Exposed: Book 2 MAC Security Series (16 page)

She was wrong, I was immune to that now. Looking back, I couldn’t believe I’d fell for all that fake bullshit. I was a complete sucker. Now my eyes were open to her and all of her persuasive ways. There was no way that I’d be falling for any of that. Not this time.

“You ain’t stepping foot on my property,” I gritted out.

“Well, technically, it’s half mine.” She smirked. I clenched my jaw, trying my hardest not to say anything.

When she saw that I wasn’t going to respond to her, she stomped her foot and leaned back. “Why are you doing this!” she screeched, gripping her hair.

That was the Serena I remembered, the one who had no patience and always wanted things to go her way. Hearing the crunch of gravel behind me, I turned and watched as Evan and Kitty came to stand either side of me.

“Go away, Serena,” Evan huffed.

“Ah, Evan! Tell Ty to let me in. I have some really important information.”

“Yeah?” Kitty asked, stepping forward. “And what would that be? Huh?”

“It’s about Daley,” she said, looking over at me.

I squinted my eyes at her, not knowing whether to believe what she was saying. My eyes flicked to the house and then to Evan.

“She’s still in there, boss,” he whispered.

Closing my eyes, I tried to decide what to do. Letting her on the compound could upset Kay and after last night, I didn’t want to make things worse. But if she did have information about Daley, information that could help the case, then it was worth bringing her onto the compound.

The sound of another car had my eyes opening. Luke stuck his head out of the window and I could see the fire in his eyes from here.

“What’s that bitch doing here?”

Serena whipped her head around to Luke and gasped. “Are you going to let him talk to me like that, Ty Ty?”

Chuckling, I stepped forward. “Yep.” Her hand flew to her chest but I knew it was all an act.

“You come in, tell us what you know and then you leave,” I told her, making sure she knew that I was dead serious.

“But-”

“No,” I ground out. “You leave when you’ve told us what you know.” I said turning back to the warehouse.

“Clear the wall,” I said in a low voice to Evan. She didn’t need to know what we knew, after all, I still didn’t trust her.

He nodded, and I watched him jog back to the warehouse.

“And Serena?” I turned my face back to her.

“Yes,” she said, pulling her shoulders back and facing me head on.

“You mess us about and you’ll regret it.” Spinning around I walked a few steps and shouted, “Let her in!”

I woke up in a panic, seeing the time on my phone and rushed to push the chair away from my door. I couldn’t believe I’d overslept, I never slept in this late. I hadn’t for the last four years.

“Eli!” I shouted, getting no response. “Ty!”

I ran down the stairs, finding a note on the kitchen counter from Ty telling me that he had taken Eli for pancakes and then to preschool.

Breathing a sigh of relief, I looked around me and out into the garden. The woods calling to me in that way that they always did. Only this time, it was louder than ever before.

Running back up the stairs, I got dressed in my gym clothes, deciding that a walk up to the clearing would do me some good. Grabbing a bottle of water, I pushed out the sliding doors into the back garden, slipping out of the gate at the back and straight into the woods.

I was overthinking everything, I felt like I’d taken three steps forward and five back. I didn’t want to go back to how things were, I didn’t want to be that person again.

I was losing the battle of talking to any of the guys about Serena. It didn’t matter how many times I said it. When it came from me, it looked like nothing but jealousy.

I had to come up with a way to still investigate her without the rest of the guys knowing. I didn’t trust her and there was a reason why my gut was telling me that.

I just had to find out that reason.

The fuzzy head that I had from lack of sleep started to clear as I got closer to the clearing, the fresh air making me feel a million times better than I had.

By the time I came to the clearing, I was sweating but had a smile on my face. I had a plan, a plan that would mean I wouldn’t be seen as the jealous girl.

I needed to put that plan into action, without any of the guys knowing what I was doing.

If the nightmares would stop, that would be even better, but I couldn’t see that happening anytime soon. Every night since that day, I had at least one a night. The only time they seemed to settle was when Ty was next to me. It was partly my own fault for locking myself in my room last night.

Gulping down half of my water, I admired the view from here. The woods a magnificent green, flowers lining the entire clearing. Even with all the equipment that Ty had put up here, the view was still breath-taking.

With one last look, I spun around and headed back down to the house. I was determined to get a start on my plan. The ironic thing was that I knew Ty would be proud of my plan. If only he knew about it.

Coming back through the garden, I slipped into the house and went to go up the stairs when I saw a car pull up outside of the warehouse. Any other time I wouldn’t have bothered to stop, but the obnoxious colored sports car drew my attention. Walking closer to the windows, I watched as Serena stepped out of the car and walked towards the warehouse, Luke following behind her.

My eyes widened at what I was seeing, I couldn’t believe that Ty had let her onto the compound.

I watched as she flicked her long blond hair over her shoulder and lay her hand on Ty’s arm. My nostrils flared and my feet moved forward of their own accord. Before I knew it, my hand was on the door handle.

I stopped, taking stock of what I was doing. I was still in my gym clothes and I looked awful compared to her. If I was going to go and show her that she wasn’t welcome here, then I needed to look bad ass.

My lips lifted into a smirk as I spun around and ran up the stairs. Yeah, it may have been childish but that was the way women like her worked. It was the only way I’d be able to get through to her and to be honest, I’d have fun doing it.

Taking the braid out of my hair, I curled it with my straighteners and applied a small amount of makeup. Not much, I didn’t want to overdo it like she did but I still wanted a little on. Pulling out the tightest pair of black skinny jeans I could find, I wrestled them up my legs and lay down on the bed to do the button up. Slipping my combat boots on, I then riffled through my wardrobe for the tank tops that Ty had ordered for me and Kitty. Opening a new one, I pulled it over my head.

Grabbing my belt, I clipped it on and looked in the mirror.

I gasped at the woman I saw reflected back at me, she was a totally different person to the one that I saw only a few short months ago.

Her eyes were brighter, her hair shinier, standing tall and looking completely confident. This was the me that I’d fought to become again and I wasn’t letting anyone take her back to that dark place.

Jogging back down the stairs, I placed my hand on the door knob and took a deep breath.

I’d show her what she was dealing with. Wife or no wife, she wasn’t going to worm her way back in here, I wouldn’t let her.

When I got to the metal door, I pulled my shoulders back and held my head high. Pulling it open, I walked inside and smiled when all their conversations stopped. I was met with various looks, Kitty looked shocked, Evan smiled and Luke looked at me knowingly.

He knew more than anyone how hard it was for me to do this, we had talked a lot about our pasts and he knew that I didn’t want to be that person anymore.

The victim. I wasn’t that anymore. No, I was a survivor.

I moved my eyes to Serena, she was sat in my seat with her hand on Ty’s arm. Taking a deep, calming breath, I took stock of the situation. If I couldn’t sit in my seat, then I’d have to find somewhere else to sit, wouldn’t I?

Walking forward, swaying my butt a little, making sure to show off how tight my jeans were, I made a beeline for Ty. I winked as I got closer and he spun around in his chair to face me.

“Sweeth-”

“Hey,” I purred. Then sat straight on his lap, not waiting for him to say another word before I attacked him with my lips.

He gasped, not knowing what was happening at first but when my tongue met his, he grabbed my hips and pulled me closer.

Deepening the kiss, I moaned at the feel of his erection at my hip. Yep, it was so satisfying knowing I did that to him and in a room full of people.

His one hand cupped my butt, squeezing, and the other gripped the base of my neck, turning my head so that he had better access.

What was meant to be a kiss to show her that he was mine, turned into something different. I should have known that a kiss with Ty was never just a kiss. It was always so much more.

“Ahem,” I heard her say. But I wasn’t stopping for anybody.

Pushing closer to Ty, I moved my hand down his chest and across his erection, eliciting a groan from him. The sound so satisfying that I moaned in response.

“Ty Ty,” Ugh. Why does she call him that?

Pulling away slightly so my lips were centimeters from Ty’s, I whispered. “I missed you last night.”

It was true, I had missed him. I knew that it was my choice to keep him out by putting the chair in front of the door but that didn’t mean that I missed him any less.