He saw behind his desk, firing up the laptop.
When his laptop was loaded up, he picked up his phone and dialled Possession’s number.
Stephen answered sounding harassed.
“Hello,” Stephen said.
“It’s me.”
“James, what’s the matter?” his friend asked.
“Are you all there?”
“Yes, and Dane is here as well.”
James hesitated. He didn’t like Dane one bit. His gut was telling him the guy was bad news.
“Could you put the speakerphone on?”
He waited as the phone went back into his cradle and the sound of his friends came over the line.
“Hello, James. What are you doing?” Cadeon asked.
Tate and Kevin acknowledged him. Dane remained silent even as Lucas and Sean said hello. He was pleased. With the way he was feeling he’d call the guys in charge of Dane’s release.
“I found the one,” James said.
Silence met his words. He waited for them to respond to him.
“Who is she?” Stephen asked.
“Prudence Star,” Tate said, before James got chance to answer. “He asked for a full background check on her. A hottie as well from the pictures I’ve seen.”
James growled over the line. “She’s my woman, Tate. Don’t start.”
“And he’d already showing the possessive side. I like this,” Cadeon said. “He can finally know what it’s like to be cursed like this.”
“How is Violet?” James asked.
“Pregnant and scared.”
James thought about what he’d done. Prudence and pregnancy did not scare him. He was excited about the thought of being a father.
“I want you to meet her, and I want her to meet Violet and Ursula.”
“Ursula would love someone else to talk to. Violet is a little shy for her tastes,” Stephen said with a laugh to his voice.
He smiled thinking about Ursula and Prudence together. “I’ll bring her over in a couple of days. I want to make her comfortable soon.”
“Which is code for, I’m keeping her to myself for as long as possible,” Cadeon said.
James didn’t argue. It was going to be tough taking her into Ravage. At least he’d have her in the office with him at all times.
James knew he’d go insane thinking of all the men touching her at the bar. No, she wasn’t working in his bar anymore.
He’d find something for her to do.
“Can I have a word in private?” Stephen said to the room. James heard him talking to the room.
The door closed, and they were alone. The phone was picked up once again.
“We need to meet somewhere to talk,” Stephen said.
“I can come to Possession.”
“No, it is not safe here.”
“Then Ravage.”
“No.”
James frowned. “Then you can come to my home.”
“Okay, I’ll phone you in a few days’ time to arrange a meeting.”
“What is going on, Stephen?”
“I don’t want to talk about it now. I’m not completely sure I’m right. I need all the facts before I talk to you.”
“Is everything okay?” James asked, concerned for his friend.
“It will be when I know all the facts. I look forward to meeting your woman.”
James nodded, and then the call ended.
He stared at the phone confused by the conversation he’d just had.
Glancing through his emails, he looked for something to occupy him. Sleep had been hard to come by for the last few months.
She’s all alone in your bed. Prudence needs you.
James shut down his laptop and placed it back in the safe before making his way back up the stairs to watch Prudence sleep.
He put a chair beside the bed, watching her for several minutes. When watching wasn’t enough, he threw his towel across the room and climbed in behind her. He pulled her into his arms and settled down, staring at the ceiling.
There was no mirror above his bed in this room. James made a quick note to get one installed. He wanted to be able to see her as she slept in his arms.
The hours passed, and before he knew it, James fell to sleep with Prudence in his arms.
Chapter Seventeen
Three days later
The past three days had been pure heaven. James never left her alone. He called her all the time when she went home. He’d been trying to convince her to stay at his place permanently. She wasn’t ready to give up her house. Anya and Becky kept calling him the weirdo boyfriend. They didn’t understand how much she loved his attention. The constant texts he sent and the phone calls made her feel loved and cared for. With each phone call she remembered him talking about possession and ownership. She loved the thought of being his.
She fingered the silver cross necklace around her neck. He’d demanded she wear it every day. Every time she walked into Ravage he’d pull the chain out of her shirt letting the cross dangle between her br**sts.
The love she felt for him was growing every day. The way he made love to her every day, sometimes with a condom and others without, made her yearn for his touch. James reached for her whenever he could. She lost count of the number of times he’d reached for her at his office. She imagined there was a print of her ass on the top of his desk. In the middle of the night, he’d find her core and sink inside her. She’d wake in the morning with his c**k still inside her pu**y.
She closed her eyes thinking of that very morning. He was picking her up later today to take her to Possession. Before then, she wanted to go and visit her sister.
Prue stared at the paperwork that had just been delivered through the letterbox. She was ready to go out and visit her sister. The longer she waited to tell her sister, the harder it was for her to be with Jams. She needed her sister to know what was going on and to also reassure herself that Veronica no longer loved him.
She opened the envelope reading the paperwork. Frowning, she read through the document. It was the deeds to her house with her name on. The only problem with the paperwork was the fact the house had been paid for.
Pulling her cell phone out of her pocket, she dialled James’s number. Her gut was telling her he was responsible for buying her house.
He answered on the first ring. “Are you missing me already?”
“I’m not sure. Why do I have the deeds to my house?” she asked, cutting to the chase.
“I told them to f**king wait.”
“So you did buy my house and put it in my name?”
He was silent on the other end.