Page 40 of Indecent Obsession
X’s dark eyes narrow. “He’s not one of yours.”
“No, but he’s one of my girl’s. So why don’t we take this off the street and into the apartment?” I gesture toward the doors. Not that the general public is paying attention. Occasionally someone will glance at the guys and then hurry on their way. Eventually, a Good Samaritan will call the police and that would be a mess.
“This isn’t your business.” Mac steps forward like he’s going to stop me.
I just shake my head. “We can do this the nice way, or my guess is, you have about three minutes before Dante joins us.”
I hope I’m not bluffing, but Sara looked terrified enough to go into the office. As soon as she did that, Dante would be down here.
Mac swallows, but X just shrugs. Dante is as tall as X. For a big guy, X is nimble in a fight though. People would pay good money to see X and Dante face off.
Drew laughs. “Seriously, boys, we could discuss this over drinks in more comfortable surroundings.”
“Fine.” X grabs Drew’s shirt, but Drew escapes the hold faster than I thought he could move.
Drew smooths his hands down his shirt and smirks. “I can manage to walk myself. Thanks.”
When Dante opens the door, we all turn to look at him. He searches over each of us before opening the door wider and nodding for us to come in.
I head in beside Drew. “You good?”
“They’re not here to rough me up.” Drew smiles knowingly. “They tend to find me when they want information.”
“And as a purveyor of skin, you get more information than most?” I arch an eyebrow. Makes sense. With Veiled Vixen and the meets that happen there, I wouldn’t be surprised to find out that Drew trades in secrets.
Though these two are usually sent to help people remember things with their fists. If all they wanted was to talk, their silver-tongued leader, Sebastian Cross, would have led the charge and most definitely not on a busy street. He’s a sneaky bastard.
The elevator is large, but with all of us, it feels crowded.
“One thing, gentlemen.” Dante’s voice fills the tense space. “No fighting in front of the lady or I will take you down myself.”
“Yes, sir.” Mac nods and X grumbles.
Drew’s eyebrows lift as he gives Dante an assessing look.
I lean back on the wall of the elevator. “Dante fought professionally in college. He was undefeated.”
Dante gives me that look, like he doesn’t want to discuss it. He never does, but fuck if I’m not proud of my boy. He took no prisoners. Made a lot of money doing it too. Put himself through college and set up a nice nest egg for his mother and himself.
“She doesn’t know.” Dante’s cold eyes fix on Drew’s. Yeah, Tom kept that tidbit from Sara. We were away at college, so our paths didn’t cross frequently enough for her to see the bruises.
Drew chuckles. “I can keep a secret.”
Mac’s eyes narrow on Drew, but the elevator doors open before he can say anything. We file out to the apartment door.
Sara stops her pacing with Peabody following close behind her and glances up at us with wide green eyes. When she takes a step in our direction, Wyatt draws her back against him like we just let the hounds of hell through the door. Of course, Peabody growls at Wyatt for touching Sara.
I walk past our entourage to the bar and pour a few drinks. “Make yourselves at home.”
X leans on the wall next to the door as Mac joins Drew on the couch. Dante crosses his arms and remains standing. Fucking posturing.
“Peabody.” Drew pats his lap and the little dog stops looking at Wyatt like he’s going to tear him limb from limb and trots over to Drew before jumping up on his lap.
“Cute dog.” Mac snickers.
Drew just casually pets Peabody while giving Wyatt a triumphant look. “He’s a sweetheart.”
Wyatt scoffs. Sara looks torn between staying in Wyatt’s arms and going to Drew. Yeah, this is going to be the hard part about this relationship. And not getting butt hurt when she chooses someone else.
