"It's lovely to have finally met you," Roland says to Lily as we enter the kitchen. He's got a ton of food laid out for us. Killian is scoping the place out, and not to rob it. I'm sure he’s checking out all of the exits to make sure it’s secure.
"You too," Lily tells him.
"I can give you a tour." I bump my shoulder into Killian.
"I know where everything is."
"Really?” I drop my head back to stare up at him.
"Blueprints."
"That's right! Ro, this man was coming to kidnap me." I know he was supposed to only find out about the estate, but why not give the story a little razzle-dazzle?
"Is that so?” Ro turns his attention to Killian. Not that it ever left for long. Roland is sizing him up. Killian grunts, making me smile up at his handsome face. I honestly don’t know how I got so darn lucky.
“Did I mention everyone is moving in?”
"Lily I understand, but this is rather new.” Ro is now openly staring at Killian. I would have crumpled under that stare and blurted out all my wrongs, but Killian has the level of don’t-give-a-fuck that I aspire to.
"We are getting married, and I took care of the lawyer." Kilian informs them.
"What?" Lily's eyes almost pop out of her head. "You're getting married?"
"Yes," I tell her. "And not because I've witnessed his crimes and don't want to have to testify against him." That had kind of been a ruse anyway. I wanted to marry him in order to claim him as my own, so I used that excuse in the moment to lock him down. Not that Killian needed me to give him a reason.
"I was going to speak to Teddy about the lawyer when she returned." Ro ignores the marriage and crime part and hopsover to the topic of my lawyer. I'd kind of forgotten about him. Now that I think about it, Mr. Gem hasn't been pestering me.
"What of him? That I need to find a new one?"
"Yes, a new lawyer," Killian agrees.
"It sounds like a lot of work," I huff, exhaling a breath. I'm not savvy with those kinds of things.
"He's dead," Ro says with a flat tone.
"Ope, that makes things easy." I snort a laugh. Lily puts her hand over her mouth to avoid laughing. Killian's expression is passive, but Ro's brows have lifted, which is saying a lot because he's got a really good poker face. "Wait, he's really dead?" I turn my gaze back to Killian, who gives a slight shrug.
"They said he was on a hike and tumbled down a mountain. It took a few days to find him."
"They found him?" Killian asks.
"It seems so."
"Well, Killian paid for the full service of murder and making the man disappear. You need to get a refund," I tease. "This is why you have to do things yourself."
"Oh, I will." The room falls quiet.
"I don't know if we're all joking or if this is serious." I was joking, but I don't believe that my soon-to-be husband is joking.
"I never take anything seriously." I wave it off with my hand dismissively.
"Whatever rids us of him," Ro finally says with a smile before changing the subject.
"Come," I say, grabbing Lily's hand when we're done eating and leading her out to the stone patio that overlooks the pool, the sun setting over the mountains. Lily is off. When it comes to Tristan, he keeps her pissed off. I can see the weight of all of this settling on her shoulders. "I'm not going to ask if you're okay." We both already know the answer.
"How can I already miss him and that stupid fucking penthouse when all I wanted was to get away from him?"
"Because you didn't want to get away from him." I bump my shoulder with hers.
