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“You want the truth?” he growls as he stares down at his sister who nods stiffly.
“Fuck,” King curses beneath his breath from my other side.
“The guy you’re fucking should have been your step son.” Carlina’s mouth hangs open. I sway on my feet as I look from him to her in fucking horror. “I wanted Tony dead but knew it would start a war like the one we are in now. I wanted to watch him bleed for hurting the girl I’ve been in love with since I was a teenager, but the final fucking straw was when I found out he was marrying you off to Vinny Murelo.” Carlina stands there silently shaking, she’s gone pale and looks like she might be sick. Bishop eliminates the space between them, bends so they are at eye level as he places his hands on her shoulders. “I killed Tony to save you, Carlina. I let you and the twins draw your own conclusions because I didn’t want you to know what he had planned for you. King only found out after the fact when I had no choice but to tell him. I thought Vincent was here to take you to his father and fulfill Tony’s final deal. I see now… I was wrong.” I stare at the back of his head taken back by his words.
“You… killed him for me?” she whispers brokenly.
“Yeah, Car. I told you I would never let anyone else hurt you and I meant it. I will never let anyone touch you again, Carlina. I swear on my fucking life I will try to make up for not protecting you when you were younger every day until the day I’m six feet deep in the earth." A sob tears from her as she smacks his hands away and launches herself at him. They hold each other tight and close. My girl cries into her brother’s chest as he slowly turns them to meet my gaze. His eyes are rimmed red, I can tell that moment he just shared with her was something fucking hard for him. I nod showing him my respect for telling her the truth. She needed that, she needed to know that her brother would do anything for her and she wasn’t alone. I walk toward them until there is a foot of space between me and them. I hold Bishop’s gaze not daring to back down because I will fight if I have to in order to keep my girl. “You do this, you help me and my family and I will give youboth.” My eyes widen and a lump forms in my throat as Bishop pushes back from Car, places a kiss to her forehead and steps away.
“I know you know I’m behind you, Gucci.” She still refuses to face me, fine. “I never gave you up, Carlina. I couldn’t.” She slowly turns to face me, trying to hide the hope in her gaze but fails. I reach out and grip her face lowering my face to hers. I take a moment to just breathe her in. I stare into her eyes as I tell her the whole truth. “I did make a deal, he promised to give me the thing I want most in this world.” A broken smile graces her stunning face.
“You deserve to find your sister, Vin––” I cut her off because she doesn’t get it.
“The thing I want most in this world is you, Gucci. I made a deal with your brother so you wouldn’t have to choose between me or them. I love you, Carlina, and there will never be another that could compare to you. Your brother just promised to help me find her as well.”
“You chose… me?” I smile at my beautifully broken girl and my heart fucking soars, knowing I get to keep her forever and there is nothing anyone can do about it.
“I’ll always choose you, baby. You come second to none.” She smashes her lips to mine and I moan into her mouth. She wraps her arms around my neck as mine grip her waist. I deepen the kiss needing more––.
“That’s enough!” We break apart but keep our bodies flush against each other and turn our heads to see the three girls and Gage hiding their smiles, while the other three shoot death glares my way. “Never and I mean fucking never again do I ever want to see that shit!” Knight growls. He pins his sister with a glare of warning, which just causes her to laugh. Fuck, I didn’t realize how much I missed the sound of her laugh until now.
* * *
We pull up to her family home, I feel her tense beside me in the backseat. I grip her hand in mine and give a squeeze, letting her know I’m right here. King puts the car in park and we all file out. Knight pulls up behind us a second later and they all climb from their car as we stand here and wait. I know this is a test, Bishop allowing me into his sanctuary is him showing me that he is trying without using words. I understand his hatred toward me now, I had no idea about the deal Vinny had struck with Tony about Carlina. The thought of my girl being near my father or him ever laying his fucking disgusting hands on her makes my stomach roll. I’ll kill the son of a bitch before he ever gets within ten feet of her.
“Knight, take the girls inside and show them where to… go.” Knight wraps his arm around Koby’s shoulders and makes his way toward the house. Allison places a kiss to King’s cheek before following after them. Kiara shoots Bishop a wink as she moves past him but she stops in front of me with a look of determination on her face. I flick my eyes to Bishop who just looks up at the sky muttering something beneath his breath.
“Okay, you got the warning from the guys but now it’s my turn.” Carlina buries her face into my side, her body shakes with laughter. “It’s always going to be chicks before dicks.”
“Princess––”
“Shut up, Bishop. You got your turn, now it’s mine.” My brows jump to my hairline and I fight to keep the smirk from my face. “He may have the guns and all the men but I have the fucking claws and believe me, Vincent Murelo, you hurt my girl and I will claw your fucking eyes out.” She nods to herself and turns to leave but stops and peers over her shoulder. “Also, I know you have houses everywhere. You want to win brownie points with me, you can start by giving me my own room at your mansion in Aspen.”
“What the fuck, Kiara?” Bishop snarls. She shrugs her shoulders and smiles at her man.
“I need somewhere to run away to when you piss me off.” She quickly scurries away before he can snap at her. It takes a lot for me to not laugh. My girl slowly pulls out of my hold, the nervous and unsure look in her eyes makes me feel like an ass for staying away from her.
“I swear, I’ll find you as soon as I’m done.” She nods.
“Okay,” she whispers as she turns to follow after the others.
“He’ll be in the guest room and not yours!” King shouts. Carlina pauses and turns to pin her brother with a look that would make a weaker man quiver.
“Unless you want to hear me screaming his name all night long while I come all over his co––”
“Shut the fuck up and get inside!” Bishop screams with disgust written all over his face. A shudder rolls through him which just causes me to curl over and laugh. “I ever hear that fucking shit and I will cut your cock off, fucker,” he grits out as he shoulders past me.
Carlina
“Are you sure? I know you hate being in there as much as me?” Kiara hauls me against her, wrapping me in a hug. I return her embrace and relish in this moment with my best friend.
“I did hate that house, part of me always will I guess, but I’ve also made some of the happiest memories of my life in there with Bish. As long as I have him, I’ll be fine.” I pull back and smile gratefully at my bestie. We both sniff and try to fight the tears then break out into fits of laughter. She grips my hand and leads me to the small living room in the pool house where Ally and Koby sit. Knight was here but Koby kicked him out saying that we needed to talk about girl things. He argued until she finally admitted that they wanted details on my sex life. My brother went as white as a sheet and scurried from the room like his ass was on fire.
“Okay, spill I want every detail, that man is like a tall glass of brandy that I want to swallow whole.” Ally, Kiara and I all laugh at Koby who just sits there unashamed with a smile on her beautiful face. I love watching her with Knight. He’s changed so much and I know it’s all thanks to this blonde bombshell who is pregnant with the future Murdoch. I fill them in on everything from the day I met him to the day I was brought back here.
“You joined the mile high club?” Kiara shrieks. I clamp my hand over her mouth to quieten her down, which causes us all to laugh. Ally popped a bottle of wine that was in the fridge while I was telling them everything and I admit, I have a bit of a buzz going. Koby doesn’t seem to mind that she isn’t able to drink and I love that she isn’t salty that we all are.
“It was incredible, honest to God, Vincent’s tongue was blessed by the gods but his dick––” I stop speaking when Allison splutters and spits some of her wine out. Koby pats her on the back with a weird look on her face. I look to Kiara hoping she can fill me in on what’s wrong with Ally but her gaze is fixated on the door. I swallow loudly and slowly turn to peer over my shoulder and cringe. Bishop stands there fuming, King looks sick, Knight is glaring at Koby and then finally I look to Vin who is staring right at me, smirking. I smile sheepishly.
