Page 143 of Reckless Vengeance

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

TYLER

Ihad a sleepless night like I always did when Rory wasn’t around. She’d texted back and forth with me a few times, but I didn’t want to overwhelm her when I knew she was sorting through a lot of stuff.

I’d told the guys about how serious Slash had been about her, and they’d been skeptical, but leaving her everything after sacrificing himself for her, kind of proved my point.

Not that it really mattered what they believed now that he was gone.

I was still lying awake in bed, staring at the ceiling, when the sun rose. I wanted to check my phone, but I knew the second I did, reality would crash back into me.

There would be shit plastered all over the internet about my family. Stuff about Rory. Something new, maybe?

I rolled over to grab it from my bedside table, swiping all the notifications off the screen that had been beeping all damn night. As expected, a lot were things about Rory.

There were photos of us all together, her hand in mine in one picture, then her sitting on Caden’s lap at school in another. The kids at school were making it hard because nowhere was safe now.

The paparazzi couldn’t enter the school, but students could take photos and sell them for the next big scoop.

Then I stumbled across the dreaded new content.

“Fuck,” I groaned, staring at the photo that had been taken of Lukas and Jensen making out with Jensen’s hand down Lukas’ pants. It was in a classroom, and it was obvious they’d thought they’d been alone.

People knew they were together, they didn’t hide it at school, but they rarely took it further than holding hands. Lukas was going to freak the fuck out.

I heard a door open in the hallway and climbed out of bed, poking my head out to find Caden yawning.

“Morning. Did you sleep?” he asked, and I gave him a look that made him snort. “Sorry, thought I’d ask.”

“We’ve got a problem.”

“Already? It’s only six thirty,” he grumbled, his eyes on my phone that was clutched in my hand. “What now?” I handed it over, making him curse. “He’s going to lose it.”

“I know. They’re really going at it.”

“Maybe don’t say that to him,” he deadpanned, handing the phone back.

“I have a good idea.”

“Doubtful.”

“I’ll give you a big smooch in front of the cameras. Lukas and Jensen? It’s juicy, but nothing wild. Me and you? The son of two famous actors and you, the son of Josie Holloway from Holloway Industries? Gold mine. They’d forget all about them within a day,” I exclaimed, patting myself on the back with a grin.

“If you want a kiss, just say so, bro,” he scoffed, swatting me up the back of the head. “But no. Weirdo.”

“It was a good idea!”

“Where exactly is the good part of that idea?” he sighed, walking towards Jensen’s bedroom door. “Don’t do anything irrational. Lukas will kill you.”

“I’d be a hero if I took the attention away from them by kissing you.”

“Sure, man,” he muttered, knocking on the door and waiting a minute before cracking it open. I barged past, ignoring his cursing as I dove onto the bed between the sleeping assholes and made myself comfortable as they grumbled at me.

“The fuck, Ty?” Jensen snapped, trying to shove me off him as I tossed an arm and leg over him to snuggle.

“Rory’s not back so I’ll have to snuggle you. I know it’s hard, but keep your dick out of me.”

Caden crossed his arms, rolling his eyes.