“I kind of do,” I whispered, kissing him again.
“Oh my god, you two,” Evie groaned. “Can you please wrap this up so we can go? You can literally get a room later.”
“I’ll be in your room later,” he said.
“I’ll be okay with that. Actually,” I said, leaning in further. “I have something I need to talk to you about. Something I think I need help with.”
I had spent hours searching for any information on the logs my dad had hidden in his desk, but I hadn’t found a single clue. If they were related to boat shipments, I came up empty. Looking into going rates for security firms also gave me nothing about the type of high-level security my dad seemed to provide. My last hope was that Rook might have the information I needed and would be willing to share it.
He brushed my hair back, looking over my face. “Anything you need. Do you want to talk about it now?”
Evie gagged and grabbed my arm, pulling me towards the door. “It’s girls’ night, Rook, she can talk about it later.”
“Fine, but you know where we are if you need us.”
He kissed me again before I broke away and headed back out to the car that waited out front. Evie slid into the back, looking at the driver.
“I feel so fancy. A driver in a car and not on a bike? I’m a damn princess tonight.”
I laughed as we headed to get Harper. “It can be a nice change. I surprisingly don’t mind riding on the bike now, though.”
“Don’t mind the bike or don’t mind the rider?” she asked with a laugh.
“Is it weird for me to talk about since he’s your brother and all?”
“I don’t care much. I think it’s cute he actually has someone he likes, but for the love of everything,do nottell me any details.”
“Does he not have a lot of people he likes around?”
“Not even a little. He likes work, and more work, and riding. That’s about it lately. He spends more time working and worrying about all of us than doing anything for himself. He’s a protector to a fault. I swear he barely even sleeps anymore.”
“Is that why he looks like he might pass out half the time?” I asked, trying not to smile.
“Yeah, they’ve been so busy that he gets a few hours here and there. Has he shown you his…scar?”
“Yeah, he showed me.”
“Then you could see why it hurts him a lot. I think he ends up working more because he can’t sleep with it aching. He never complains to us about it, though.”
I was quiet as Harper slid in next to us and they immediately jumped into finishing a conversation they had started through text.
I didn’t understand Rook. It seemed like he was always violent, but I could see what Evie meant about being a protector. He definitely didn’t want to let anything happen to me.
With the driver, it made it easy to pull right to the doors to get out, and the door guys looked us over once before waving us in.
“I love going out with you guys,” Evie said. “Do you know the looks I get when I’m surrounded by the guys? No man is approaching me when they are around.”
“Does that mean you don’t have a lot of boyfriends?” Harper asked.
“Not really. I mean, I’ve gone on plenty of dates. There was one guy I started seeing, but then Rook and Aiden made it pretty clear that I shouldn’t be.”
“Why?”
“I mixed business with pleasure and it started to affect our business. I had to stop seeing him, but I don’t know if he was even my boyfriend.”
“I’m sorry,” I said, linking my arm in hers. “That sucks.”
“It’s alright. I don’t think I need one anyway, right? What good will that do me?”
