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Chapter 16: Max
IstandtherewatchingSienna’s cab disappear into the darkness of the night. That kiss. She has a way of catching me off guard, and it thrills me to no end.
“We have a problem.” Romeo smacks me on the shoulder and his car filled with his men slides up to the house. “Get in. We need to talk.”
I can’t deny my brother because he’s the Don, so I mask my emotions and portray an indifferent, bored look.
We get in, the privacy partition already up. “What the fuck, Max?” He raises his hand like he wants to slap me. I steel my already-hardened features and glare at him, challenging his movement. His hand stays in the air, neither one of us saying a word.
“If you were not my favorite brother, I would kill you for lying to my face and disobeying an order. An order I gave you thechoiceto follow! Fuck man, you could have said no.” Romeo’s face is turning red, the cords in his neck straining. He’s not used to anyone going against him.
“Then someone else would have taken the contract.”
Romeo leans back in his seat and briefly closes his eyes. “What is she to you?” he asks, his hand brushing over his thick hair.
“She’s mine,” I answer without hesitation. “She’s protected by me. Those fuckers are lucky I haven’t killed them all yet.”
Romeo curses under his breath. “When were you planning on sharing all of this with me? Dante is going to lose his shit.”
“I’m telling you now. Don’t ruin what Sienna has built at Throne of Sin because of me. Dante will be on a need-to-know basis, and he doesn’t need to know.”
“They’re going to want retaliation.” My brother’s stress level is suffocating, and I watch as he rubs at his forehead.
“Want me to wipe them out tonight?” I ask, completely serious. My head is already buzzing with ways I could get away with killing an entire chapter of a motorcycle club. I probably couldn’t do it tonight, it would take a day or two to set it all up.
“Killing can’t always be the answer,” Romeo stresses.
“But it’s relaxing as fuck. Maybe you need to take it up, yeah?” His eyes grow wide with my asshole comments, and it’s funny to watch his expression. He rarely shows emotion with anyone, but when it comes to us, we’ve been through too much together to hide it.
“If this backfires, you’re taking all the blame.” Romeo points a finger at me.
“It won’t.” I almost add onI promise, but I don’t make promises. “This is one hundred percent on me. I’ll say I acted against orders, which I did. If Sienna keeps working at Throne of Sin, no one will find her. She’ll be fine. You’ll be fine. And I’ll be one fucking happy man.”
“I must be in an alternative universe. Max Mancini in love. I never thought I’d see the day.” My brother shakes his head in disbelief. He’s staring at me like I have sprouted two heads and a magic tail.
Love? My face crinkles at the word. “Don’t be jumping to conclusions.” My forehead furrows deeper as I consider the word. “I don’t know how to love.” Love, what a weird word. It’s hard to even know what something like that feels like when we were brought up in a loveless home. We knew order, discipline and pain. There’s a reason our father was killed: nobody liked him.
“Are we done sharing? Cause I have a body to dismantle for hitting my woman.”
Romeo rolls his eyes, his lips pressed tight. He doesn’t like it, but he’s used to this from me. “Make sure there’s no evidence.”
“I can do that for you.”
I step out of the vehicle. The night’s air smells fresher than it did earlier. My arms stretch outward as I bend my back, cracking it.
It’s time to play.
BythetimeIgot to Sienna that night, she was fast asleep. She didn’t even stir when I pressed a soft kiss to her cheek. I stared at the mark on her face, knowing death wasn’t a fair punishment.
It’s another two weeks before I’m able to set my eyes back on Sienna. Romeo made sure I was too busy to stay in town.
I watch her undress, changing into sweatpants and a hoodie, on my monitors. My cock hardens seeing her. Hell, just thinking about her these days has my dick growing into a steel rod. I use my phone to quickly send her a text and watch for her reaction.
Me: Wear the cute black ones.
She has this set that is shorts and a spaghetti strap tank with buttons lining the middle. It’s incredibly sexy. I watched her cut off the tags a few weeks ago, but she hasn’t put it on yet. Most nights she falls asleep with her clothes on, ready to run at first sound if need be.
She picks up her phone and her head snaps up a few seconds later. I lean closer, smiling at her reaction. Those gorgeous moss eyes search over the room. The moment she spots my cameras, her luscious lips pout and she walks closer. Her finger hovers over the small device and I wonder what she plans to do with it.
