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My stomach flips as I wait for Nick’s response.
“I didn’t know. I’ll sort it. Fuck. I didn’t know.” Nick isn’t lying. He wouldn’t have known. I never told anyone. I can handle myself.
“But are you with my sister?” Nick sounds so horrified, like Tomas is banging our mother or something.
I bite the inside of my jaw and die a little.
“I’d like to try.” Tomas’s voice is low.
Silence stretches out, and I can’t stop smiling.
“If you hurt her…” Nick’s threat has my heart pounding.
“You’ll cut my balls off. I know.”
More silence and I’m picturing them having a stare off.
“What happened with the Collector?” Nick’s question grows further away as they leave the hall. I don’t care about the Collector. All I care about is staying here with Tomas, which is suddenly happening.
Chapter nine
TOMAS
Ihaveamuch-neededdrink with Nick. My mind doesn’t leave Katina for one second. She’s so close, and all I want to do is find her and bury myself inside her. I pull my head out of my thoughts as Nick speaks.
“I can’t believe Vinny was so dumb.” Nick shakes his head as I take another drink.
“Me and you both.” His leather jacket is in the back of my car. I have no question in my mind that it will never grace his back again.
“What a fucking pity,” I finish off with. I liked Vinny. He worked with me for years. If it was a debt to another gang or something else, I would have helped him. I would have solved the fucking problem. But the Collector… That’s one problem I couldn’t solve.
“What was he like?” Nick’s wrestling with a grin.
“Big guy, serious as fuck. Someone you never want to mess with.” It was a stark reminder that you don’t try to fuck anyone over in this business.
“You and my sister, man.” Nick is being a royal pain in my ass right now.
“Don’t keep going on about it,” I warn him and finish my drink.
He cuts me a narrowed look, but fuck him. I’m not listening to his shit.
“I’ll take good care of her,” I say to keep him from having a fit in my home.
He holds my eye and finally nods before finishing his own drink.
We hug and there’s awkwardness, but I expected it. He says goodbye to Katina. She seems happy, and I can’t take my eyes off her as she says goodbye to Nick.
The minute he’s out the door, I want to devour her. Her eyes connect with mine and she smiles.
“That went well.”
I push my hands into my trousers pockets. “I think so too.”
“So…”
I grin and take a step toward her. “So…” I repeat, and her smile widens. “Why don’t you get into that shower?”
I tilt her chin up, making her look at me. Blue eyes swim with lust, and that’s exactly what I want to see.
