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Kane glances at Zeke and Luke. “They’re both dead.”
Elena takes this in, her eyes scanning his face. “That makes you the new king of the Firm,” she says. “Do I need to curtsy?”
He rolls his eyes. “I’m not a fucking king.”
“No, but you are the head of the Firm,” Luke says. “We’re going to need to move fast before news of our parents’ death is revealed. Make sure everyone knows who is in charge. This is going to be the most dangerous time for us. The men we’ve paid might decide the money isn’t as attractive as becoming boss.”
“Agreed,” Zeke says.
I zone my brothers out and focus on the man in front of me. “What happened?”
“Don’t worry about it.”
I want to press him for answers, but truthfully, I’m not sure I want to know what happened to Charlotte and Anthony. It’s enough knowing they can’t come for me again, that they can never hurt our family. “We’re free,” I say.
“Yeah.”
“I never thought this could happen.”
“You’ve got the rest of your life to live now, baby.”
“With you.”
“With me,” he agrees, dipping his head and kissing my mouth. He devours me like I’m the last meal of a starving man. I wonder if he feared he might not come back, that Charlotte might get the upper hand.
“I don’t want you to have demons,” I say.
He strokes my face. “The demons I have are not because of this, Lia. I’m not going to lose a single moment of sleep over what happened to your parents.”
“What happens now?”
“What do you want to happen now?”
I consider this. “Honestly, I have no idea. I’ve never been free to make my own decisions.”
“You have time. There’s no rush.”
“What if I want to work?”
“Then work.”
“Or drive?”
“I’ll teach you myself,” he says. My heart twitches in my chest. My mother would never have allowed either.
How the hell did I get so lucky to have him? When I consider what my life could have been, married to some old bastard who saw me as a trophy. Ryan never has looked at me that way. He wants me happy. That’s clear. He sees me as a person, an individual, not an alliance.
I love him, more than I can put into words.
He’s everything to me. If he hadn’t come back…
I don’t even want to think about it.
“We need to work out where we’re living,” he says, “but for tonight, we’re going to a hotel. I need to have you, and I can’t do that with your brother sleeping in the room next to us.”
My pussy throbs at the heated look in his eyes. “That sounds perfect.”
He kisses me again.
