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We fall silent and I try to breathe through my nose, knowing there’s no reason for me to be so aggressive towards Byzantine. But there’s too much left unsaid between her and I to start answering his probing questions.Fuck, this day couldn’t go any slower. I feel like a feral animal circling the same walls—waiting, prowling. She was only back for one fucking night until she was gone again. It’s making me feel strange. I can’t relax knowing she’s not here, somewhere in this house where I can watch her—even if it’s from the cameras around the house.
“Did you ever go back to see that psychic?”
I swallow back the venom that makes me want to snap and snarl and answer his question after a long sigh, which I hope conveys how little patience I have for all his questions.
“Yeah, I did.” I can’t help but rub my chest as I respond.
“And?”
I roll my eyes behind my shades, feeling fucking ridiculous. “She says birthmarks are…” I trail off, not sure how to explain myself. “Like an imprint left from how you died in another life.”
His eyebrows rise in slight surprise. “Huh,” is all he says, but then after a beat, he adds, “What's that got to do with Lenix?”
“That’s what I said,” I scoff, wiping sweat from my chest, the afternoon sun getting almost too hot. “She told me to ask Lenix herself.”
“Have you?”
Ire licks up my spine but I suppress it, giving Byzantine a look from over my shades instead. “We’ve both been a little busy.”
He lets out a small chuckle, cutting the rising tension building inside of me, then stands up.
“Well, this has been a pleasure, brother,” he says sarcastically. “I’ll see you Wednesday at the port, the new shipment from Russia is coming in.”
“Yeah,” I say distractedly as he disappears into the house. After everything that happened between Lenix and me, my talk with the psychic slipped my mind. I stare into the pool, now wondering if I should even mention it to her.
But there’s a small curious voice in my head that wonders what it all means. If somehow it explains why our paths have crossed before, or the uncontrollable pull I have towards her.
I doubt she’ll have the answer.
Deep down, I don’tneedto know. Not when our future together is now etched into my fucking DNA. If I had to be certain about one thing in my life, it’d be this: Lenix by my side.
Until death do us part.
Chapter 51
IhugLucyonelast time. I’m acting like I’m leaving forever and not just moving to a house a short car ride away. I’ve stopped apologizing for it, it’s only normal to worry about her. She might be twenty-four but in the real world, she’s a newborn. Learning to crawl when everyone else has been running for years now. I don’t tell her that though, it’s better to keep my worries to myself.
“I miss you already,” I mumble into her curly hair, and she laughs.
“You are being dramatic.”
I huff, pulling out of her embrace and wiping away an errant tear. “That’s who I am, I can’t help it.”
I look around the condo. It still looks like mine. I hope she’ll make it into her own soon enough. I gave her access to my bank accounts and credit card. I don’t care how much she spends, as long as she’s comfortable. The moving company came earlier while I was at work, all I need to do now is to drive to Connor’s.
I’m stalling.
I know I am. Hell, I think Lucy even knows.
The little gentle coaxing out of the door might be a clue that she’s on to me.
“Now go,” she says with a laugh. “Your husband is waiting.”
A chuckle rolls out of me. “That sounds weird,” I say with a smile from the outside hallway, my feet still dragging behind me.
“Well, isn’t he?” she asks in all seriousness.
I drop my smile. “I mean… yeah… it’s just… uh…” I don’t even know what to say or why the word still feels weird to me, so I laugh it off, giving a small hand motion that’s meant to saynevermind. “I’ll call you tonight okay?”
