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Chaya stood from Natches’s lap and curled into the corner of the couch as Natches lifted his head and stared back at Janey.
“Running away again?”
“Shut up, Natches,” Alex said calmly. “Take your wife and go home. ”
Natches turned and gave him a long, level look. Alex missed it; his gaze didn’t leave Janey’s.
“Hell. ” Natches pushed himself from the chair and looked at Chaya. “You ready, honey?”
“Not really,” Chaya said calmly. “I don’t like how the two of you are railroading her. I think I’ll stick around and play referee. ”
“Thank you, Chaya. ” Janey smiled tightly. “But I know how to fight my own battles when someone’s not holding the threat of a gun to my brother’s head. ”
Natches tightened, the reference hard to miss. Yeah, Dayle had made certain she understood exactly
what stepping out of line meant.
“You should have told me he was threatening you with me,” he growled.
She shrugged. “My bad. ”
“Your bad?” He blinked back at her, anger glittering in his eyes. “What the hell is up with you?”
“Me. ” She stared back at him, her lips firm, her gaze steady as she breathed heavily. “I’m tired of this, Natches. This isn’t my home. No matter how much I want it to be, it’s not going to happen. Now’s a damned good time to accept that. ”
“Hell, Natches,” Alex drawled. “I finally met a Mackay that knows how to quit. Now, here’s one for the record books. Congratulations. ”
His gaze never wavered from her.
“Looks that way, doesn’t it?” she retorted coolly. “You can leave, too, by the way. I don’t think your services are required anymore. ”
“My services?” His brows arched. “Well now, ain’t that too bad. But we can discuss that little particular after your brother leaves. ” His gaze moved to Natches then. “Or not. All according to how pissed off he wants to get tonight, I guess. ”
Chaya rose from the couch. “Yes, time for us to leave, honey. ” She caught Natches’s hand as he glowered at Alex. “Now, Natches. ”
“We’re going to discuss this,” he warned Alex.
“Uh-huh. Add it to the rest of the subjects you’ve warned me we’re going to discuss. I’m sure I’ll get around to it later. ”
Janey watched, forcing back the trembling in her hands, feeling it settle in her stomach as her brother and sister-in-law left. Slowly. Natches was angry, but for once he was reining that anger in. That didn’t bode well for her. Alex didn’t move from where he leaned against the wall. His head tilted, his gaze growing curious as the door closed, and he reached out and slid the locks home.
“I asked you to leave as well,” she told him, keeping her voice low, the quiver out of it.
“You sure did. ” He nodded his head slowly.
“Then why are you still standing here?”
“Because my dick’s still hard,” he answered her. “You made some pretty heavy promises tonight, Janey. ” He straightened slowly. “We’ll see to those first. Then we’ll discuss that insanity you just spouted about going back to California. ”
A shiver raced up her spine as he took a step toward her.
“I changed my mind about the supposed promises. ” She tried to sneer. “Sorry, Alex. Go find blondie; I’m sure she’ll take care of that hard-on for you. ”
He smiled. And that smile sent a nervous reaction shuddering through her so hard that this time, her hands did tremble. Her pussy quivered. Her clit became so hard, so sensitive, she swore the rasp of her panties was going to cause her to come as the reaction punched into her womb.
He looked wild. Sexy. Dangerous.
“Doesn’t work that way,” he growled. “Oh, baby, not even in your wildest dreams does it work that way. ”
