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“We’ll announce the engagement at a press conference tomorrow evening. If you’re not there, I won’t hesitate to tell Knight about your run in with your stalker.”
I pale. “You wouldn’t.”
“Try me.”
“Only you’d stoop low enough to use my brother’s concern against me.”
“Whatever it takes.”
“Fuck you.” I ball my fingers into fists at my sides.
He clicks his tongue. “Running out of insults, are we?”
“There is no we.” I narrow my gaze on him, and his lips twitch.
“There will be after we’re pretend married. The sex that follows will, of course, be all too real.” He plants his hands on his naked hips. Asshole’s still naked and still hard. Goddamn his virility.Not that I sneaked a peak at the column between his thighs. Nope, of course, not. And I’m not going to look there again, not now. Not going to let him see how much his nakedness is affecting me.
“I’m not going to sleep with you again,” I vow.
His smile widens. “Is that a challenge, baby?”
“It’s a” —I look him up and down— “promise,baby.”
38
Cade
“She said what?” Declan cackles. Douchebag’s sitting next to me at the bar at the 7A Club.
“I let her have the last word…this time.”
“Now that’s a fallacy if I ever heard one.” JJ Kane slides onto the barstool on my other side.
I groan. “No, no, not looking for advice from you, old man.”
“You’re better off listening to me,youngman. It’s going to save you a lot of grief in the long run.”
I scoff. “I didn’t listen to my father. You think I’m going to listen to you?”
“It’s because I’m not your father, youshouldlisten to me.”
“And if I were you, I would take him up on his word.” Michael Sovrano walks around to the bar and places a bottle of Macallan on the table. “Man’s astronzo.” He jerks his chin in JJ’s direction. “But he has life experience and helped avert a possible war between me and that testa di cazzo.” He glances over my shoulder, but before I can turn, a heavy hand slaps my shoulder.
“An intervention? Oh good, it’s been a while since I’ve participated in one of these.” Sinclair Sterling’s voice booms out behind me.
I try to sit up, but Sterling’s grip tightens, forcing me to stay seated.
“I can take all of you on in one go. You’re aware of that, right?” I say casually.
JJ laughs. “Asshole’s ego knows no bounds.”
“Only until she cuts him off at the knees,” Michael offers.
“Who’re you talking about?” I grab the bottle of Macallan and top myself up, then raise the glass to my mouth.
“Your soon-to-be wife, of course,” Sterling offers.
The whiskey goes down the wrong way, and I cough and cough.
