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Liam leaned his hands on the side of the shower, bending his head down. “Fuck.”
“They’ll be even more pissed off when they find we’ve gone behind their backs.”
“Fuck. Shit. So, what you’re saying is that I should just straight out tell Regent we want his little sister? The one he guards better than the secret service protects the president.”
Nico just stared at him. “This isn’t the way you usually do things, Liam. You go for the jugular and damn the consequences.”
“She’s important. I don’t want to fuck this up. Everything else, except you, I could stand to lose. None of it means anything. Only you. And her.”
“I get it. But . . .”
“But this isn’t the way to do things. Fuck. I get it. I do.”
He just didn’t know the best move forward. He really wished he did.
Fuck.
Liam should have found some way to leave Nico home with Lottie. He fucking hated this shit. But what he really hated was knowing she was home alone with just the guards.
He wrapped his hands around the rails of the balcony he was standing on. Downstairs, everyone was dancing to some song he didn’t know. It was all fucking bullshit. This place was packed, the way it always was. Maxim ran it along with a number of the Malones’ other legit businesses. Regent oversaw everything, the legal and illegal parts, while Victor worked as his second.
It worked well for them.
Or it had until someone had started messing with their supply chain.
Liam: Everything okay?
Lottie: Just sitting here, bawling my eyes out.
Liam: Why? What the fuck happened?
Lottie: The dog just died.
Liam: What dog?
Lottie: The one in the movie. It’s awful. Why did they have to kill off the dog?
He slumped in relief. She was talking about a movie.
Liam: You just gave me a heart attack. I thought you were really upset.
Lottie: I am.
Liam: It’s a movie. I’ve a mind to punish you for making me panic.
Lottie: Doesn’t seem fair. How’s the club?
Liam: Boring. Hot. Crowded.
Lottie: Filled with hot girls in short skirts?
Liam: It is? I haven’t noticed.
Lottie: Good answer.
Liam: Jealous, baby girl?
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