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Val bends down to grab my shirt. “Why do you keep inciting him? He’s obviously threatened by you.”
“Threatened by me?” I let out a snort. She shoves the neckline of the shirt over my head and helps pull the arm on my injured side through the sleeve. “What the fuck for?”
“You don’t exactly fall in line like everyone else around him does. He’s not used to smart-ass lunatics who blatantly ignore instructions. Do you want him to tear your head off your body? I’ve seen him do it.”
“Oh, fuck. Now I wanna keep goading him till he tries that shit.”
Val rolls her eyes and walks over to the door. “Behave. And you might want to hold off until you’re able to lift your own arm.”
“We’ll see.” I smack her ass with my good hand.
She pauses, tosses me a look over her shoulder, and licks her lips.
And now I’m supposed to sit in this meeting and not think about fucking that sweet pussy? I’m gonna make her scream so loud, she shatters the windows in this place.
That’s right, Alek. Me.I’mgonna do that to her.
I follow Val out into the living room. There’s a guy in there with his back to us. I narrow my eyes. He’s shorter than Alek—most people are, though, since he’s almost seven feet tall.
Alek nods his head in our direction and the guy turns toward us.
His hazel eyes flicker at me suspiciously, then dart right over to Val, who’d be jaw-droppingly gorgeous if she was wrapped in a plastic garbage bag. But in those shorts and that top, she’s a walking wet dream that’d be a perfect addition to any living, breathing straight guy’s spank bank.
My fingers ball into a fist. His eyes scrape over her, his carnal gaze settling on her tits for long enough that I’m about ready to smash his stubbled jaw. I grit my teeth, catching Alek’s amused look out of the corner of my eye. Fuck it, I’ll pummel his ass, too.
“Valentina, Quinn, this is Mercer Vale. He’s an associate from New York. I asked him to come out here because he’s got connections that can help us.”
I slide in front of Val, blocking Mercer’s view of her. “I think you’ve seen enough. How about you start talking?”
Mercer exchanges a look with Alek like I’m some territorial teenaged kid who doesn’t like the way he’s staring at my girl crush and is about to pee on her.
What he doesn’t know is that I won’t think twice before pounding his face into the floor if he doesn’t wipe that smug-ass smirk off his face. And I’ll gouge out his eyes right here and now if he doesn’t pull them off Val.
“You’re looking for Branko Ivanova.” Mercer swirls ice around the glass in his hand. Swirls of black ink cover the whole top down to his fingers. “And I know where you can find him.”
“Yeah, great. So do we, jackass. The problem is we can’t get to him.” I roll my eyes. “Jesus, Alek. This guy’s our best option? What happened to him being able to get us inside?”
Alek’s nostrils flare. I bite back a smile. He’s about to blow a gasket. “Mulligan, I will ship your ass back to New York today if you don’t shut the hell up.”
Val fists the bottom of my t-shirt to keep me quiet. “Shh.”
“My sources tell me that Branko is here in town to close a business deal. Once he signs the papers, he’s taking off for Slovakia. You won’t hear from him again since you’ve already shit the bed and made it known that you’re in Vegas hunting him.” His lips curl upward at Val. “Nice moves, by the way. I liked what you did with that shoe.”
My fingers twitch when Val’s cheeks stain a deep pink. “Thanks.”
“But you still fucked up by going after those assholes.” Mercer steps closer to Val. The billionaire scent surrounding him chokes me. It’s a combination of expensive cologne, wads of thousand-dollar bills, and Macallan 25.
The hairs on the back of my neck stand on end, my gut in knots.
My God, I fucking hate this prick.
His appraising gaze drinks in the shape of Val’s long toned legs while my blood damn near boils over. “She’s perfect,” he says to Alek. Then he slides his eyes to Val’s face. “I’ve got your way in. It’s your only chance to get close. But be prepared, because you’re not going to like what you’ll have to do once you’re in there.”
His eyes tangle with mine, challenging me to breathe another word as his lips curl upward in a sinister smile. “And who you’ll need to do it to.”
Chapter25
Valentina
