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“You lied? You lied?” I yell before shoving him.
“I slept with Maxim because I thought you were done with me. I thought I’d hurt you, I—”
His lips quiet mine with a soft kiss. “I know. It’s okay.”
I shake my head. “No, it’s not, Calix. How can it be?”
“He loves you.” I shut up at Calix’s words. “How can I not want that for you?”
“And you want that? For another man to love me?”
“Angel, I want you to feel so much love you don’t know what to do with it all. You deserve that. Does it help that you fell for badass motherfuckers who would die for you? Abso-fucking-lutely.
“Maxim commands an army. And Rémy? Well, that guy makes Bundy look well-adjusted, but he caught you when you nose-dived off a fucking building. The way I see it, I can share your heart if they can share the burden of keeping you safe.”
I squeeze my eyes shut, my heart tripping over itself. I have no idea how to process what he’s saying, which I’m guessing he knows. He steps back and sits down as Maxim carries on.
“The spy job was a fluke. As you know, I had a rat problem, but the aim was for you to be seen on my arm as my property. Santos would hate that, and hateful people get sloppy. I didn’t know he hired an assassin to kill me, though.” He laughs. “Believe it or not, that was just a coincidence.”
He fucking laughs. I walk up to him and smack him upside the head. “Not fucking funny.”
“And you.” I whirl on Rémy, who holds his hands up, a grin playing on his lips.
“I didn’t want an attachment. Too risky. It wasn’t difficult to stay single because people bore me, but then you came along, and you were always surprising me. I like surprises.” He licks his lips.
I huff, crossing my arms over my chest.
“Santos hired me to take out Maxim. Powerful men collect powerful enemies, at the time he had no idea you were there. His aim was to destabilize the Bratva so they would focus on themselves and not Santos’ return to the throne. He was clearing the path for his homecoming.” He shrugs casually before looking at the Maxim. “It’s nothing personal, man. You were just another name on the list.”
Maxim rolls his eyes and mutters something in Russian. “Like I give a shit about Greek politics. I have my hands full with my own men.”
“You knew Santos was alive all along?”
Rémy nods but says nothing else as my temper flares.
“You knew he was alive and you said nothing? You didn’t question why I might need to know? I had you protecting his brother for years, and you didn’t think to, I don’t know, run it by me?”
“Wait, what?” Calix looks between us.
“We don’t talk about jobs, Sugar. It’s one of our rules.”
“Fuck the rules, Rémy. Santos he…he—”
Rémy stands and walks over to me. “I know that now, but I didn’t before. You think I’d take him on if I knew he’d hurt my girl? No, I’d have eviscerated him.”
I blow out a breath.
“You protected me? What’s he talking about?” Calix stands, demanding answers.
I sigh and shift my focus to Calix. “As far as the world was concerned, Santos was dead. That means the families were back in power, and the only threat to that was you, the heir to the throne.”
“I have no interest in ruling.”
“You think they’ll believe that? They’ve been coming for you for years.”
Calix looks to Rémy for more. He crosses his arms over his chest and scowls.
“What? You think you kill one guy and that’s it? Give me a fucking break. Are you sure you love this guy? Doesn’t seem very smart to me,” Rémy mocks.
