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“I understand, Boss.”
She gives me a shy smile. Fuck, I love this girl. I slide my hand to her ass, which is perfectly encased in a black leather minidress that fits her like it was painted on, letting every single person here know that she’s mine.
West tilts his head at the doors leading to the main room of the club. “Shall we?”
I give Lily a quick kiss on the cheek and step back, allowing Xander to escort her. It will sting a whole lot worse if he’s the one with his hand on her ass when we walk through those doors.
We enter the central area of the club, and just like everywhere he goes, Xander turns heads. This is his arena. PR is his domain. A world where image and appearance are king and one in which West and I prefer to take a back seat. Bree’s eyes land on him, and she weaves her way through the crowd like a heat-seeking missile. I bite back a grin when her face twists into a hideous sneer. Yup, she saw our girl and she is pissed.
“It’s so lovely to see you, Bree,” Xander says with a fake smile. “And I think you know my girlfriend, Lily.” He doesn’t take his hand off Lily for a second.
Bree looks Lily up and down, and my hands ball into fists. I glance over and find West smirking at me. “Pretty sure our girl can handle Bree,” he whispers.
Lily rests her hand on Xander’s chest, and he pulls her closer. “Oh, of course she does. She made up a bunch of lies about me, remember?”
Xander’s face lights with amusement. “You know, you’re right, baby. I remember now.”
Bree rolls her eyes. “I just told you what I’d heard.”
Lily takes a step forward, closing the gap between her and the other woman and making Bree flinch. “No. You flat-out lied, Bree. You knew exactly what you were doing. Because you’re a bitch.” Bree flinches again. “Yeah. I said it. I’ve known you were a bitch since we first met in college, but I was always too polite to say it until now.”
Bree purses her lips. “This game is all about being able to talk in the right ears, Lily. I simply told West and Zeke what they were waiting to hear. It’s not on me that they chose to believe me instead of you, now is it?”
I could kill the bitch for reminding Lily of that. But my fear that the plan will bite us all in the ass is soothed when Lily plasters a saccharine smile on her face. “I should be thanking you really.”
“And why is that?” Bree’s fingernails tap a nervous tempo against her leg, belying her bored tone.
“Because the make-up sex”—she tilts her head back and lets out a breathy moan—“especially with this one here…” She turns and runs a hand through Xander’s hair. “It’s out of this world.”
Bree’s mask falls completely, her beautiful face twisting and showing a glimpse of what she looks like on the inside.
West steps forward and wraps his arm around the other side of our girl’s waist. “Oh and thank you for bringing all of these lovely people here for us tonight, Bree.”
Her attention goes to West, and she scoffs. “For you?”
West looks at Xander. “Did you not tell her?”
Xander slaps his forehead. “You know, I downright forgot. I’ve been so busymaking upwith my girl, it must have slipped my mind.”
Hurt darkens Bree’s features. “Tell me what?”
“All of your clients are now our clients.” Xander flashes her his winning smile.
She opens and closes her mouth like a fish on a hook.
“We gave them a pretty solid offer.” He shrugs. “One they couldn’t refuse.”
“No.” She shakes her head, eyes wide with horror. “They have contracts.”
“Naw.” Xander rubs a hand over his jaw. “Nothing our attorney couldn’t get us out of. Turns out most contracts are actually pretty meaningless.” His lips twitch. “Who knew?”
“They are not useless.” She stamps her foot, and I cough to cover my laugh. “I’ll sue every one of them.”
“We’ve already promised to cover their legal costs. You’ll be tied up in court for the next twenty years.” West looks down at his fingernails like he’s already done with this conversation.
“Your daddy might be rich, Bree, but mine is richer,” Xander says, flashing West a wink. “And we have a few hundred million to spare if it comes to it. We’re more than happy to watch you walk away without a dime.”
Her eyes dart between all of us and fill with moisture.
