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“Well, yeah. But it kind of seemed like Jessie’s mom didn’t have much choice in marrying Alexei, if you know what I mean?”
“Hmm,” I mumble with a mouthful of food.
“It was strange hearing about Alexei and Boris, though.” Mikey shakes his head.
“Why?”
“Well, with them being twins? I assumed they must have always been rivals or had a difficult relationship, but according to Vlad, they were real close. Until Jessie’s mom anyway.”
“Why is that strange?” I frown at him.
“Well, it’s not. It was just weird thinking about me and Liam, you know? There would never be anything he could ever do that would make me turn on him like that. And Vlad said that Alexei loved Jessie’s mom too, but he still had her and Boris slaughtered?” he shakes his head again.
“Well, Alexei and you are very different people, Mikey,” I remind him.
“I guess so,” he says, but he seems distracted.
“What is it?”
“I was just thinking, is all,” he replies with a shrug.
“Thinking what?”
“What if Jessie chose one of us? Like decided she fell in love with one of us more than the others? What would we do?”
I blink at him because that thought has never crossed my mind, but it is a terrifying one. “I don’t have a clue, bro,” I answer honestly. “You think she would?”
He stares at me for a few seconds as though he’s deep in thought. “Nah,” he eventually says with a grin. “She can’t get enough of us Ryans, can she?”
“Well, let’s hope it stays that way.” I force a smile because now he’s got me thinking the same thing.
“You sure you can manage without me tonight, bro?” Mikey asks as he slips off his stool and goes back to the counter to make more sandwiches.
“Yeah. You deserve a night off.”
“So do you.” He turns and frowns at me. “Let the manager and the bouncers handle things tonight. Play strip poker with me and Jessie?”
“Strip poker?” I laugh.
“Yep.” He grins and flashes his eyebrows. “Winner gets to choose their reward.”
“As fun as that sounds, we have too much going on right now. I can’t afford to take my eye off the ball, Mikey.”
He shakes his head and sighs before turning his back on me again.
“I’ll take some time off as soon as Shane is home and things calm down a little.”
“Things are never calm around here, Con,” he says, and I know he’s right. But I can’t slack off right now when Shane asked me to keep everything running smoothly. As much as I truly would prefer to spend my evening with a naked Jessie.
Chapter
Eighteen
JESSIE
Istep out of the elevator and make my way through the basement to the club. It’s not open yet, but Conor is down here working, and Mikey asked me to bring him something to eat. He’s made Conor’s favorite soup and I have a thermos full of it under my arm.
The club is empty as I walk to Conor’s office. The door is closed and I knock softly and wait to be invited in. A few seconds later, the door opens and I see the room is full of people. There are around twelve men in suits standing and sitting in the room, while Conor sits at his desk. All of them have serious looks on their faces and I realize I’ve just interrupted an important meeting for clam chowder.
