"Kat, I've missed you."
I rolled my eyes, my eggs and bacon almost making a reappearance.. I'm glad he'd told me the truth but hearing his sensual tone being used towards another woman, less than an hour after he'd been inside me, irritated me.
"No baby, stay and enjoy yourself."
Hearing only Blade's side of the conversation I could only guess at what they were talking about but it seemed like Katrina was heading home early.
My stomach dropped, that meant no more cocoon of bliss with Blade. My plate was empty and I didn't feel like sitting here eavesdropping so I wandered into the Conservatory and sat in my favourite squishy chair, staring out across the gardens.
I needed to think. Jaxie was alive and mum knew that but to question her would be to let her know we were investigating what happened to Flora and she could tip off Jasper. She was meeting someone secretly at the horror house.. could the shadowy stranger have been Jaxson?
Katrina was a raving psychopath and definitely dangerous, she'd done something truly traumatising to Blades brother and sister. Should I meet with them and try and find out what happened?
Blade snuggled down next to me, I'd been so lost in thought that I hadn't even noticed him approach. Pulling me close, I realised I'd never done this before, cuddled up with a lover, it was nice.
"You okay?"
He rubbed his index finger between my eyebrows and I realised my face was scrunched up.
"Yeah I'm good, just thinking."
"About? Us?"
I chuckled, who would have thought the womanising President Blade could ever sound so unsure. Giving him a quick kiss I snuggled back down into his chest, playing with the neckline of his T-shirt.
"I was wondering if I could meet the twins? I feel like I could maybe talk to them, explain about Jaxson and Katrina and they might open up to me? I hate the idea they're still struggling with whatever she did to them."
Blade was silent so long I worried I'd overstepped and offended him but when I leaned back to see his face he was looking at me tenderly.
"Absolutely baby, I'll organise it as soon as I can. The only problem is Katrina left her vacation early, she's getting a flight back today, so I'll be dealing with her for a few days. I'm having the boxes moved from my office to Nate's so you guys can go through things when I can't be there."
That made sense it would be terrible if Katrina somehow stumbled onto what we were doing!
"Blade.. do you think my mum was meeting Jaxson that day?"
Caressing my face softly Blade took the time to think before answering me and I liked that he was taking my question seriously.
"No, I don't think so. I don't know who it was but I feel sure it wasn't him. T are you sore?"
I smiled, I guess there was time for one more moment of beauty amid the chaos.
"Yeah, I am, but in a really good way."
Eyes darkening, Blade pounced..
* * *
Radio. Silence. Radio. Bloody. Silence. That absolute bastard! Took my virginity, spent 24 hours having sex with me and have I heard from him since? No, no I have not!
A week had passed since our sexathon and Blade hadn't contacted me once! Lane, Nate and I had gone through all the boxes but hadn't found anything that seemed like a clue.
My phone buzzed on the side and my traitorous heart leapt.. running over far too quickly I was absolutely NOT disappointed when I saw it wasn't Blade texting. Opening the message from Lane my mouth dropped open and an enraged squeak emerged.. unbelievable!
\\ That asshole!! Blades at Nate's office going through the stuff we weren't sure about!! Apparently his silence only extends to you!!! Have you heard from him yet? //
I get that he's trying to protect everyone but in 8 days he can't make one text or call to me? We work in the same building for goodness sake but he hasn't come to see me or called me up to his office and there's no way I'm going up there begging for his attention!
I guess men are all the same. They want you but once they've had you they don't want you anymore!
I refused to think of that bastard anymore and decided to refocus on my search for Jaxson. Nate had come back to me that the facial recognition software hadn't found any recent matches which only meant that he hadn't committed or been a victim of a crime.
I had spent hours and hours searching through Facebook and Instagram for different variations of Jaxson but hadn't found any hits. It would be so much easier if I could somehow Google his photo then if he had some sort of social media it could find him!
I Googled 'search by photo' to see if that was a possibility and I was startled by the hundreds of 'Reverse Image Search' options! Suddenly overcome with hope and excitement I quickly uploaded the photo but the results were random and not of his face. My hope plummeted but I continued trying different websites.
I was startled awake to a loud banging on my door. I peeled my face away from the keyboard and stumbled to the door groggily. I had been searching though thousands of photos trying to find Jaxson and must have dozed off!
I opened the door and why was I not surprised to find Blade on the other side? Eyes heated he looked me up and down before smiling sensually.
"Wildcat, can I come in?"
"No, you can go to hell!"
I went to shut the door but he'd stuck his foot in the doorway! Opening the door wide, I smiled evilly at him, then really slammed it hoping to force him to move his foot but instead he caught it before forcing his way inside.