Free Steele Hearts Redemption by M.P. Hingos Page B

having a stranger invade his privacy.
     
    “So basically it’s a waiting game now,” he
stated, somewhat defeated.
     
    “It doesn’t have to be Gabe. We flush him
out. He’s going to come to you no matter what. You’re his
addiction. If we take that away but dangle it in front of him he’s
going to come to you.”
     
    “I don’t understand Ally.”
     
    I explained my plan to him. It was quite
simple. I needed Gabriel to stay out of sight for a couple days but
let it be known he was working from home. His stalker wouldn’t see
him but knowing he was so close would force him to seek Gabriel
out. He would try without a doubt to see him and if Gabe was stuck
in the house the only way he could accomplish that was to force his
way into the house. Simple plan but effective.
     
    “I could do that. I have my own editing
studio at home so I could get some work done, five percent of the
time I’ll be stuck in there ,” he agreed.
     
    “And what do you intend to do with the other
ninety five percent of your time?”
     
    The look on his face was all the answer I
needed. Definitely looking forward to being sore.
     
     
    I knew I needed backup to ensure Gabriel’s
safety and was happy he did not object to my call to Connor to
procure said backup. Connor insisted on having his head of security
send four guys but I did not want to arouse anyone’s suspicion with
a lot of activity in the house so I finally convinced him two guys
was enough. One of my concerns was Marianna’s and Jonah’s safety
and Gabriel and I spent the entire afternoon trying to convince
them both to stay at a hotel for a week but we eventually conceded
after they were both adamant about staying and not abandoning
Gabriel. Marianna did have a point when she pointed out changing
their daily routines might tip off Gabe’s stalker. I spent the rest
of the evening sketching the stalker from memory and perusing
Gabe’s employee’s database in search of the stalker while Gabe used
his time to rearrange his schedule and get the word out that he was
going to be working from home for a couple of days. By the time I
had a name to the face it was well after eight and my tummy began
rumbling. After a quick phone call to Sterling, who promised to
find out every possible thing he could find on Gabe’s stalker after
I gave him the basic information I had I went in search of Gabriel
and sustenance.
     
    “Feel like some company?” I ask after I
finally found him standing out on the upper deck, looking out into
the vast ocean, lost in his thought.
     
    He spun around, facing me.
     
    “I feel so helpless Al, leaving all of this
up to you. What if you end up getting hurt. I can’t live with
that.”
     
    The helplessness in his voice was
heartbreaking. I approached him slowly, locking eyes with him and
only when I was standing directly in front of him and my hand was
caressing his face did I try soothing his fears.
     
    “I promise you Gabe, I am going to be safe
and I’m going to keep you safe, as well as Jonah and Marianna. I
know this is difficult for you, not being in control of this
situation but rather than have some psycho dominate your life I
need you to trust that, for this situation, it’s better I have
control of it. I can’t predict what’s going to happen babe but I
sure as hell could try and navigate the situation to where I want
it to be. I need you to trust me baby.”
     
    “I do trust you sweetheart, it’s just hard
for me to adjust too. I always thought I’d be the one protecting
you not the other way around.”
     
    I could be mad at that if I didn’t know it
was how he and his brothers were brought up. They were gentleman
through and through down to the adage of it’s the man’s
responsibility to protect the women.
     
    “I know baby, but we’ll get through this, I
promise okay. And after I save your sweet butt you could do
something gallant and save me. Deal?”
     
    “Deal.”
     
    “So what does a girl have to do to get