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“No. If Anthony gets there, just keep the fucker away from my mate. If he touches her, you’ll have to explain to the government how you got your nephew murdered.”
“Mate? What happened to girlfriend?” she teased.
“You’re a pain in my ass,” I grumbled.
“Right back at you.”
I ended the call, scheduled a car to pick me up, and wracked my brain for ideas as far as an apology went.
I hadn’t talked to Brynn nearly enough. I hadn’t asked her about her past, or what was important to her.
But she had mentionedonething… and I’d use whatever the hell I could.
twelve
BRYNN
“Hey, Anthony.”I slipped my hands in the pockets of my soft, gray sweater dress, flashing him my biggest smile. He looked a lot like the Villins, but he was related on Anastasia’s side of the family, so his last name was something else. He’d told me at the mating celebration, but I couldn’t remember.
Talking to Tatum and Miles had made me feel better about everything, but I really didn’t want to test Sebastian on the whole,“I will kill him if he touches you,”bit.
Even though he was still missing.
Anastasia had promised he’d be back for dinner, but it was about that time, and he was nowhere to be found. I probably should’ve texted him to see if he was okay, but considering how he’d left, I didn’t get the impression he wanted to talk to me.
Ihadleft his bag in my room, though.
It was probably just me being too hopeful, but… well, Iwashopeful. I wanted him to apologize, or at least just agree to try being more than what we already were. I was tired of what we were.
“Hey, Beautiful.” Anthony stepped closer.
I stepped back.
The last thing I needed was for Bash to show up evenslightlyapologetic and find Anthony touching me.
“It’s so good to have you here.” Anastasia smiled, wrapping her arm around my waist and pulling me to her side. It was a hug, but also, a good way to keep Anthony away.
He grinned, dipping his chin a bit. “Where’s Sebastian?”
“Oh, he’s on his way. Had some work to take care of, but I’m sure he’ll be here any minute,” she said.
He chuckled. “That bastard is always working.”
“Well, the real estate won’t buy itself.” She winked at him, and Anthony grinned. “Come here, I’ll show you to your seat.” She let go of me, and led him over to a seat. It had definitely held Sebastian’s place card in front of it an hour earlier, when I first went down to check out the kitchen.
Bash and I had been seated on opposite sides of the table before, with me and Anthony sitting across from each other. That was part of Anastasia’s plan, I assumed, and hadn’t dared move the cards.
Ithadseemed a little too wicked, even for my taste. But we were at her house, so she got to make the rules.
It was probably better for everyone that she’d decided to switch the cards, though. Me and Anthony in particular.
“Food’s here,” Eldrich called from the kitchen, where he was pulling to-go boxes out of bags, and carrying the boxes to the table without missing a beat. We’d all given our orders an hourearlier, so hopefully he or Anastasia had ordered something for Bash.
Maybe I should’ve taken care of that.
Then again, we were just friends. Andbarelyfriends, at that.
“Come on, B.” Miles waved me to the table, where she was already sitting in her chair on one side of mine. Tatum plopped down in the other, and both of their mates headed to the kitchen to grab the rest of the boxes for their dad.
