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“We can take this to my office.”
My brother scans the place with narrowed eyes. “This is…” he flicks his gaze to Oriana, “cute.” Then his eyes come back to me. “But we know you can do better. I mean, I’ve done better,” he says. “You need to visit my playrooms, brother. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.”
When I say nothing, he turns back to Oriana again and his obvious interest is infuriating. “Do you work for Jake?” he asks, and she shakes her head. “So, a customer?” She shakes her head again. “Interesting.” He looks at me. “Very interesting.”
Then he’s smiling wider. “The Jake I know doesn’t do the same woman for long. Is she due to be traded in? If so, I would like a turn.” He turns back to her, his gaze traveling down her body. “I have a thing for redheads.”
Oriana stands from the stool, takes a step back, and meets my eyes. “It’s best you don’t call me. I made a mistake,” she states with a little more distaste in her voice as her hand goes to her hip.
I nod at Captain, and he guides Oriana out as I focus back on my brother. “What the fuck are you planning?” I ask.
He steps up to the bar, taps it, and nods to the whiskey before he answers, “I came to see my brother.”
“No, you didn’t. You came to shop.”
He shrugs, taking the drink that’s put in front of him. “And that.”
“You need to leave. Go back to where you came from. You are making a lot of people unhappy in this town,” I tell him.
“Oh, so they know I’m here. I guess they are as good as their reputation…” He pauses. “And in your pocket too?”
“No. Just business.”
He nods his head. “My intention wasn’t to come here to stir shit up. I came to see you.”
“Me? Since when have you ever chosen to come to see me?” I question.
“Women don’t want to work. They just want the money. And I heard you have a special way of getting women and keeping them loyal to you.”
“You came for information,” I say, and he nods.
“And, of course, to see you. What has it been…ten years, brother?” He pauses, swirling the liquor in his glass. “And to warn you… If you shop for women again in my sites, the hunters may just very well kill you, and no mafia will be able to stop them.”
The hunters are three brothers—if they even are brothers, that is—who do exactly as their title describes, they hunt. And they are known for always getting it right with a one hundred percent kill rate. Keir was going to hire them, but his connections outreached them. So he used his own. I didn’t realize he was connected to them.
“Warning received. You can leave now that you’ve seen me.”
“Maybe I might stay in town. It’s been a while.” Grayson smiles as he heads out the same way he came in. “I’ll drop by tomorrow, brother. I know where you live.”
