Blowing out a frustrated breath, Lily pinches the bridge of her nose.
“We don’t have time for this.” She gestures to the cage across the room. “You’re fighting soon. You need to get ready.”
“Uh-uh. No fucking way are you brushing this off.” I jab a finger at her.
“I like him,” AJ chuckles. “Your toy boy has bite.”
I’m about ready to fucking start my fight now with this motherfucker, and Lily must know it by the way her hand whips out and presses to my chest.
“Leave, AJ. You’re not welcome here.”
He scoffs, looking around, and I notice his gaze zero in on a few members of the Seven Eights standing nearby watching us.
“I must have missed the part where this place was yours, Lily.” He smirks at her again. “Maybe it’syouwho isn’t welcome here.”
A hiss flies from Lily’s lips as she takes a step forward. “Take a moment to rememberwhoyou are talking to.”
Fuuuck. My cock had finally gone limp until she spoke those words with that sharp edge in her tone and her expression to match.
I love this side of Lily. She can be such a contradiction. A sweet soccer mum one minute, and a fucking force to be reckoned with the next.
I’m so fucking turned on by this side of her that it takes a moment for her words to sink in.
Remember who you are talking to.
What does that mean? What does this guy know about Lily? And how does she even know him?
Fuck.
A thousand questions come to mind, and I can’t fucking ask a single one of them while we are here.
“Careful. Your family traits are showing.” AJ snickers, confusing me even fucking more.
Family traits?
“It’d only take a call to get rid of you,” Lily snaps quietly, and for a moment, I’m not sure I heard her correctly, because what, the, fuck!
AJ’s lips twitch, still smirking, but looking more pissed off than anything.
“You really are a Marx. Maybe I was wrong about you.” He leans in conspiratorially. “Maybe secrets, lies and betrayals are who you are. Just like your uncle Ewan.”
Lily’s hand flies up to slap his face, but he grabs her wrist to stop her, and I fucking lunge for him, but Lily’s lethal tone pulls me up short.
“Stop!”
I freeze, wondering if she’s talking to him or me, but her gaze slowly shifts from AJ to me, looking hot and fierce and has my fucking heart flipping.
“Stand down, Asher. He’s not worth it.”
I step back because, fuck, when she’s like this, I’m her fucking puppet, but also, we have gathered an audience.
“Damn, Lily. Your sons’ best mate? That’s a real fucking dilemma. How do you think they’ll feel about this?”
“How do you know?” I snap, and again, I’m ignored as Lily frowns, but AJ answers me.
“The same way I know all of her secrets.”
Hearing him say that sends a fucking pang to my chest.
