deep down. She was broken and no good to anyone and then Jordan came around and changed how she felt about herself. There were no guarantees in life and she understood that she was taking a risk by letting herself feel something for someone.

During her time in the flesh trade, she was approached several times by older men that would promise her the world and didn’t deliver. She didn’t believe for a second that Jordan was like that, but she was still very careful to walk that minefield. One wrong step and all of this could blow up in her face and that was one thing that she wasn’t going to let happen.

Jordan smiled at hearing her voice. He grabbed for the green duffle bag and started to stuff it full of everything that he could carry. There was no way that he was going to be able to take everything, but he knew exactly what he would need to bring the fight right to Jamison’s door. He didn’t want to think about the fact that he was going up against overwhelming odds. His future was in his hands and it didn’t matter how long it took, he would make Jamison a moot point.

He had to stop suddenly when the realization of what he was doing came crashing down. The pages of his life were ripe with blood and those innocent people that didn’t deserve the kind of justice that he brought with him. The feel of her head on his chest made him forget that he was a killer. It made him forget that he was a bad man and that what he deserved was a five by five cell or to be 6 feet under. He could see that she would shatter like glass in his hands.

“I can’t believe that you were this gullible to think that we weren’t going to find you.” The voice sounded familiar. Jordan knew that he was in deep trouble.

Chapter 4

Blake was the horsemen of death and he prided himself on taking the most risk out of all of them. He saw Jordan as a kindred spirit, but it was unforgivable that he was too lost in his own thoughts to understand that his time was up.

Jordan stood in front of the man that he used to call friend and knew that one way or the other one of them wasn’t going to leave here alive. “I think you know by now that I always have I contingency plan. I’m not one to mince words and when I promise you that things will turn ugly, then you will have to take that to the bank.” Jordan stared down this man not blinking and not giving him a reason to think that he had lost a step.

Blake was a hardened individual with a scar on his left cheek that was left behind during an unforeseen fire that he got caught in himself. It was a painful reminder and one that he could get rid of with plastic surgery, but he didn’t believe in hiding the things that made him the man that he was today. The scars on his body were his badge of honor and his long hair was the one thing that he valued. He didn’t have a love life, except for those fleeting moments with strangers of the female persuasion.

“I respect that you want to fight back and leave this world behind. I was actually kind of rooting for you, but I also knew that I was going to be the one to stop you. I think we both know that retirement for us is not some tropical getaway. There will be a bullet in my future or knife that slices my throat, but today is not going to be that day.” They both had their guns trained on one another. It was a matter of time before the stalemate was going to come to a close.

“It doesn’t have to be this way, Blake. We could both walk away with a clean slate and I could leave you a bounty for your troubles. You can say that I didn’t show up and they wouldn’t even think twice that you were lying to them. I want you to seriously consider my offer and believe me that’s an offer that you really shouldn’t refuse. There’s a time limit on that offer and I really do need to make tracks.” Jordan didn’t know that his communication device was still on. He also didn’t know that Lila had decided to double back and see what she could do about helping out.

Lila had used the same cover of the tree line to stay hidden from view. She didn’t like that Jordan had got caught in a trap and she kind of felt guilty that she was responsible for making him unable to predict these things. He was most likely thinking about their family and that had lowered his guard and made him vulnerable to attack. “
I have no idea what I’m going to do. I’m probably fooling myself into thinking that I can do anything. I just can’t stand by and let him take care of this on his own. He means more to me that I can ever say and maybe that is something that I’m going to have to come to terms with. He is my superstar and my hero, even though he claims that he can’t be anybody’s hero.”

Lila had made it to the door and was peeking through the window. She could see the back of someone and she knew without a doubt that it wasn’t Jordan. He was within that room. Getting into the house without being noticed was going to be a feat in itself.

With her heart in her mouth and her teeth grinding together, she opened that door a crack. There was no discernible noise, but she wasn’t going to take any chances. She slipped in very quietly and got down to on the ground on all fours. She must’ve

looked a pretty interesting site crawling across the floor like some animal after its prey.

“I’ve given your proposal some thought and maybe if I was anybody else, I would jump at the opportunity to do what you request. After all, I would have more money than what I’m getting for the job, but this is not how my mind works. I’ve always been a big believer about being a man of my word. I think that you can agree that that is more important than any amount of money that you can put into my hands.” Blake looked at Jordan and knew that he was exactly like him and that eventually one of them was going to end up killing the other.

“I would say that I was surprised by your words, but I’m not. I was just giving you a way out to say face, but it appears that I was stupid even to think that you would take me up on my offer. I imagine that the other horsemen are outside waiting for you to complete what you need to do in here. You probably have them on some kind of time limit. That way, if you fail, then they can finish off where you left off. One of us is going to have to shoot and I’m not exactly sure who that is going to be.” Jordan would never get over Lila and even his death would prove useless to keep them apart. They were destined to be together in this life and the next.

Lila was doing her best to make the best of a bad situation. She stayed down on the ground knowing full well that anybody would look straight ahead and not bother looking down or up. She was out of his peripheral vision and what she needed most of all was some kind of weapon that she could use to take care of the situation swiftly and efficiently. She saw the fireplace and the metal poker that was used to stoke the fire. She grabbed it off the handle holding her breath and hoping that the man that had his back toward her wouldn’t realize that danger was a foot.
“I’m going to have to be very quiet and one wrong move is going to be detrimental to not only my health, but for the health of the baby and to Jordan’s.”

“I like you, Jordan. I can’t remember the last time that I really had any kind of friendship. Even the horsemen are just a means to an end. We don’t even like each other, but we work like a well oiled machine and that’s all that matters to our clients. We get the job done and then we move on without having the entanglement of feeling anything for the subjects. You might be the only one that I will think about afterwards. I think that you know that is high praise coming from a man of my obvious lack of character.” Blake knew that if he went for the trigger that Jordan would do the same thing. He also knew that that it wasn’t Jordan’s day and that he was going to have to take some extreme action to finish this once and for all.

“We have both been in this profession long enough to know the score. It doesn’t take a rocket science to realize that our lives are not worth the paper that they are printed on. Things like that can make you cry, but you need to learn to have a laugh. If you don’t laugh, then you’ll scream and never stop. We may be at a stalemate, but something has to give. I’ve always known that things can go wrong, but they don’t remain that way for very long.” It was as bad as it could be. It seemed like everybody was trying to gun for him. Nothing was coming easy, but his father had taught Jordan that anything worth doing wasn’t easy.

“I could’ve easily shot you in the back, but I thought that I would give you the respect of seeing it coming. I don’t want to do this, but it’s not like I can just turn around and leave you breathing. If I were to do that, then my reputation wouldn’t be anything. Even my other horsemen would turn against me and make me think that I am weak. I can’t have that and I do believe that we have talked this to death.” He motioned for Jordan to come closer. He stepped out of the room and back into the playroom.

Blake didn’t see Lila hiding behind the couch and waiting for her time to strike.

She knew why she was feeling this adrenaline rush and she was drunk on the power of having that fire poker in her hands. It made her feel like she could do anything, but it was a far cry from actually having a weapon that could fire off a shot from across the room.
“I have to believe that Jordan has a plan. I won’t do anything, unless it’s absolutely necessary. I would love to come to his rescue for a change, but he’s the kind of man that will take offense by that. He would rather die than let somebody fight his battle for him.”

“I guess the joke is on me and I don’t really think that it’s funny. I caught the eye of a young lady and that has changed me. I don’t know how long that’s going to work before I need to get back into the action.” Jordan noticed out of the corner of his eye that there was a pair of shoes coming from behind the couch. At first, he thought that he was looking at one of the other horsemen about to ambush him. The shoes in question were a little smaller. That could only mean that Lila was lying in wait. He didn’t want her to put herself in danger, but she was the type of girl that wasn’t going to stand idly by and do nothing.

“It’s a bitch when you find a woman that you love. I’ve been down that road myself and trust me it doesn’t end well for anybody. The best way to avoid that kind of mistake is to keep things strictly professional. I thought they you knew that and you lived by a certain code of ethics. I guess it’s true about what they say. There’s somebody out there for every one and you never know what is going to happen until it’s happening.” Blake wanted this to end some other way, but he couldn’t even think about the possibility of them living to fight another day. One of them was going to fall and he had every intention of making sure that it was Jordan and not himself.

How long was Lila supposed to wait? That was the question that wasn’t running around in her head. She didn’t want the second chance, but with Jordan it was like they were given a way to get on with their lives. It was a good thing that she was stuck with him forever. It was just a matter of how long forever was really going to be. “
I don’t want him to know that my heart has been broken before. He may not think so, but he has a fragile ego that needs immediate and constant stroking. He thinks that he’s invulnerable to pain, but if I were to lose this child I think that he would break into a million pieces. I know that, because I would and being parents it gives us the right to care for our child that deeply.”

“We both know that nothing good can happen here, Blake, I think that you and I have this kind of rapport that comes from knowing each other better than we know ourselves. I also respect you, but I can’t allow you to stand in my way. This is going to end for one of us and that is something that has a finality to it. I don’t like it any more than you do, but hurting one another is not going to be enough. We should just count to three and get this over with. We’ll treat it like it is high noon. I’m sure that one of us will get the kill shot. There’s no denying that the others going to be hurt and could possibly be at death’s door. Do we have a deal? Do this at the count of three and then one of us can find the peace that we’ve been looking for.”

Jordan moved around making Blake do the same thing, until his back was once again turned towards Lila. He was hoping that she would have the benefit of the element of surprise. He didn’t know that she had a weapon and that she was clutching it with both hands with her fingers turning white gripping the thing. He was hoping that Lila would act before he had to. He also knew that wishing in one hand and shitting in the other would only end up with a mess in his hands.

Both of them pulled the trigger and there was the telltale sound of somebody screaming at the top of their lungs.

Chapter 5

Jordan lay there holding his shoulder and looking to see that the blood that flowed between his fingertips was this bright red. He looked over at Blake and saw his eyes wide open with his own gun lying right by his hand. There was a gash on the top of his head. That kind of blood loss was going to end his life very quickly.

The bullet that he had fired at Blake had missed courtesy of Lila and her banshee cry of battle.

“I am very sorry.” Lila had acted on instinct, but it was too late. They both fired their guns with their silencers attached to the end of it. The only noise was two spits that probably wasn’t heard outside of the room. “I had to do something, but maybe if I hadn’t, you wouldn’t have got hurt.” “
I don’t know what that look in his eye is all about, but it almost seems sexual. I’ve seen that look a few other times, but not when somebody was in need of medical assistance. Do I dare think that he wants something right here and right now? I know that I would love the chance to ride him to completion. That might have something to do with that adrenaline that is rushing through our veins at this very moment.

Jordan knew that they couldn’t stay here for very long. It was just a matter of time, until the other horsemen acted on the silence. He got up and stumbled into the other room with a bar along the wall. He reached under the counter and pulled out a bottle of tequila. He popped the top off with his teeth and then poured the liquid into the wound with tears streaming down his face. He did not scream, but he was happy to see that the blood loss had diminished.

He turned to find Lila standing there with her body looking as delicious as ever. He lifted her onto one of the black stools, before pulling at the button on her pants. They came loose and he easily lifted her legs to relieve her of said garment. He buried his face in her pussy and licked like a madman to get her ready for something more than just the agile digit of his oral appendage.

It wasn’t long before he was pulling his own pants down around his ass. He plowed forward with one mighty push of his hips that had him balls deep in a matter of seconds. She muffled her cry of excitement by slamming her fist into her mouth. Her canines were digging into the skin and she was looking at him like she couldn’t quite believe that this was happening. Jordan loved the way that she gave him the one thing that he needed the most. This was a good way to forget about the pain that was throbbing in his shoulder like that of a knife piercing into the skin and never being pulled out.

“Fuck me…fuck me, Jordan.” She showed him that she was serious by pushing her pelvis up against him. It was a nice tight seal, as hen hole enveloped him and held him close to her body like they were meant to be this way forever. “I love the feel of you and I don’t think that I will ever get bored of something like this. You know exactly how to push my buttons and I would hope that I have that same effect on you.” She ripped open his shirt seeing his nipples and diving forward to taste each one of them. His moan was the encouragement that she was looking for to nip at those buds and give them the attention that would make them stand up and be noticed.

“I love the taste of your lips. I think you know which ones I’m talking about.” Jordan pumped his hips. He could feel her fingers moving down around his balls. She cradled them in her hand. He could feel that her attention to detail was going to get the desired results. The slapping of their skin together was a sound that was meant for only