330 Chapter 114 Street Confrontation Erupts
330 Chapter 114 Street Confrontation Erupts
Dominic’s POVE
“Good morning, household!” I strode into the kitchen Monday morning, feeling particularly satisfied after reviewing the weekend’s laundering reports. My entrance was met with warm laughter and a chorus of greetings that filled our heavily secured penthouse with positive energy.
“Kids, hurry up and brush those teeth. We can’t have you late for school Gemma urged Carmen and Vincenzo, who were still finishing their breakfast under the watchful eyes of our armed security detail stationed discreetly throughout the residence.
Brandon, our head of personal security, placed his empty coffee cup in the sink and headed toward the door with his usual alert demeanor. “I’ll be conducting the
per
weep, children,” he announced as Maia, one of our trained female
followed him out to prepare the armored vehicles.
esist wrapping my arms around Gemma from behind. “Good morning,
I whispered, planting a lingering kiss on her lips that made my blood surge e same intensity I felt during high-stakes territory negotiations.
eturned my embrace, her arms circling my neck as she whispered seductively in ar, “Good morning, my dangerous man. We have the fortress all to ourselves this ning.”
y excitement surged instantly. “I’ll get these kids moving at record speed,” I promised, but Gemma pulled me toward the reinforced steel table, insisting I sit down for breakfast first.
Carmen and Vincenzo finished their morning routine in a flurry, shouting barely comprehensible goodbyes as they dashed out the door surrounded by their security escort. Everything felt perfect in our controlled domain, and I couldn’t wait to have some quality alone time with my queen.
We had just settled
the week’s ope
conversatio
he owne
ving room, discussing our plans for managing
the encrypted doorbell interrupted our monitor, and in waltzed Xavier as if
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“Good morning, power couple!” he announced, throwing himself onto the Italian leather couch. He was dressed casually today but still carried his signature concealed weapons and radiated his usual lethal confidence.
I frowned slightly. “Don’t you have collections to oversee?” I asked, already sensing that my plans for alone time with Gemma were evaporating like smoke from a rival’s burning warehouse.
“Well, you and Gemma extended your operational break, and I thought that was a brilliant strategy. So I delegated my street work too. My redhead is handling some enforcement business though, and I was restless as hell alone at my compound. Figured I’d come strategize with you two instead,” Xavier explained with infuriating calmness.
“And you thought that was a good tactical decision?” I questioned, noticing Gemma laughing as she sat beside me, her hand instinctively checking the concealed blade at her thigh.
“Absolutely! Nothing better than coordination time with fellow soldiers,” Xavier replied with a broad smile, throwing a wink at Gemma. “But I actually came to summon you both to Caleb’s. He’s also suspended his direct oversight operations.”
“Do I even have a choice in this chain of command?” I asked, feeling my irritation rise like the temperature in our private interrogation room.
“None whatsoever!” Xavier’s grin widened impossibly further, his hand resting casually on his holstered weapon.
I sighed dramatically. “Fine. I’m going to change into proper meeting attire.” I headed upstairs, muttering tactical curses under my breath.
combat A short while later, we arrived at Caleb’s heavily fortified compound. He greeted us with an unexpectedly serious expression that immediately triggered my instincts and put me on high alert.
“I thought Ivy would’ve improved your disposition by now, Caleb,” I teased, trying to assess the threat level in the atmosphere.
“She did, but you two are driving me to consider extreme measures,” Caleb replied, fixing Xavier and me with the stern look he usually reserved for territorial
negotiations. I realized this wasn’t a casual strategy session.
“What’s the situation report
Idemanded, my patience evaporating like blood on
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concrete.
Xavier answered with military precision, “Elza and Beatrix.”
I felt a familiar headache building, the same one I got before ordering eliminations. “What are those targets plotting now?”
“That’s just it—we don’t have solid intelligence, but they’re definitely coordinating some kind of operation against us,” Xavier explained, his voice taking on the edge he used during hostile territory briefings. “Elza cornered me at the underground club on Saturday. Thank god Ruby wasn’t conducting surveillance there.”
“What happened? Give me a complete tactical report, Xavier,” I pressed, anxiety/ building like pressure in a weapon’s chamber.
“She trapped me in the restricted locker area and initiated aggressive contact-really aggressive. We had words, and I barely extracted myself from the situation. But she made it strategically clear that she and Beatrix aren’t going to repeat the tactical errors Yara made. They’re planning a coordinated assault to separate us from our women.” Xavier’s voice carried the tension of someone who’d narrowly escaped enemy
territory.
“Did
you brief Ruby on this incident?” I asked, though I already knew the answer from his defensive posture.
“Of course not! Ruby would initiate lethal protocols if she
restricted area with that unstable operative while she w discovered I was isolated in a
unclothed.” Xavier ran his
hands through his hair with the nervous energy of someone avoiding friendly fire.
“You need to provide her with full disclosure, Xavier. If she receives even fragmentary intelligence about this from any other source, the consequences will be far more severe,” I warned with the authority of someone who’d survived similar relationship warfare.
“Maybe you’re strategically correct,” he conceded. “But we need to neutralize those targets, and fast!”
need to identify their operational
Caleb joined our tactical discussion,
weaknesses. I only managed to eliminate Yara as a threat when Xavier uncovered her compromising alliance with Austin.”
Xavier and I exchanged knowing glances that carried the weight of shared combat experience. “Austin might possess useful intelligence,” I suggested.
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