Rescuing Gabriella (Special Forces: Operation Alpha) (Bravo Series Book 3) by Anna Blakely & Operation Alpha

Author:Anna Blakely & Operation Alpha [Blakely, Anna]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aces Press, LLC
Published: 2020-07-13T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Zade secured the chain and locked the deadbolt but didn’t turn around. Didn’t look at the woman standing behind him, waiting for him to say something.

I need to get myself under control, first.

Control, then talk. It had to be in that order, because if it wasn’t…if Zade blurted out what he really wanted to say, it would scare Gabby off faster than a whore in church on a Sunday.

He hadn’t uttered a single word to her since before she’d threatened to ‘fire’ him and Kole. Jesus, he still couldn’t believe how that shit had gone down.

“Zade?” The same voice that, less than an hour ago, had sounded so strong and confident was now soft and unsure.

She thought he was mad. He wasn’t mad.

He was…shit, Zade didn’t know what he was. Whatever he was feeling, ‘mad’ wasn’t it.

Say something, dickhead.

That damn voice in his head was right…again. He needed to quit staring at that fucking door and explain what he was feeling. Find a way to make her understand, but how?

Say. Something.

“I don’t give up my gun.” The statement was more of a growl than a blurt. Not exactly the smoothest line, but it was a start.

Zade turned around slowly. Maintaining his control was imperative, but damn. In this moment, feeling what he was feeling, he was about two seconds from losing it completely.

“I’m sorry.” Gabby stared back at him. Her eyes weren’t as guarded as before. They were dark and warm. Soft and…scared?

She should never be scared of him. Ever. Except…

“I don’t give up my gun,” he repeated. “Not for anyone. Ever.”

“Zade—” She took a step forward, stopping abruptly when he began speaking again.

“I did that tonight. For you.”

Gabby’s brows turned inward in a confused and apologetic manner. “I’m sorry.” She began walking toward him hesitantly. “I didn’t know what else to do. Andino was—”

“Too fucking close to you,” Zade cut her off a second time.

She stopped walking again. “What?”

“Andino was right next to you. He could’ve reached over and taken your hand in his, if he’d wanted.”

Fucker’s damn lucky he hadn’t.

“I-I don’t…I don’t understand.”

“Andino was close to you. If I’d continued to argue with him about giving up my weapon, he could’ve grabbed you. Put a gun to your head and forced Kole and I to disarm.”

That particular scenario ran through Zade’s mind when he’d refused to hand over his gun.

He’d wanted to tell the bastard to go to hell and order Gabby to leave the club with him and Kole, but then thought about the possible consequences.

“So I gave up my gun. For you.”

Because letting something like that happen to this woman wasn’t an option. Fucking ever.

Gabby blinked and started toward him again. “I was so scared,” she admitted quietly. “I saw the way Andino was looking at you. His men were so close to you, and I knew on Andino’s order they wouldn’t have hesitated to hurt you and Kole. Or worse.” She licked her lips, sending another rush of blood to his already hard-as-steel shaft. “I couldn’t let that happen.

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