135. EJ in Time

Ophelia POV  

The fucking sicko wanted a kiss to seal the deal. I would give him a kiss, a kiss of death. I walked over slowly to the bed. But instead of standing in front of him I sat on my side of the bed. “Ophelia come here.” Justus said and I turned my neck to him. “I don’t feel comfortable kissing you, where I make love with Fox. We never do it on my side.” Play the sad little girl.  

Justus had only met me a few times surly he would buy into this act; he was a man after all. I had my shoulders slouched and was doing my best to look defeated. I needed to look sad, cry I told myself. I forced all the things I found sad into my head. But when I thought of Simion. My beloved iguana my tears where genuine and I was crying. My hands covered my face, and real emotion was pouring out of me.  

I felt a hand on my shoulder; one I never wanted to touch me again. “You don’t have to cry lovely. Just do as I say and everything will be alright.” I sniffled. Tears running down my face. His thumb pushed some of my tears away. I stayed impossibly still as he leaned in. I closed my eyes and when he was close enough, and I could feel his breath on my face I opened them. His eyes were closed.  

My hand reached out for the bedside lamp, and I grabbed it smashing it over his head. He groaned but was still awake. Now he knew I would fight, and it was on. I brought the lamp down again, but he caught it. I leapt from the bed I needed something. My purse that had my guns in it, the bathroom. I made a beeline for it, but my ankle was snatched, and I was pulled onto the ground.  

No, I can’t get on my back. The training I did with Fox told me not to. I turned making sure I was on my stomach. He crawled on top of me his body pressing into mine. He had me pinned in seconds. His mouth was at my ear. “It will be so fun breaking you in.” My stomach reeled and I felt his erection pushing into my backside. With all my neck muscles I threw my head back connecting with his face.  

“Fuck.” He groaned and him pulling back was enough for me to get enough room to get away from him. The back of my head was killing me. I moved again to the bathroom, but he was on me again. I saw one of Fox’s ashtrays on the dresser and grabbed it and smacked it against Justus temple. He roared. He was blocking the bathroom; there was no getting past him to it.  

So, I ran out of the room. I needed something, anything. “Come back here you fucking bitch!” I was panting heavily. I grabbed the first thing I could see a picture on the wall and threw it at his head, and it hit but it nearly made him stumble a bit. He was still pursuing me. I reached the kitchen and pulled out two knives. When I looked up, he was close but not enough for me to stab him.  

He had his gun out and pointed at me. “I will fucking kill you if you don’t put down the knives.” He said but my grip on the knives remained. “I planned to save the fucking for after the wedding but now I think I will rape you bloody.” He said and my heart pounded. My nerves where shot. I was going to die here before I let that shit happen. “Ophelia why did I have.” EJ was walking into the penthouse now and as Justus turned his head, I let the knife fly, and it dug into his chest.  

He looked back at me his eyes wide and he fell to the floor. I moved slowly to stand over him. He was dead, gone lost to the world. I spat on his dead face. I wished he had suffered, but I was to focused on eliminating the threat. Stupid brain fog, I should have kept him alive to see where Fox had been taken now, he was laying on my kitchen floor dead. “What the hell?” I looked up to see EJ.  

“He was the traitor, he took Fox.” I spoke. I was getting lightheaded and began to sway. EJ ran over and helped me to the couch. “Water EJ, I need water please.” I said and he went and got me some. I drank it down and he refilled it three more times before I was content. “What happened Ophelia?” I went into everything I knew, how I thought Caden was probably dead or something.  

“We need to call Cesar, we need help.” He spoke. I just shook my head. “No Fox wants him out; it is just us.” I spoke. “Ophelia, I know you think you are a one-man army, but you don’t look like you’re in any condition to be going off fighting.” He said and I stared at him intently. “EJ I am pregnant.”  He let out a sigh. “See you shouldn’t be doing this now.” I shook my head he was wrong.  

“See that is why I have to, Fox he needs to be alive, I refuse to raise these kids alone. They need their father, and I am going to get him back.” I said and his eyes came together. “They?” I nodded. “Triplets.” He laughed a little. “Fuck, you are having a litter.” I stared at him. “I know better than to go against you so, what can I do? Do you know where he is?” I shook my head.  

“Justus just said he had him with Murphy and Nathan, they were supposed to keep him alive until the wedding.” He nodded “Yeah you said as much, let me think. This would be so much better if we had Caden, he is really good at stuff like this.” He offered me a smile, which I didn’t reciprocate. “Okay here is a thought, we could start at Murphy’s house, or we could go to the warehouses on the water that Justus owned. I would guess one of those places is where Fox is.” He said. “I will take the warehouses you take the house.”  

He looked concerned about what I said. “Look Murphy doesn’t know you know he is a traitor. If he sees you, it won’t sound an alarm but if I do and he is there I will fucking be shot on the spot.” He nodded. “But before we go, we need to load the fuck up.” EJ looked confused. “Guns, weapons, you know all that shit.” He smiled “Right.”