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"Did you call the police?"
"No, it was a bluff.”
“I asked my assistant to watch out the window. If he hadn't left, she would’ve called the cops," Maddox said.
"When did he come last time?" I asked.
"Last week," Natalie said in a shaky voice.
"When Maddox brought you to my grandparents." Understanding dawned on me. "Why didn't you tell me?"
She just shook her head.
I looked at Maddox. "Why the hell didn'tyoutell me?"
"Because she asked me not to," he said in a cold voice, "and I respect people's choices."
"You don't keep things from me. Do you understand? Not when it comes to my woman."
"Maybe you earn her trust if you want her to tell you everything."
"Don't you dare talk to me like that," I growled. "You don't know me. You don't know us. You have no right."
"Please don't fight," Natalie pleaded.
"No, let him say whatever he's got on his mind, please. Apparently he's bursting with it," Maddox said.
"What the hell is your problem?"
"I just wanted to keep her safe."
"It's my job to keep her safe." A vein pulsed in my neck.
"Clearly you're shitty at it. You should’ve taken care of that asshole already."
He was right, but that only pissed me off. Keeping Natalie safe was my job, and I failed at it.
"This is none of your business, Maddox. Don't get involved in this."
"I already am, whether you like it or not."
"I don't like it."
"Guys, come on. Don't do this in the street. You're upsetting Natalie,” Cade said, coming between us. Gabe and Spencer seemed too stunned to say anything. "Maddox, why don't you go back to your office, and we'll let the two of them talk it out? Come on. We'll go up with you, have a drink. Clearly we all need it."
Gabe looked at Natalie. "Should I bring you something? I'm not sure what my brother keeps upstairs. Maybe whiskey?"
Natalie laughed. "No, I don't think I could drink anything right now. God, Maddox. I am so sorry he caused a scene again."
"That's the last thing you should worry about, okay? You should file that restraining order."
"I'll take it from here," I said a little too possessively, because Maddox rounded on me.
"Man, you're impossible.” Looking at Gabe, he asked, “How do you deal with him?"
"He's our brother. Comes with the package."
"Not for me. I'm only a half brother. And I'm done here." He went back into the building. My brothers followed him.
