“Sit,” Klaus said, nodding to another empty seat. I took it and looked around.
It had been nearly five long years, but seeing Rosalie with other men was tearing me apart inside.
I eyed her husband as he stared back at me. At least I assumed he was looking at me. He had on aviators and a gaiter, so there was no easy way to know.
I’d experienced enough of him already, though.
“We will be leaving here in a few minutes,” Anson said. “Rosalie and Ellis’s things are by the door. We’ll get them down. Ryder will be here if they need anything, and I will only be a phone call away. I expect my fiancée and our daughter will be kept safe as well.”
I ground my teeth. I hated that he called Ellis his, but I got it. Riot wasn’t mine, but he called me dad.
“I told you. They will be safe,” I said.
Klaus grunted.
“Am I going to see first daddy?” Ellis asked, her big blue eyes wide.
“Maybe,mein balerina,”Klaus said to her, kissing the top of her head.
“I haven’t heard from him. E was going to check a few places to see what he’s doing. I know he’ll be back as soon as he gets himself relaxed. That’s just how Cole is.” I looked at Rosalie.
She quickly looked away from me.
“Well, everything is in order,” Anson said. “We need to get going. We will go down with you.”
I stood as everyone else did. Evan continued to hold Rosalie in his arms. He was going to carry her.
He walked away from us and left with her out the front door. Ryder moved along and grabbed two suitcases, and Klaus got the rest as Anson scooped Ellis into his arms.
I followed them out and into the elevator. We rode in silence down, and when we got back to my Escalade, Dmitri and Elijah hopped out to help load the suitcases.
“Ellis’s seat,” Ryder said, coming back out from the lobby with her booster seat. He quickly installed it as Klaus hugged her, making her giggle, before Anson took her back.
“Love you, princess,” Anson said. “We’ll see you and Mommy soon.”
“Will you and other daddies come visit?”
“Of course. We will call every night just like Mommy and I do when we’re away working. OK?”
Ellis nodded, and Anson kissed her forehead tenderly.
I looked over to see Evan had placed Rosalie in the back of the Escalade and was kissing her. If he cared about what I thought, he definitely didn’t make a show of it. Instead, they practically made out in front of me, her breaking away every few minutes to whisper something against his lips.
She really seemed to love the guy.
I still thought he was a prick, though.
He rested his forehead against hers for a moment before wiping away a rogue tear from her cheek and leaning in for another final kiss.
She let him go. He quickly pulled his gaiter back over his face before I could get a good look at him and went to Ellis to make sure she was secured in her seat.
Anson took his turn with Rosalie, kissing her and speaking in a low voice. She clung to him just as much as she had clung to Evan. It was seeing Klaus with her that really got me, though.
He overpowered her without trying.
I knew the man was dangerous. He was an enforcer and probably killed more people in a week of his life than I had in all of mine, and that was saying something.
Seeing him so delicate and tender with her made my guts twist. But like a train wreck, I couldn’t look away.
