Jax
The sunlight was beating on my face and it felt amazing. It was soothing and peaceful just like that body that was moving next to me. The sun shows on her two-toned hair, baring the deep fiery red but dark waves also fell over her light mocha skin. My Amelia, my home. My thumb traced over her soft silky cheek and I could not help but continue moving down her body. Tracing every curve of her body. My hand stopped on her hip, resting somewhat on her bump. I trailed kisses from her cheek to her collarbone. She smelled of her usual beach and rum.
"Jax" she whispered. I could tell she was smiling. "What are you trying to do?
I grinned as my mouth found her fuller tits. "What? I am just waking you up."
Amelia's body rolled over on top of mine, so she was straddling my hips perfectly. She smiled as her hips gyrated on mine, her hands roamed along my chest dragging her nails down until they met the band of my sweats. My hips bucked to show I was ready for her.
She moved her hips again and moaned "Jax"
"Fuck baby. I need you." I growled.
"Jax?" what was wrong with her voice, is it deeper?
"Jax?" this time I was being shaken? Ah fuck, I opened my eyes to Chris over me grinning.
"Fuck Chris it's too early for this shit."
"Cleary someone was having a good dream." Chris looked down to my morning wood. "Hurry up and beat off in the shower."
I rolled off my bed and head to the shower. It did not take me long to get some pep into moving. We were getting Amelia back tonight. Regardless of it all. Once she was in my arms there was no letting her go. Opening my closet, it was time to get ready. Honestly, all that was in here was black. Boots, pants, belts, and shirts. Fuck even the harness for my guns were black. Guess it would be stupid to go in decked out in white. Unless this was Hoth from Star Wars. Nope, this was some place in California.
I made it to the board room where a group of men and women sat. Almost everyone stiffened as I entered, yeah, I am sure everyone knew who I was. Chris sat at the front of the board room, he held a coffee and pastry for me. Tapping the chair that he had saved for me.
"Thanks for getting me something." I sipped my coffee, it reminded me every morning with her.
"Yo! Jax." Chris was taping my shoulder. "Earth to Jax. Let us get our head in the game here man."
I nodded "Yeah, sorry, you're right."
Robin and Layne entered the room like they owned the place. I could hear my name being tossed around which resulted in death stares from Robin. Once they reached to where Chris and I were, they handed a stack of folders to be passed out.
"Listen up now!" Layne shouted. "We have an extraction mission this evening. The files show pictures of who we are to get and who can be taken out."
People began looking through as did I, there was a recent picture. She was chained to a fucking chair and my dam father's hands were on her. I was livid and seeing red. An agent broke my brooding.
"We're extracting one of Lucis's whores? What the fuck Parker?"
I was fuming now! I do not remember standing up, but I certainly remember my words. "She's not a fucking whore! Nor does she belong to him!"
Chris grabbed me "Jax save that anger for your father."
Robin cleared her throat. "Agents simmer down! Mr. Adams is right, but he does need to remember the mission." I shot her a side glance. "Do you care to explain to the team."
I nodded and looked to Chris showing him I was okay, clearing my throat. "For those that don't know. I am Jaxson Adams Lucis. The man we are taking out or attempting to is my farther." There were a couple gasps as to me betraying Lucis. "The women we are extracting isn't his and far from it. Amelia Hart is my girlfriend, she needs to come out of this unharmed at all costs."
An agent chimed in again. "This file makes no sense. We are walking into the belly of the beast because she has something sensitive. What could she have that's got her into this mess?"
Between Chris, Robin, Layne, and I we were not sure about dropping that information. Layne did step in "He's using the girl to get to Mr. Adams here. The only man who dared to stand up against Lucis and refuse to join him."
"That still doesn't answer what's so sensitive that she has to hold over Adams?" this time the agent was more irritated, but I was pissed.
"She's about six months pregnant with my twins! Is that sensitive enough to go through with this?" Silence fell in the board room. It was starting to sink in with this team. "My father originally wanted her for lord knows what. At the same time, we started dating and he made many threats. When we would not allow it, his actions became drastic."
"It's in the files on how this all came about." Robin stepped up to me. "No one knows why he's off his rocker but for now the girl is our focus."
The tension in the room lowered as Layne and Robin discussed the plan. A team was already in place keeping eye on the warehouse. He was held up in Santa Rosa now, but intel had shown he was border crossing a lot. They also showed his bodyguards had doubled over the past couple of months. Lucis was acting out of character for him but I did not care.
Another team was getting snippers set up around the perimeter, they were also rigging the vehicles to blow for cover. I honestly did not want to know why some of those agents were excited for that job. Once the room was cleared out it was the four of us. Robin pulled an envelope out for Chris and me.
Layne spoke up "We thought about what kind of situation you guys are in. There is a lot to do but we can make it work. For now, we can make you three disappear"
"What exactly is the plan?" Chris was unreadable at this point. "Act as if we never existed?" now he was slightly agitated.
Robin explained in fine detail of how things were to go. Once we got Amelia, we were to take a car for us, with everything we needed. The gps would take us to a hotel where we could lie low, roughly for a week. Then we would follow the next set of instructions that would lead us to our hideout. They had everything thought of, an email was sent out to Amelia's clients saying she was going out of business everyone would be refunded. I know Amelia would be bummed but it was for her safety. Robin and Layne agreed to take over Dragon security, that was mess on its own. In the eyes of the media they bought it, on paper I still ran it but from a distance.
Once our homes were no longer hot, movers would pack up our things and be taken into a storage unit owned by Ghost. That freaked Chris out, he explained his basement which resulted in him begging that the agents do not say a word. I would pay to see those movers in his home just to watch Chris squirm. He did not care if people judged him, he just did not like people touching his shit. Everything was labeled and placed in specific areas. Eventually our crew would join us, and we could start over again. Logistics of that would be once things cooled down. Ghost was kind enough to give Chris and I time before putting us to work. Chris would work the field probably starting in June. They would have me working from home until September. They offered paternal leave and they understood Amelia would need help. Especially if it were only Chris and I. but between the three of us, we could handle two babies. Right?
Night finally came, every passing hour was hell. I tried running, showering, and even sparring with Chris. Best thing to do was to get into the right head space but it was proving hard. It was time to get ready, while placing my bullet proof vest on Chris came up to me with a picture.
"Here man, you normally don't leave anywhere without this lately." Chris handed me a picture I carried of Amelia and I before she found out she was pregnant. The next thing was a small box. I arched an eyebrow. "Man, it's something Amelia bought before it all went to shit."
I took the small box and opened it to see a silver chain with a rectangle pendent. One side had a Star Wars Rebel sign engraved and the other it read 'I love you'. I chuckled. "My guess is she has one that says 'I know'" I placed the necklace on me, it reached my chest but the simplicity of it
Chris was smiling. "Yeah she insisted on it. I know she got hers because one of the pictures they have of her she is wearing hers." He slapped my back. "let's go get our girl man."
The four of piled into an unmarked SUV and headed to the warehouse. I was more than ready to end all of this. The whole ride was quite besides the sounds of our guns loading and getting ready. Robin handed us earpieces to keep in touch with the rest of the team. We would be the firsts ones in as soon as smoke screen filled the room, followed by another couple of teams. Just an in and out mission. Grab Amelia and get out.
Halfway there we got word my father was not in the same room as her, it was a relief because it would not be as messy. My heart was in my throat, pounding away, we were getting closer. Before I knew it, we were pulled in front of the building, chatter was all over the coms now. One team was ready to create a distraction by blowing a planted car.
All I heard then from Layne was to go. We piled out of the car, Chris to my left, Robin and Layne led as another team of four covered us. When we reached the door, commotion was coming from the building. I could hear the snipers taking shots, Layne busted the door down and directed a crew to go to the left. The last location my father was seen.
"Grab him or kill. I don't care how Lucis comes out of this, as long as he doesn't leave the building." Layne was barking the orders. "Adams your target is towards the right. Go!"
Chris and I took three agents with us and headed right. Even without the smoke screen going on this building was almost a maze. One of the agents pointed out that all the doors were coming up on were open. The room Amelia was in would be closed and guarded. Sure, enough we went down a hallway and was met with two guards. Chris did not hesitate and took them out with two shots. A couple more shots came from behind me followed by shouts of 'clear'.
I was now in a zone as I took out a goon that came out of a room that had an open door. We got to the closed door, Chris took one side, an agent took the other side. Two agents were on each side of me facing away and I stared down this closed door. I had to be prepared for whatever I was about to see. I approached the door and kicked it in. To our surprise there was only one-armed man in the room, I took him out with two shots before I searched the room.
My heart broke instantly, there she laid on a metal bunk suspended from the wall. No mattress, pillows or blankets, the only thing was a chain that was attached to one of her wrists. The room looked like a tiny prison cell. I b-lined it to her, she was out and unaware of the chaos going around her, I could see track marks on her neck. They had been keeping her sedated, there was pluses to that. One of the agents pulled out a key from the man I shot and unlocked the cuff. I carefully placed my arms under her knee and head, lifting her up.
A small whimper left her mouth. "It's okay Amelia, I've got you love." Her body relaxed at my voice. I turned around and barked orders to my team. "Chris cover the front, you two cover my back." The four of us took back off the way we came, still using the remainder of the smoke screen. I knew we did not have much longer before it was gone.
We were near the entrance when chatter came on the coms.
"All the rooms are cleared Parker. No sign of the second target."
"How did we lose him? Adams, Evers do you have your target"
"Adams has the primary target. We are exiting now."
Somehow my father was not located, I did not care at that moment. We needed to get out of this building and back to the SUV. I ignored the chatter and focused on that vehicle. My feet were pounding on the pavement now, I had a sense of security because there was three people surrounding us and countless snipers. Chris opened the back door and I slid her carefully into the SUV, I climbed in shortly placing her head on my lap.
One of the agents that accompanied us spoke up. "This is where we part. Just hit the GPS and your location is already marked. Instructions are in the glove box for when you are on the road. Good luck." They walked off to the building, Chris had us moving before I could see them walk into the building.
Robin's voice came over the coms, followed by a series of other agents. "Target spotted in parking garage. Approach with caution."
"Three armed guards are with him and they are entering a black sedan."
"Don't lose site."
"Sedan is going east."
"Once he's out of our range activate the trackers."
I took my come out of my ear; I did not care anymore weather they killed the man or if they chased him to the end of the Earth. I was more focused on caressing Amelia's hair back so I could see her face, she was out cold, but her breathing was even. I am not sure how long she would be out but for now I was very much okay with her sleeping. As if it was a pull my hand trailed down her side and rested on her bump that now was very visible. I began caressing her belly, it was soothing to me and any chance I got now my hands would be on this bump. It carried the most precious things in the world to us, as if they knew someone was touching their mom's belly I felt gentle movements. It was reassuring to feel this but all so emotional.
"Hey man, you okay?" I caught Chris looking at me from the rear-view mirror.
I did not realize I was crying. "Yeah, I just felt the twins move for the first time. It's definitely something." As I looked back down at her explosions shook the car, it was very subtle but enough to get my attention. I turned around to see fire and smoke rise in the air from different parts of the city. "Chris what the fuck happened?"
He was concentrating on the conversations going on in the coms. "Layne and Robin called it and had the car he was in taken out. As well as bogies he had out." He paused "One of the agents found his office, apparently it triggered an explosion. Clearly he was hiding something."
"Fuck well let us focus on getting out of here. How long is our drive?"
"GPS has us going to Mandalay Bay in Vegas." He reached into the glove box and handed me the envelope. "Here we have over eight-hour drive so you can go through this."
There was not much in it, enough money to get us there for gas and food. A couple fake IDs to confirm our room and details of the room. Once we got there, there would be clothes for us, burner phones, time we were to call in and the next set of instructions. I ran it down for Chris, handed him his ID and the money for when he needed to stop. I suggested we stop once we go out of the county so we could make sure we had food and water for Amelia. We had time before she woke up and I had no clue mentally how she would be. It scared the shit out of me to think my father could have broken her.
I must have fallen asleep because the movement in my lap made my eyes shoot open. Amelia was stirring and from the looks of the clock in the car I had been out for a couple of hours. "Where are we?" I croaked.
"Just south of Kettleman City. I stopped an hour ago to rest and grab some stuff."
"How long was I out for?"
I could see a smirk on his face. "Man, you have been out for a good three hours now." Shit, I was having a hard time with time in general. "You needed the rest and I wasn't sure when she would start waking."
I looked down and saw her eyes were moving behind the closed eyelids. When I caressed her head they slowly opened, and her head turned looking me straight into my soul. Fuck it had been months since I looked into those beautiful eyes and they were sucking me in like the first time when I saw her.
"Jax?" she croaked, and tears began falling from her eyes.
"Yes, baby it's me." I pulled her into my lap and laid her head on my shoulder. "I've got you now."
She was really crying now. "I am so sorry; I should have never left."
"Shh it's okay, I am not mad, and I understand why you did it. Why you both came up with this plan." She looked at me confused and looked to Chris driving. Her eyes lit up a bit.
"Hey tiger." He nodded and focused on the road.
"Where are we going?" she asked as she laid her head back down on my shoulder.
"Vegas actually. We'll explain more when we get to our location." I rubbed her back and handed her a water. "Now please drink this and Chris grabbed some food for you if you're hungry."
While she sat up more on my lap to reach for the food I shimmied off my vest and tucked her back in to my body. When she took a drink of water, I felt small movements coming from her belly. We both grinned and I could not help but place a hand on her again, I did not want to move it at all. The more she drank or ate the more they moved. It was an amazing to feel. When she finished eating we sat in silence for a few minutes, one hand on her belly and another placed around her.
"Amelia baby." I did not want too but I needed to know. "What happened while my father had you?" I could feel her sigh at my question. "You can take your time. I just want to know."
We sat in silence for a few minutes before she began talking to Chris and me. He had broken into her cabin during the time between her check ins with Chris. The man knew when he would check and come visit. Lucis admitted to her that he had his own PI look into where she had gone but it took longer to find her because he could not let Chris know. He also admitted that if she had not left on her own he would have taken her within the day after I had been shot. This man was persistent on getting her or me. Amelia had told me he was very talkative to her because he was on a suicide mission. Literally, my father's plan was to put me in his place for power when he ran off and faked his death. Lucis had pissed off an even more powerful family, they wanted him and his territory. Ghost would love this when we tell them.
Chris and I had asked her why she had so many track marks on her neck, we explained that we were concerned for her health and the twins. Lucis had made sure he injected her with a sedative that was safe for the babies, apparently he really did not want to hurt his future heirs, but my father had to sedate her because Amelia fought her captors tooth and nail. We were both so proud of her that I even made a joke about how I understood why Chris called her 'tiger' she was feisty and gave my father a run for his money.
I do not know where in our journey, but we eventually stopped so we could stretch, eat, and switch drivers. I demanded Chris sleep rest of the way, especially when he started singing along with pop songs. He hated pop music with a passion. My intention was to have him sleep and Amelia keep me company for the rest of the way, but it did not end up that way because they both crashed on me. It was kind of annoying, but I could not complain. Shit once we got to the hotel I intended to lay in bed with Amelia until I could not stand it anymore.
I would catch glimpses of her while I was driving, I had to keep looking to remind myself that she was next to me. Alive and free from my father, there was not any greater feeling in the world. Except feeling my babies move in her. I had so many different feelings go through my head but when I looked down at her hand, I felt an emptiness as I lingered a look to her long slender fingers. There was something missing, it was small and simple, but it meant the world. I was crazy to even think about it because we needed to focus on safety and lying low. But I could not get my mind off of it, it was the one thing I needed to complete everything I was wanting.
"I know that look bud." Chris had woken up and was looking at. I could not tell if he was smirking or scolding because I was looking to him, the road or Amelia. "You're thinking pretty hard there. What's on your mind?"
I looked at Amelia to make sure she was still sound asleep and then back to the road. "I am thinking about doing something stupid at the moment."
"How stupid? Because honestly we have done plenty of stupid things."
"I want to marry Amelia before we leave Vegas."
I looked up to Chris in the mirror and saw his face squish. Was he thinking this was a bad idea? Maybe it was, maybe I should wait until things were safe. That was also why I wanted to marry her because we could not guarantee tomorrow.
"Well it's a good thing we have all of our actual IDs so we can make it legal." I looked back up dumbfounded. "I think you should do it."
"Where is the Chris I know that would yell at me if I ever thought of it?"
"It's the happiest I have seen you ever, even with Jenny. We agreed on something that is dangerous and now our future may not be possible. Take this happiness while you can."
Amelia stirred in her seat and it ended our conversation. It could wait until we got her to the hotel. Rest of our road trip went quickly, it helped when Amelia talked about her life in Iowa. We knew it was fucked up time for her, but she talked about beauty and culture of it. We got into a battle about how Iowans would eat pizza crust with ranch sometimes, neighbors could live five miles away, winters could be beautiful and dangerous. Chris was still having a hard time with the pizza ordeal, especially she when mentioned there were limited places to get pizza.
There was talks about how she knew when storms would be coming in without watching the news, even though she said Iowa weather was unpredictable. I joked at calling her a witch, but she explained the way clouds tend to look and when humidity is right on top of the temperature it created storm weather. It also explained how she would call us wimps when it came to the heat, she agreed that yes it could get crazy hot in California, but she said the humidity would be so bad that it made your chest feel heavy. Then there would be corn heat that was a whole science discussion; but I enjoyed the smile on her face.
"Do you miss it?" Chris asked while we were stuck at a light. "Iowa I mean?"
She let out a sigh. "Sometimes, I miss the scenery and the Iowa nice people." She paused "There isn't anything there for me. I didn't change my name when I left and even have a Facebook account but none of my family has reached out to me." She was fidgeting now with her fingers. "I know my parents are out of jail now and my brothers are of age, they didn't care at the time so if they haven't reached out then they don't care."
I grabbed her hand and brought it to my lips to kiss as we pulled into the parking garage of our hotel. "No worry love, we are your family."
While we waited for Chris to check us in, I kept Amelia in front of me tucked in like she would dart away at any minute. She was very tense with the sounds of people in the lobby. I did everything to comfort her in the lobby, pamphlets caught my attention of twenty-four-hour chapels that offered the full experiences. As Chris walked back to us my head pointed to them for him to grab so Amelia would not know. I was going to keep this idea to me as long as I could, in the meantime I was going to spoil her the best I could.
We reached our penthouse room and loved Amelia's awe on her face. She had never been to Vegas or stayed in fancy hotels. It was like taking a kid to a toy store almost. It was only a one bedroom, but it looked like a mini apartment. A scene overlooking the city, a jacuzzi that looked out the window, living room, and a small kitchen. I lead her to the bedroom and instructed her to lay down while I got a bath ready for her. Chris walked in while I was filling the massive tub.
"Hey, you can fit three people in this thing!" I was glad to see him crack a joke again.
"Maybe another time." I chuckled, not going to lie I would not mind getting the three of us in here. "For now, I am going to get Amelia to relax." I began filling the tub, hoping it drowned out our next conversation. "Did you find the instructions?"
"Yeah they were in the living room closet. I put the clothes here in the room, documents and instructions are in the living room area." He handed me some oils to put in the tub. "They are to help calm a person down. While you are taking care of Mia I will call Parker and Martin."
We both left the bathroom; Chris went to make the call and I gently went to Amelia. "Hey baby, I got a nice warm bath ready for us." She looked up at me and placed a hand on my cheek, as if she were making sure I was there. I did not even ask when I picked her up bridal style and carried her to the bathroom. I sat her on the edge of the tub and began undressing her.
I pulled off her tennis shoes and slowly massaged her feet, they were tense like the rest of her body. I pulled her shirt up over her head, unclasped her bra and asked her to stand to remove her pants. Any other time I would have been doing more to this girl. The look in her eyes though, I could not I just wanted to wait on her hand and foot.
"Into the tub love." She lowered into it and reached for a washcloth.
A grin spread across from her face when I kneeled next to the tub. "Oh, farm boy, can you wash my back."
"As you wish." My Amelia may be stronger than I give her because I did not expect jokes from her yet. I did though as she asked, I gently scrubbed her back and watched the water glide down her skin. I stood up and began stripping myself. Her eyes glistened when she noticed her gift that she had Chris give me.
"You wore it?" she was twirling hers in her fingers.
"Of course, Amelia, I put it on the second Chris gave it to me and haven't taken it off." I got into the tub behind her and placed her into my lap. Not sure if the events of the past twenty-four hours was wearing off but it felt amazing just sitting in the tub. I had Amelia tucked again into my arms so that her legs laid over mine. We sat there in silence for a while before I asked a loaded question. "Baby, are you okay? Mentally that is?"
Her brief silence worried me. "Jax honey, I will not lie to you. There was a lot of times where I lost hope before Lucis came to me. I was worried when I saw the news stories of you two waging war on one another. I was more afraid that my Jax would be gone when he came for me." She cupped my cheek and looked at me. "When he took me from the cabin all I did was think about how strong I needed to be for our babies and you." She gave me a tender kiss. "Sadly, he treated me better than my abusers before I came to California."
I kissed her "I love you Amelia. But I think I should get you out of here before you become a prune." I stood up grabbing her the fluffy robes wrapping her up and grabbing a towel to wrap around myself. I led her to the bed and tucked her in. I quickly put on sweats and climbed into bed with her, pulling her so we were face to face. I gently kissed her lips.
"Jax I missed you so much and being away gave me time to think." I did not like where this was going. Was I wrong with how she felt? She continued "I at first was thinking how quickly things are moving for us. It was overwhelming and scary because it was how things went with Dean too." Dean? She rarely put a name to the douche that hurt her. "However, when I watched the news and saw you or when Chris talked with me I realized you are not anything like him, but I also realized I couldn't live without you. In the short amount of time I have learned so much about you, but I know it isn't enough." She smiled at me and caressed my cheek. A tear fell down her cheek and I wiped it away. "I can't live without you Jax."
I pulled her in closer to me, crashing our lips together, kissing her again like she was water and I needed every last drop. "I love you so much baby." I was now on top of her, pinning her to the spot. I began passionately kissing her, dragging my lips all over her neck and chest. I hooked her legs around mine and flipped us over, so she was now straddling my lap. In a swift movement we worked my sweats off, and I could feel her entrance, she was wet and ready for me. I sat up and pulled us to the headboard, she leaned over and began kissing me like she would never see me again. She pulled back out of breath. "What's wrong love?"
She let out a giggle while she was trying to catch her breath. "I have a set of legs in my lungs and can't breathe."
I rubbed her belly with both of my hands in time to feel movements on each side. I smiled at her "I want you; I want to make love to you but only if you want to." Her lips crashed into mine again and I could feel her get wetter.
She was wanting me, and I would not deny her that. She grabbed my erect shaft and directed me into her sweet velvety folds, we both groaned at the same time as she sank further onto me. Fuck she felt so good and was even tighter than before. I did not think that would be possible, but I did not want her stop. I pulled her hips in movement of how I wanted her to go, she complied with it.
"Jax" she moaned as her walls clenched around me. "I am close already." Fuck yes she was. Couple months of no sex and I was not far behind her either.
Her hips began moving faster as her climax grew. "Keep going baby, I am close too." She grinded on me pushing me further into her, juices were covering my cock before she even reached her peek. It felt so amazing to be inside this woman. My cock swelled even more as I came close, she clenched down again, and I lost it. My hips bucked pounding myself into her as we both came, I let out a growl when my hot come poured into her. It was not enough but it would have to do for now.
When we fell over on to the bed I pulled her back as we were and drug the bedding on to us. Cocooning us into our warmth. It did not take too long for her breathing to go back to normal and steady as I knew she was close to sleep. My thoughts went back to the car ride and my talk with Chris. It felt so right thinking of her as my wife, not just my pregnant girlfriend. I rubbed her back gently and brought a kiss to her forehead. "Amelia love?"
"Hmm?" she responded.
It was now or never Jax. "Will you marry me?" he breathes were shallow and she did not turn in my arms. Shit, did she fall asleep on me? Because fuck, I do not think I could ask her twice, I did not want to be desperate but that is where I was heading. I looked down at her as my heart rate picked up in fear that she was going to reject me. When my eyes locked onto her face I could see a grin forming. Good lord she was fucking with me.
Her eyes met mine as she smiled, she wanted me to panic and squirm. It made me love her anymore, she cupped my face and she caressed my cheek. "Yes, Jaxson Adams, I will marry you."
I kissed her passionately again but had to pull away before I took it further. I pulled her back into me and whispered. "Good, we'll get married tomorrow evening."