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“Then prove it to me and watch her. I trust you two, not them. If your findings are the same, put her original team back on her.”
Knowing I no longer had any patience left for the dick in front of me, Theo set an elbow on the end of Andraius’s desk as if no explosion had occurred and stated, “She isn’t going to like it. Her preferences for routine and schedules over sudden changes are well-known in the organization.”
“She’ll do as I say. And if she gives you any trouble, let me know. I’ll have a word with her.” He flipped through some paperwork on his desk. “Now, let’s discuss some information I want you to gather at the Drakos estate tonight.”
“Does this mean we are starting our duties effective immediately?” Theo continued his corporate speak.
And thank God because I had no fucks left to give after what Andraius had said about Nerine.
We’d had no choice but to stay away. Pops knew how close we were to her. Well, maybe not the full extent of the relationship, but he believed we were best friends. And he thought if Andraius had gotten one whiff of it, he’d have killed us on the spot.
“Partially. I’ll head over with her and my team. You’ll come in with the rest of the security personnel and work on the tasks we’ll discuss. Then, at the end of the evening, you will bring Nerine home.”
“In other words, this is another thing you plan to spring on her.” I let the disgust in my voice show. “This isn’t going to make your wife like you.”
“I don’t care about her liking me. I want her to know I can make her life very difficult if she doesn’t start behaving.”
* * *
Fifteen minutes later, Theo and I walked down the corridor leading out into the main foyer of the Angelos Estate house.
“I thought my hate for the bastard couldn’t get any stronger,” I muttered, pushing down the urge to grind my teeth together.
“Yeah, well. He tends to outdo himself at every turn.”
“Pops isn’t going to like this.” I ran a hand through my hair as we veered into the hallway leading into the security section of the compound where Pops kept his office.
“Has Theios Alex liked anything that’s happened over the last five years?” Theo asked. “I’m not sure we can be near her without giving it away.”
“What choice do we have?”
“She’s not ours, Xander.”
“She will always be ours.”
“We can’t touch her.”
“No, we can’t.” I gripped the back of my neck, closed my eyes briefly, and released a deep breath, hoping he wouldn’t avoid answering the question as usual. “And what about us?”
“What about it?” Theo kept his focus in front of him. “It’s the three of us or nothing.”
“How is this going to work? We can’t avoid being around each other for long periods anymore.”
“Exactly as it has for the last five years.”
“Meaning?”
“Pretend our history with the Angel or each other never happened. You made that call. Now we’re sticking with it.”
After the coup, it felt as if the world had shattered around me. Losing Theios Peter and little Linus broke my heart, then so many people we loved and cared for. And the worst was we hadn’t protected Nerine.
I couldn’t handle the guilt, or the heartache. And instead of turning to Theo and talking to him about how we would live life without Nerine, I made the decision that unless we were all together, there wasn’t a relationship.
I’d realized the mistake I’d made almost immediately, but the damage was done.
And it seemed Theo wasn’t going to ever forgive me even after five years and countless apologies.
Deciding to change the subject, I said, “She’s going to give us hell.”
