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Bentley shrugs. “What?”
“You’re going to watch a porno instead of going out and getting laid?” Colt asks, bewildered.
“That still surprises you? We all know little Bentley here is shy when it comes to women,” I tease.
Bentley deadpans, “Ha-ha. Hilarious.”
Colt groans. “Whatever. Have fun spending your night with your hand and a pervy pizza delivery guy instead of free beer at a bar with your friend.”
“Your taste in beer is revolting.” I shudder for good measure.
Colt reaches out and tries to swat at my balls, but I quickly step out of reach, roaring a laugh. “Nuh-uh. Not the family jewe—fuck!”
I stumble forward when Bentley sticks his leg out behind me and presses his foot to the back of my knee. With my arms out to catch my fall, I hit the hood of Colt’s SUV, and the alarm blares. I slant Bentley a withering glare over my shoulder as he howls in amusement, his hands on his knees. Tears make his blue eyes twinkle.
Colt is leaning on the driver’s door of the SUV, his eyes squeezed shut as he wheezes and presses a button on his key fob that turns off the alarm. “Get in the . . . SUV . . . Maddox. I’ll drop you both . . . off,” he says between laughs.
I glower. “Fuck you.”
“I need the security footage of that,” Bentley says breathlessly. He shoots his hands up in the air and stares off dreamily while spreading them apart slowly. “Maddox Hutton stumbling out of the arena after a win. Drunk or just unbalanced?I can see it now.”
Rolling my eyes, I push off the hood and walk around to the passenger seat of the Escalade before pulling it open. “Get in the car.”
“Lighten up, sweetheart,” Colt teases with extra twang in his voice. “You made my damn night. Thank you.”
“Always aiming to please,” I grumble, folding my large frame into the SUV. The dark interior is hot to the point of discomfort. “Hurry up. I’m going to pop like a popcorn kernel in a microwave if I sit here without A/C any longer.”
Colt opens the driver’s door and grins when he gets in, dropping his keys in the cup holder. He presses the engine start button, and I groan as the warm air starts to blow, trying to cool down.
“Good, princess?” he teases.
I tip my head back and close my eyes. “Yeah. Let’s get out of here.”
Bentley gets in the back seat, and we do just that.
2
MADDOX
My head isgroggy as I try to hide from the shrill sound blasting through my room. Burrowing my head into my pillow, I reach one lead arm out toward my nightstand and smack my hand around until I find my phone. Only a handful of people know my phone number, so if someone’s calling in the middle of the night, it’s important.
I answer the call and grumble a rough “Hey.”
“Hi. I’m sorry, Dox. I know you just got home today, but it’s Noah.”
The fear in my little sister’s voice has me pushing up in bed, sleep be damned. I blink to clear my vision and shove a hand through my hair. The sky is dark through the floor-to-ceiling windows that line my bedroom, and when I pull my phone from my ear and look at the time, I see it’s just past 2:00 a.m. My stomach rolls.
“What happened?”
“He’s at Ralph’s.” Adalyn sighs, the sound shaky. “You know he won’t call Dad for help, and my car is in the shop. It has to be you.”
I’m already out of bed and stepping into a pair of jeans by the time she finishes. In a few hurried steps, I’m walking through the penthouse, not bothering to turn on a light as I go. Ralph’s isn’t a place for Adalyn. It’s a shithole bar for addicts and men I wouldn’t want within viewing distance of my sister. The thought alone of her wandering around trying to find our brother is enough to have my blood boiling.
“When did he call you?”
“Only a couple of minutes ago. I called you once he hung up on me.”
“Okay. It’s good you called me. Go back to bed, Addie. I’m on my way.”
