Shade picked up his phone as soon as she was out the door while both Rider and Cash entered the office.
“Knox, Lily told me Rachel’s disappeared. What do you know?”
“Not much. I’ve been making a few calls. Tate showed me the note she left. Told them she was leaving and not to come looking for her. It said she wouldn’t be coming back, and she was sorry for shaming them.” Knox’s voice became harder as he read the note.
“If you find where she’s at, call me or Cash.”
“Will do.” Knox hung up.
Shade looked at Cash, relaying the information he had just received.
“I’ll kill them.” Cash turned to find the doorway blocked by Rider.
“Sit down, Cash,” Shade ordered.
Cash turned angrily yet didn’t sit down. “Don’t tell me what the fuck to do. Do you know how badly they must have treated her for her to run off?”
“And that surprises you? You knew Friday night when she left with them what she was facing. I didn’t see you running to her defense then.”
Cash picked up a chair and threw it against the wall.
“Sit down!”
Cash sat.
“How do you want to handle this?” Shade said calmly.
“I’m going to find her, of course,” Cash stated angrily.
“I’m not the enemy, brother.”
Cash stood to his feet. “I know,” he said, running a hand through his hair. “I’m a fucking idiot.”
“Piece of advice. Take it or leave it, but I’m going to give it anyway. Figure out why you want to find her before you go looking.”
Cash gave an abrupt nod before leaving his office.
By the time Shade had finished his paperwork and was locking the factory, Cash had changed his clothes and was on his bike, leaving the parking lot.
“Thank fuck the days of me having woman trouble are over,” Shade said out loud to Rider who was working on Cash’s truck.
“Don’t jinx yourself, brother.” Rider poked his head out from under the hood.
“I don’t believe in luck, and I sure as shit don’t believe in jinxes,” Shade snorted, heading to the steps.
“I hope you’re right, because you just tempted fate to prove you wrong.”
“I don’t believe in fate, either.”
Shade made his way up the walkway and to his house where he found Lily in the shower. He quickly took off his clothes and stepped in behind her. She turned around to face him, wrapping her arms around his shoulders.
Shade placed his hands on her hips, lifting her until her pussy was over his cock. Slowly, he lowered her, sliding inside of her. Taking a step forward, he pressed her against the shower wall as he gently stroked inside her.
Lily ran her hands over his shoulders. “Harder,” she moaned.
“You want me to fuck you harder?”
Lily frantically nodded.
“I think you can say the word fuck and not go to Hell, Lily.”
“It just seems so … I don’t know…”
“Dirty? Sexy? Fun?” Shade laughed at her embarrassed expression. They had been married almost a year, and Lily still found it hard to completely relax her guard.
“Yes,” she admitted, moaning as her pussy started clenching on his cock.
Shade began to fuck her more forcefully, driving himself deep while drawing out her climax and building his own. He groaned into her throat as he felt his nuts tighten until he thought they were going to explode.
When he lifted her nipple to his mouth, biting down, her soft whimper had his cock jerking its release as he came.
Lily was placing soft kisses on his shoulders when he finally managed to give her breathing room, placing her back on her feet.
He held her arm as they walked out of the shower.
“I’m not going to fall, Shade.”
“I don’t want you to shower unless I’m in the room,” Shade told her, drying off.
Lily gaped at him as she dried off before putting on her nightgown. “You’re being ridiculous.” She shook her head. “Am I supposed to go without a shower when you’re not home?
Shade frowned. “Of course not. You can call Beth and have her come over.” Shade lay down on the bed, flipping on the television.
Lily stood staring at him with her hands on her waist. “For a minute, I thought you wanted me to call Razer,” she snapped.
“Now you’re being ridiculous,” Shade stated.
Lily left the bathroom door open as she blow-dried her hair. The show he was watching was almost over when she came to sit on his side of the bed, gazing down at him with a frown.
“I’m not going to wait to shower until you’re home or call Beth. I’m very careful when I’m in the shower, so nothing is going to happen.”
Shade studied her serious expression, his hand going to her belly. “I don’t want anything to happen to this baby.”
Lily’s frown disappeared. “Nothing’s going to happen. I’m fine; the baby’s fine. You need to keep from overreacting.”
“I’m not overreacting,” Shade denied.