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I am in our bedroom getting ready to go out on a date with Jay per his request; I'm not sure what's going on with him but he's being too nice lately so I am appeasing him and going with him. I'm standing at the mirror putting in a pair of hoop earrings when he comes into the room in a panic. "I can't find it."

"Can't find what, Jay?" I ask.

"My flash drive from the office. I thought it was in my desk at the office but it's not. I need that flash drive before my dad kills me," he says with panic in his voice as he runs his hand through his hair. "That has all of our client information and sales production on it. It also has other stuff on that if it gets into the wrong hands we could be in trouble."

"I don't know what to tell you, Babe," I say, "maybe you should look in your office here at the house. Maybe you brought it home and forgot about it. Did you look there yet?"

"No," he says, "but that's a good idea," he says with a smile as he walks up behind me and wraps his arms around my waist. "You look so beautiful tonight."

"Thanks," I say, "go check your office downstairs and see if it's there."

"All right," he says before he kisses my cheek softly before he leaves the room. I did plant it in his office and to make it look realistic I stuck it into his hard drive so it actually looks like he was using it at home and forgot about it. I don't know what all is on that drive but Joe was in Heaven with it and has already started the process of taking some of his clients away. I check myself out in the mirror and smile. I love how I look with my blonde hair pulled up into a tight bun, my black strapless dress hugging tightly to my body falling just above my knee and my matching black heels and I complete my look with diamond hoop earrings. It's been a long time since I've been able to wear something like this because it's been a while since Jay has put his hands on me. I'm not complaining because I hate it but it also makes me nervous that he's up to something. I don't know what it is but he is being way too nice and my guard is up. "Tea, you're a genius," he says with a smile as he walks back into the room. "It was there. Thank-you."

"You're welcome," I say with a smile.

"I thought I had it at work but I must have brought it home and forgot all about it. My dad would have killed me if I lost it and the wrong person found it. Tea, there is a lot of stuff on this drive that could get me and my father in a lot of trouble."

"I don't want to hear about it," I say, "because if you tell me about it then I'm an accomplice so stop right there."

"All right," he says as he puts it into his briefcase. "I'm just glad it was here. Are you ready to go, Baby?"

"Yeah," I say with a soft smile. "Where are we going?" I ask as I follow him down the stairs.

"To the Italian restaurant a couple blocks away," he says with a smile. "My favorite place."

"Oh," I say as we reach the front door before he catches me in a soft kiss. There is no passion in it especially not the passion I share with Joe in our kisses. "What was that for?"

"I just wanted to kiss you," he says with a soft smile as he opens the door for me before we make our way down the stairs and over to his car so we can go get something to eat. There is a fall chill in the air but nothing too cold. I like it.

As we arrive at the restaurant Jay decides to be a gentleman by opening the car door for me before the valet takes our car, hooks his arm in mine, opens the door for me and after we are escorted to our own private table in the restaurant he pulls my chair out for me. He is definitely up to something and it's not just trying to get me to go work for him and his father. There is something deeper; something more. "You're being sweet," I say after he orders us a bottle of wine.

"I'm trying real hard here, Teagan, to be a better husband and to be a better father. I'm really trying to give you a reason to love me again. I know you hate me."

I look down at the table and then back up at him. "I wouldn't say hate but I really dislike how you treat me sometimes."

"I hate the way I treat you. I'm sorry," he says.

"Okay," I say but I'm still not letting my guard down.

"Am I doing better?"

"Yes, Jay," I say looking over the menu. "You're doing better but it has only been a couple weeks. You've done this before. You were on a nice streak and then you beat me up again."

"No more beatings," he says, "I promise. I talked to my dad and he said no about getting your name up there with us."

"Then it looks like I'm staying at Reigns," I say as the waiter brings our wine and then takes our order. I was never going to leave Joe's company anyway because I love him, I love our little moments in his office but most importantly I love the fact that once I divorce Jay my name will be up there with Joe and we will be business partners.

"I figured you would say that," he says, "I tried but my dad said no. He said he will put you in charge of international affairs but that's it."

"It's fine," I say, "I like my job anyway."

"You must you put in a lot of hours and a lot of long days," he says, "You never told me how was your Tokyo trip?"

"It was all right," I say. "It was fun. We found a building and in a few months things are going to start rolling." I leave out the fact that Joe and I got an apartment together in Tokyo and that we're going to be there for a couple months to get everything started.

"Who all went with you?" he asks.

"Just a few people from the office," I say lying to him.

"Was Reigns there?"

"Of course he was there he is the boss don't you go on business trips like that?"

"Yeah, that's why I asked," he says, "So you're going to Los Angeles in a few weeks?"

"Yes," I say, "I have to we're opening a building there and Mr. Reigns was impressed with my knowledge so he wants me there."

"It's kind of funny that it's always you don't you think?" he asks.

"No he just has a lot of faith in me. I told you he is giving me a promotion."

"I bet," he says. "We really need you, Tea and if I could put your name up there with us I would you know that."

"I guess," I say, "so Serenity's birthday is coming up what do you want to do for it?"

"When's her birthday?" he asks.

"October 25," I say, "how do you not know our daughter's birthday?"

"I don't know," he says, "how old is she going to be?"

"6," I say. "Do you even know her middle name?"

"No," he says. "What is it?"

"Hope," I say, "and just so you know Lylah's birthday is January 18, her middle name is Rose and she's going to be 4."

"Okay," he says, "what does Serenity want to do for her birthday?"

"I don't know. She wants to have a party."

"No party," he says, "and I won't even be home that weekend. I'll be in Houston for business. I'm sorry."

"That's fine," I say, "the girls and I will just do something for her birthday."

"Okay," he says. "I'll leave some money for a cake and a gift."

"Okay," I say. "Do you want me to sign your name to the card too?"

"That would be great," he says. "So can we start trying for another one tonight?" he asks.

"What is it with you and wanting another baby?" I ask. "Before you didn't want one and made me have sex with you while you wore a condom or while you pulled out now you're all about having a baby."

"I need a son," he says, "and besides I just want to make another baby with you, Tea and it has nothing to do with you coming to work for us. It's just what I want."

"Honestly we're not in a good place to have a baby and I'm not sure I want one anymore. I feel like I am in a good place in my career that I don't want to have a baby right now," I say as the waiter brings our food.

"Can we at least have sex tonight?" he asks after the waiter walks away.

"Not tonight," I say. "It's that time of the month."

"That never mattered before, Tea, what's going on with you lately? You never want to have sex anymore. You used to have sex with me all the time. You always wanted to have sex but lately you haven't even initiated it. I have needs, Tea and I'm starting to get frustrated waiting for you. I'm about to take it."

"Jay, I'm just too tired lately. I'm sorry. Like you said I'm working a lot of hours and a lot of long days. By the time I get home I just want to see the girls and go to bed. I don't want to do anything."

"You never let that stop you before," he says, "Come on, Tea, tonight please?"

"Not tonight," I say. "I told you my friend is here and I don't want to do it."

"And I said that never stopped you before. I know you, Tea, I know you."

"Well, it's stopping me now," I say as I eat my food as silence falls at the table. I look up to see him looking at me, studying me, making me nervous. I think he may be getting suspicious. Joe and I should definitely tone it down but I am so addicted to him I don't think I can. "What?" I ask.

"Nothing," he says as he looks at me before he starts to eat.

"I want to see my mom," I say out of the blue. "Can I see my family please?"

"Why, Tea? You know your mom hates me and so does your dad. You have all the family you need with me."

"Jay, she's my mom and I love her. Our kids don't even know her. I want to see her."

"NO," he says, "you're not seeing her. She's only going to fill your head with ideas to leave me and like I said I will kill you first if you try to get that wise."

"And you say you're trying to be better for me yet you won't let me see my mom and you're talking about killing me if I try to leave. Why are you like that?"

"Because I want what is mine and you're mine. I don't need anyone giving you ideas to leave me or do something you're going to regret."

"I didn't say anything about leaving you, I just want to see my mom and I want our daughters to meet her. They deserve to know her and have a relationship with her. She is my mom, Jay."

"I don't care. I know what she's going to do and I'm not going to allow it."

"All right," I say. I just want to see my mom and it has nothing to do with giving her the girls till everyone is safe but I want to see her because I haven't seen her for 6 years. I miss her. I only get to talk to her when Jay gives me permission which is once in a while. I just want to see her. We had a close relationship and she was always my best friend. I just miss her and it breaks my heart. The rest of our dinner is done in silence and when we get home we both go to bed without talking to each other.

The next morning before I go to pick the girls up from Jay's mom's house I stop by Joe's house to talk to him. He sent me a text wanting to see me so I made my way to his house. I stand outside his door waiting for him to answer it for me. I smile when I see him open the door in just a pair of sweatpants and his hair pulled up into a low ponytail. My eyes drawn to his perfect abs and his firm chest, I just want him to take me inside and make love to me. "Good morning, Beautiful," he says with a soft welcoming smile.

"Good morning," I say with a smile.

"Are you going to come in or are you going to stay out there all morning?"

"I'm coming in," I say, "I can't stay long I have to pick Serenity and Lylah up from Jay's mom's house. They spent the night there because Jay wanted to have a date night," I say as I walk in.

"How did that go?" he asks closing the door behind us.

"It sucked," I say. "I think he's getting suspicious. He was asking about Tokyo and L.A. he thought it was funny that I'm always going on a business trip."

"Because you're my right hand man," he says with a soft smile before he takes me in his arms and gives me a passionate kiss as I feel his arms wrap around me tightly pulling me closer to his warm body as I rub his back with my hands as we continue our passionate kiss.

"Dad," says Sydney causing us to break the kiss.

"Sydney," he says as we break apart but he keeps his arm wrapped around my waist and me close to him. "I didn't know you were awake."

"I just woke up," she says standing in front of us with her dark hair hanging down to the middle of her back in her pink pajamas. She looks so much like Joe. "Can I get some breakfast?"

"Sure," he says, "Tea, do you want anything?"

"No thank-you," I say.

"I'm going to get you a cup of coffee," he says with a smile. "Have a seat on the couch in the living room. I'll be right in as soon as I give Sydney some breakfast."

"Okay," I say with a smile. "Good morning, Sydney."

"Good morning," she says with a smile. "Are Serenity and Lylah coming to play today?"

"Not today. They are with their Grammy right now, I'm about to pick them up and then we're going home."

"Oh," she says, "when can we play together again?"

"I don't know," I say, "I'll talk to your dad and set something up okay?"

"Okay," she says with a smile before she goes into the kitchen with Joe while I go to the living room and take a seat on the couch to wait for him. I smile as I look around his living room not one thing is out of place but you can tell that his daughter lives there as some of her toys are out in the living room. It looks like they had a Disney movie night last night as Tangled, Cinderella and Frozen are sitting by the TV. I smile as I look around at all the pictures he has of Sydney in the house.

"I'm sorry," he says as he comes in with two cups of coffee. "I thought she would sleep a little later this morning because we had a late night watching Disney movies. It was our Daddy daughter date night and that's what she wanted to do. You know any time you and the girls want to come over and have a movie night with us you're more than welcome to. The girls can have a sleep over," he says with a smile, "and we can have a sleep over," he says as he hands me my cup of coffee.

"Thank-you," I say with a smile as he sits down next to me wrapping his arm around my shoulders.

"So you think, Jay is getting suspicious?"

"Yes," I say as I take a sip of coffee.

"What makes you think that?"

"Because he called me out on not giving him sex when he wanted it. I told him it was that time of the month and he said it never stopped me before and I used to have sex all the time."

"Well," he says with a small chuckle, "you do like to have a lot of sex, Tea. I could see how that would be suspicious if you all of a sudden stopped but I prefer you not have sex with him anyway. I prefer that you save it all for me and allow me the pleasure to bring you to an orgasm," he says so sexy that it makes me want to have sex with him right now. "But I understand for now he's your husband and you are entitled to satisfy his needs and he should be satisfying yours but like I said I prefer to be the person to do that."

"I know," I say with a smile. "And he's pushing hard to have another baby. He didn't want a baby before until now."

"Because he's trying to trap you," he says. "He thinks if you get pregnant by him that it will make you quit. He doesn't want you working for me. He knows the right way to go about things."

"I guess," I say. "He's just a jerk. I just want to get out."

"And we're working on that," he says as his fingertips run up and down my bare arm as I place my hand on his thigh. "I want to have you out of there by the time we come back from L.A. My lawyer is drawing up divorce papers for you but I just feel like the girls should be with my parents instead of your mom because I know that's the first place he is going to look for them."

"Unless they go to Tokyo," I say. "Why would he even think about looking in Tokyo."

"Good point," he says.

"But he won't even let me see my mom. I really want to see her, Joe. I haven't seen her in years. I can barely talk to her and I just miss her. I want her to be in my life so badly and I want her to be a part of my kids' lives."

"I don't understand why he won't let you see her?"

"Because she doesn't like him and he knows that. He doesn't want her to influence me to leave him."

"He's a prick," he says. "Do you know what kind of stuff he's into? That drive is enough to put him in jail and I will use it against him once I know you're safe. I am going to send it all to the police."

"Yeah he was talking about that. He was saying that if it gets in the wrong hands that he could get in a lot of trouble. What's on it?"

"Hello," he says with a smile, "wrong hands!" He says it proudly making me smile. "Let's just say some of his clients are in for a lot more than what his business is offering if you know what I mean."

"What?" I ask thinking the worst.

"How long has your husband been into drugs?"

"He's not," I say, "not that I know of."

"Well, he's been selling them to clients; him and his father. He is a drug lord. They are running a drug cartel with some pretty powerful people. It's really interesting and I'm surprised that you and the girls haven't been put in harm's way yet because some of his clients are downright dangerous. I don't want to get into too much detail but your husband is a drug lord."

"Damn," I say. "I have never seen him with drugs."

"Good he's smart and doesn't take them into his house. That's a smart choice. That's why your husband was pissing his pants looking for that drive because that's enough to get him some nice jail time. I mean he has some legit clients that I'm working on taking away but he has some shady ones too."

I don't even know what to say. I have no words learning this fact about my husband. The worst part is while he's doing this he's putting not only me but our kids in danger. If he pisses off the wrong person through this it could backfire on the innocent ones. "Joe," I say. "Get me out. Please."

"I will, Baby," he says as he holds me tighter. "Don't be scared, Tea," he says putting his coffee down on the table. "I'm going to protect you and the girls believe me. I will NEVER let anyone hurt you. I promise. You don't have to be scared with me. Start packing the girls' stuff little by little and yours so he doesn't notice. Get in touch with your mom and set that up. Get the girls passports and as soon as we can I'll have them on my private plane on their way to Tokyo then it's you and me. Then we're on our way to Tokyo."

"Okay," I say as he wraps me up in his arms making me feel safe. That's the only place I feel safe anymore in his arms. His soft lips kiss the top of my head as I am resting it on his firm chest and rubbing his chest with my hand. "I love you, Joe."

"I love you too, Baby," he says softly as he holds me tighter as Sydney comes into the living room with us. "Hey, Syd," he says with a smile as he loosens his embrace on me but keeps me in his grasp. "What do you want to do today?"

"I don't know," she says taking a seat on the chair.

"Well, whatever you want to do is up to you," he says making me smile. "Today is your day and it's all about what you want."

"You're such a good dad," I say with a smile as I keep my head on his chest.

"Thank-you," he says.

"Can we go to Times Square and do some shopping or go to the park?"

"Whatever you want," he says with a smile.

"Okay," she says with a smile. "By the way, Dad, I like Teagan a lot. Can she come with us?"

"Not today," I say.

"Okay," she says as she stands up. "I'm going to go get dressed. I'll be back."

"Okay," he says with a smile as she walks out of the living room. "So you think I'm a good dad?"

"Yes," I say with a smile. "You spend so much time with her and you are interested in what she wants to do. You're amazing with her. I love to see you with her. Jay is such an ass to our kids it's not even funny. Serenity hates him and Lylah is getting to that point. She's so young she doesn't understand it yet but Serenity if looks could kill I'm pretty sure Jay would be dead sometimes with the looks she gives him. She's getting strong willed and that scares me because I'm scared he might hit her not that I would ever allow him to but what if there is that small chance that he does?"

"He better not," he says.

"I know," I say. "And her birthday is coming up in two weeks. He didn't even know that. Do you know when Sydney's birthday is?"

"Yeah," he says, "March 21. I remember the day well. What are you doing for Serenity's birthday?"

"I don't know," I say, "Jay is giving me money to get a cake and buy her a present. He won't be home. He's going to Houston on a business trip."

"Unreal," says Joe. "I'll do something for her birthday."

"You don't have to do that," I say, "I can just have a small party with her and Lylah."

"No," he says, "I'll do something for her. It's okay. She's going to be 6 she deserves a fun day."

"Thanks," I say with a smile. "You are too amazing for words."

"I just love you and those girls," he says with a smile before he kisses my lips softly. "But I really love you. It won't be long till you're mine and I am counting down the days till we can start our life together like we should have 8 years ago."

"Me too," I say with a smile as I take his large hand into mine and interlock our fingers and smile. I love my moments with him whether it is making love all night long, having a hot steamy sex session in his office, just talking to each other and being in his arms. I just love being with him. A few minutes pass and I know it's getting late and I have to pick up the girls. "I have to go get the girls."

"All right," he says sadly. "It's going to be a long time till Monday."

"I know," I say with a smile. "But look at what we have to look forward to. Maybe we could have some fun on Monday in your office?"

"Maybe," he says with a smile. "Can you do something for me?" He asks as he rubs his thumb over my hand.

"Sure," I say. "Do I need to go to Jay's office again?"

"No," he says, "I wouldn't do that to you again. It's too dangerous. And my job is to keep you safe. I want you to wear something for me on Monday so that I can look up and see how hot you are at your desk."

"What?" I ask.

"I want you to wear that black skirt with no nylons, just your bare sexy legs, black heels, a white blouse and keep the top button unbuttoned to show me a little cleavage," he says. "Can you do that for me?"

"I can," I say with a smile.

"Good," he says as I feel his breath on my ear, "you look so sexy in it and it makes me want to do some more naughty things to you in that office," he whispers causing me to get goosebumps. "Oh, Teagan, you have no idea."

"I bet," I say with a smile. "You have no idea about me," I say with a smile. "As much as I don't want to, I have to go. I love you, Joe."

"I love you too," he says giving me one last passionate kiss before we get up from the couch, stopping randomly to kiss each other passionately. "If we keep this up," he says, "I'm going to need to take you upstairs for a little bit," he says against my lips as my back is up against the door.

"As amazing as that sounds," I say, "I really have to get the girls."

"I know and Sydney wants to go to Times Square. Be careful, Tea, I love you."

"I love you too," I say before I kiss his lips again before he opens the door for me. I just don't know what it is about Mr. Reigns but I cannot get enough of him. I find myself wanting more and more of Joe every time we're together. Even if my husband is getting suspicious that's not stopping me from doing whatever Joe wants whenever he wants to do it.

*A/N: Why do you think Jay is being so nice to Teagan? Do you believe he is starting to get suspicious? What about him not knowing anything about his kids as far as names and birthdays go? What about him not allowing her to see her mom? What do you think about what Joe found out about Jay's business ventures? What do you think of JOe's and Teagan's plan for when she leaves Jay? Is Tokyo a smart place to go? What did you think about Joe standing up about doing something for Serenity's birthday? What do you think of Tea's will to please Joe whenever and however he wants? PLease review and thank-you for reading!