Free Ace of Spades (Underground Affair Series Book 1) by Michelle Iannarelli Page B

with a boner, knowing it was his daughter that made it that way.
    “Sit down, Ace.”
    Ace panicked, now he thought Lucy’s father was going to ream him a new asshole. He must have heard them. He sat down and waited.
    “Yes, Chief.”
    “Ace, you know how important my daughter is to me?”
    “Yes.”
    “Well, I saw the two of you just now…”
    “I’m sorry, Chief.”
    “Sorry?”
    “I didn’t expect to find her here and then when I walked in she was in those skimpy clothes and…”
    “Ace, do you think I’ve never gotten a boner from looking at a beautiful woman?”
    “No Chief, I, I mean yes, Chief.”
    “So back to what I was saying. I’ve seen my Lucy and the way she looks at you and if it wasn’t obvious before it is now that you are quite attracted to her.”
    “She is very pretty.”
    “Would you mind taking her out for dinner? She needs someone to help her get over that scumbag Tom. I trust you not to hurt her, so how about it? I will gladly foot the bill.”
    “I’d like to take Lucy to dinner but only if I can pay for it. I don’t want her thinking, if she ever found out, that I didn’t want to take her and that you paid me, so to speak.”
    “Fantastic.”
    Ace secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

    Lucy went upstairs to shower. How she wished Ace was still inside her as she lathered up her body and caressed herself. Thoughts of Ace played through her mind until she went to wash her face and felt her bruise which was left by Tom and she was thrown back into reality.
    “Lucy?”
    Lucy heard Ace calling her.
    “Yeah, I will be out in a minute.”
    Lucy pulled on her robe and walked into her bedroom.
    “Hey.”
    “So what's up?”
    “I came to see if you would like to have dinner with me sometime?”
    “Let me check my schedule.”
    “Oh, ok. Let me know.”
    Ace felt disappointed she didn’t immediately say yes. He nodded his head and turned to leave.
    “I’m free from tonight…on.”
    Ace smiled as he turned around and looked at Lucy.
    “Tonight, it is then.”
    “Ok. See you at seven.”
    Ace walked closer and kissed Lucy goodbye.
    “Seven it is.”

    Shane woke up to the sound of Declan snoring. His head was throbbing and his heart was broken. At least he still had Declan in his life. Without Declan he wouldn't be the fighter he was today.
    "How's the head?"
    Shane turned to look at Declan. Declan grimaced when he saw Shane's face.
    "Yeah, I'd say I feel as good as I look."
    "Look at it this way, Rick looks just as bad or worse and he lost the fight. At least you won."
    "Did I? My win lost me Robert."
    Shane sat up in the bed. Declan sat up as well. He leaned in Shane's face.
    "Robert never deserved you. I know you're suffering right now but Shane trust me you're going to find someone who will love you the way you deserve to be loved.”
    "I guess I just can't believe that not only did I allow someone to treat me so poorly but I defended him and loved him."
    "Love makes us do stupid things. Do you not remember Melissa?"
    "I will never forget what that shady bitch did to you."
    "That goes to prove that we are all human and when we are in love we are stupid humans."
    "Point proven, pity party over."
    "That's the Shane I like to see." Declan smiled.
    "Come on, let's get dressed and I'll buy you breakfast. I'm starving."

    Chace was on his fifth cup of coffee already. He hadn’t been asleep for more than ten minutes before the Police Chief called into work last night and told him there had been another murder. That made three within a few weeks. The first two seemed eerily similar but when a third body showed up with the identical carvings on the body; they knew that they had a real psycho on their hands.
    "Chief, come look at this."
    Chief Manning walked over and knelt down beside the body.
    "My God.”
    “This guy is sending us a message.”
    Kyle walked over with Chloe. Chace glanced up and then looked away. Chloe ignored Chace and his childish behavior, she wanted to get to