Gangster In A Suit. (Book 1)

Chapter 7

I jolt awake, snapping straight.

I scratch my head wrap, looking at the empty space beside me. I smile, falling forward, crawling over to the edge. I peer over the foot of the bed. The first rays of dawn spill into my room, bathing a half-naked Calum in rosy sunlight. His arm slung over his eyes. He has the body of an Olympic swimmer, long and lean-muscled with washboard abs.

"You're welcome to do more than just look."

"You know I didn't actually expect you to sleep on the floor?"

He lifts himself up and moves to sit on his knees, facing me so we are eye-to eye. 

"Didn't want to put myself in a place of temptation."

His face inches from mine. His nose brushes against mine, drawing out a giggle from me.

My bedroom door swings open. My mom walks in, smacking the itch out of her head. "Hadie baby—"

She stumbles to a stop, holding the door handle. "And what the hell is this?"

Calum stifles a laugh. I lightly push his head away.

"Nothing, Calum just slept on the floor last night," I emphasis by gesturing to the pillow and blanket on the floor with him. "It was late. So I allowed him to crash here."

I move away, standing up to make my bed.

Her eyes narrow into slits, her flattened hand still beating at the bonnet. "Uh huh... so ya'll didn't... do anything?"

Oh jeez.

Calum bursts into a short laugh. "No, ma'am... or else your daughter wouldn't be standing."

I snatch my pillow, pitching it at him. He catches it with an impish grin.

My mom stabs him with a warning finger before she leaves, closing the door behind her.

Calum looks back at me with an innocent smile. "What?"

"Now I gotta worry about my mom not killing me before Gaza gets the chance."

My phone shrieks. I flinch. Grabbing it off the bedside table, I frown at the no caller ID.

Hesitantly, I answer, "Yes?"

"Estas loco? Sé que fuiste responsable del golpe en el yate de Gaza!"

I put it on speaker for Calum to hear. "You mind saying that in English?"

"Gaza just put a half a mill bounty on the black girl that hit his yacht last night. All his men. Everyone that works for him knows to be on the lookout for you. Security feed got wiped but one of them can make an ID because he saw her face when they got into an altercation."

Calum sprouts to his feet.

"When I gave you the intel about the meet. I didn't know your plan was to rob Gaza, or I wasn't going to tell you jack shit."

My cold hand cools my sweltering forehead. "Look none of this is going to link back to you. I promise."

"Worry about yourself, señorita. Gaza is coming for you."

He drops the call.

"Hello?"

I look back at the screen. One missed call from last night and an email notification from some company. I swipe it away.

Calum starts gathering his clothes. "We gotta jet."

***

When Calum and I arrive at the office. I'm stunned to find out that James already sent for me. But Calum and I go in together. When we reach the inside, we don't even give him time to draw breath before we dump the truth on him. We tell him about what my confidential source said. And everything that unfolded after that.