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“Theo, remember, don’t throw—” A slight thud, like a silicone case smacking a palm, popped against the phone speaker. Ayesha’s sigh followed. “Hi, honey. Everything okay?”
“It was Theo who called me,” he said. “I heard that you ‘buyed’ me a lot of clothes. Is this true?”
“What’s next? Will Theo tell you where I keep the gold?”
“I’m pretty sure I’ve already figured out where you keep ‘the gold.’ At least, the treasure I’m after.”
She laughed, and he heard the sultry notes underneath that told him she was getting warm in all of his favorite places.
“You’re all done?” she asked.
“Just about.”
“Did you eat?”
“I had a pre-workout.”
“Okay. I’ll make you,” she paused, “lunch. I’ll see you when you get home.”
A smile stretched, almost painfully, across his face. “Okay. I’m on my way.”
* * *
Before going home, he returned downstairs and searched the lair for Giorgio. From a distance, he took a moment to assess Giorgio’s mood, considering the news he’d shared earlier, but the dark knight was cleaning his knives. It was impossible to guess his moods when Giorgio was cleaning his knives.
“Pozza, got a minute?”
Giorgio looked up.
“I was wondering if you could come with me to see your jeweler,” he said. “I, uh, want to get a ring made.”
“Ring.”
“A wedding ring.”
Giorgio raised a brow.
“It’s not…it’s not for me. My sister’s been seeing this guy, and he wants to get her a ring. I told him I knew a guy.”
Julien walked over, a towel strewn around his neck. “Your sister’s boyfriend wants you to buy her a ring? Does she know it’ll be from her brother?”
“He’ll pay for it, obviously.”
“What does he do?”
“Something with the federal government.”
From across the room, Dez added, “Does he know how much the rings Giorgio’s guy makes cost? And I thought you said your sister swore off guys after her divorce?”
His sister had, and since doing so, she’d been more at peace. While she didn’t have a messy divorce, it had been a one-sided marriage, so the single life brought Audrey an insane amount of happiness. It was precisely what he’d told the guys because he talked too damn much.
“I’ll front him the money.”
Julien wrinkled his nose. “So youarebuying your sister’s engagement ring.”
Mike joined them. “That’s creepy, Lattimore. Don’t do that shit.”
“He’ll pay me back,” Joel argued. “In installments.”
