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“That seems steep. She’s not that great.” He was lying through his teeth. She was worth ten times that amount, and he’d pay it if he had to. Hell, he’d turn over every dime in his bank account to take Brooke from this place.
“Five hundred, or you find another girl.”
“Fine. Five hundred.” He pulled out a roll of cash, and Sutton stared at him. Handing over three thousand, he put the rest in his pocket.
“That’s six days in advance. Six.”
“Where’d you get that money, boy?” asked Sutton with a suspicious glare. The woman stopped licking his neck, staring at East with a seductive smile.
“I’m not a boy. Don’t mistake me for one. I got the money because I earned it. I just wanna take the bitch to my hotel and release some more tension.”
“Fine, but if she comes back damaged, the price doubles.”
“Fine. Do I have a job?” Sutton laughed.
“Boy, you got balls. Yeah. You got a job. Be back here tomorrow at three. Not before. I don’t like working in the mornings.”
By the time East got back downstairs, Brooke was dressed in another white tank top and a tiny pair of white terry cloth shorts. He stared at her, frowning.
“It’s all they give us.”
Taking her hand, he led her back upstairs and through the crowd as whistles and wolf calls followed. He gently shoved her into the truck, attempting to make it look worse than it was. When they were out of the neighborhood and down the road, Brooke began to sob.
Fifteen minutes later, they were in his room at the inn, and East was holding her tightly, rocking back and forth.
“It’s alright, baby, you’re alright now.”
“East, it’s not that. I knew what I was doing. I just, I waited all these years to be with you, and it happened in a tunnel beneath a trafficker’s home. I thought it would be romantic and sweet.”
“Baby, it was the sweetest, most romantic thing in the world for me. Finding you there when I’ve been aching for you for years now was the best fucking gift in the world.”
“Aching for me? Then why, East? Why wouldn’t you come to me? We’re adults now, not kids in college or in the military. We’re old enough to do whatever we want.”
“Because you had a life. You talked about it all the time. You loved your work that you were doing with the immigrants. By the way, we’re going to discuss that work,” he frowned. She couldn’t help but giggle, scooting closer to him.
“I’m sorry, East. I know I should have told you, but I just couldn’t. I never thought you’d come here for Sutton. It doesn’t feel like it’s something a Green Beret would do.”
“It’s not. Not, really. We’re out now. All three of us and Rett got married.”
“He did?” she chirped excitedly. “That’s right. I couldn’t get home for the wedding. I’m sorry, there’s been a lot going on. I totally forgot that was recent.”
“He did,” he smiled. “While he met Casey and fell in love, we found Ramos and his unknown wife.”
“I thought they were all dead?”
“Not all of them. One was left. Morgan Sutton.” Brooke gasped, staring up at him.
“No! No, Sutton talks about his daughter all the time. He wanted her back after they believed Ramos was dead. He said she was sent to him for payment and was probably no good to anyone any longer, but he never said that she’d married Ramos. He was actually going to use her in his stables, and I think he needed her for another reason.”
“Fucking asshole,” growled East. “He’d have to fight Kegger for her, and believe me, one leg or not, that bastard is a mean son-of-a-bitch.”
“I’m glad she’s safe,” said Brooke, nodding at the man. “East, I need clothes.”
“No, you don’t,” he said, lying her back on the bed. She smiled up at him as his big hand spread out across her abdomen. “I like you just like this.”
“East, I can’t go out like this.”
“I know,” he said, kissing his way down her throat, taking one of her beautiful nipples between his teeth.
