Endless (The Drug Lord's Wife #4)

Too Much? Too Much.

Chapter 49

Jennifer

We started the drive back to the house. Each of us wrapped up in our own ideas of how to handle Shepherd. Adam raised up my hand to his lips and kiss the back of it bringing my attention back to him,"Whats up?"

"You cut me off in there", I said.

"Because killing Shepherd isn't a option anymore", Adam said slowly,"You were right. If he gos missing we'll have a world of trouble. It's better to keep him happy for now".

"Killing him is one of many plans I have for Shepherd", I said resting my head on his shoulder.

"Like?"

"Like framing him. Shepherd needs to be pulled down to our level. Incriminating him not only gets him off our back it insures he stays away. What did you have in mind?"

"Intimidation. He would leave us alone after Ross and James pay him a visit. Break a couple of bones", Adam said pulling his arm around me.

"He has no family. No girlfriend or boyfriend. A string of lovers but nothing of importance. So kidnapping is off the table. He's a solider. So I'm guessing he knows how to take a punch..." I trailed off,"What?"

Adam was staring at me so intensely,"Nothing, you're just beautiful when you're plotting".

I leaned down in his ear and said,"I liked how you commanded the situation". He kissed me and the world fell away. It was slow and soft, comforting in ways that words would never be. His hand rested below my ear, his thumb caressing my cheek as our breaths mingled. 

I pulled back as Thomas announced we were back home. We walked hand in hand back upstairs. Once we reached the bedroom hallway and said slowly,"You want to see something?"

I nodded a little excited to see what he wanted to show me.

We walked all the way to the end of the hall to a bubblegum pink door. Adam gently pushed the door open.

"O wow", I walked into Barbie dream room. Everything a girl could want was here. The only light in the the room was a nightlight with rotating start and glow in the dark sticky stars on the ceiling. Stepping over some dolls Adam lead me over to the loft bed,"Too much?"

"I think you're missing the the pink pony and Barbie Dream boat", I whispered.

"We have horses at Manor House and boats in Antibes", Adam said.

"Too much", we stood in front of the bed. And I saw Alma fast a sleep holding on to a doll sucking her thumb.

I reached out and brushed Alma's hair out of her face she was wrapped in a profound sleep.

Something inside started to say...mine.

I listen to her breathing and I felt something in my heart. As if it had been sleeping until this moment. Still sleeping Alma pushed her face into my hand,"She'll grow up to be a great beauty. Smart and strong".

"Just like her mother", Adam said.

"And as stubborn as her father", I teased.