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“It’s a small town.”
I rolled my eyes at her, “Fine. Whatever. I did everything I could to explain myself this morning. She’s going to need to decide if my explanation is enough. I don’t want to force her into anything she doesn’t want.”
“What do you want?”
“Her. It’s always been her.”
“Does she know that?”
“She does now.”
Eve nodded her head and jumped down from where she was sitting before she wrapped her arms around my waist. “Okay. That’s all I needed to know. I’ll talk to her.”
“I love you, Eve.”
“I know you do.”
I heard a car door shut and looked up to find Rio getting out of his blacked-out Mercedes. He didn’t make a move to come in but instead leaned against the front of it with his hands in his pockets, watching her.
“Talk.”
“About what?” she said with a shrug.
“What is he doing here?”
“He lives here. Moved back just before Christmas.”
“That’s not what I mean.”
“He’s just a friend.”
“Rio has never been just a friend to you. I’d have kicked his ass years ago if I didn’t think he’d kill me,” I admitted, my gaze shifting to the imposing figure outside. Rio was a dangerous man, more so than me, but he had always been fixated on my little sister. “I don’t want him to hurt you.”
“He won’t.”
“How do you know that?”
“Because I have something he wants.”
I frowned at her cryptic response. “And what happens when he gets it?”
“Then we can all live happily ever after,” she said, her eyebrows raised suggestively. It only heightened my concern about what she had gotten herself into.
“Eve, I hope you know what you’re doing.”
She offered me a reassuring smile, though it did little to quell my anxiety. “I always do.”
“Be careful Eve.”
“Always.”
I turned my attention back to the garage. Rio remained by his car, his gaze fixed on the garage. There was an air of danger about him, but his apparent patience tempered it. Still, I knew better than to trust him entirely.
I glanced at Eve, “And what if he decides he wants more than you are willing to give?”
She paused, her smile fading slightly. “Then we’ll deal with it when it comes. For now, he needs me more than I need him. It’s a precarious balance, but it’s a balance, nonetheless.”
I sighed, running a hand through my hair. “Just promise me you won’t do anything reckless.”
