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“I’ve got this,” said Luke. “Why don’t you go back and join your brother in celebrating the success of your stupid prank?”
“Bring her out while we’re still asking nicely,” I said in a warning tone. “You’ve already crossed the line with trying to mess with us. Don’t push it.”
“When did I mess with you guys?” He faked a surprised look of dismay. “I’m always minding my own business.”
“So... fucking up my bike to kill me is considered minding your own business?” Corey asked in a soft voice.
Luke’s face turned stiff at once. “You found out, huh?”
“Don’t you know who we are?” I asked. “We found out a long time ago. You’re a coward. A backstabber. How dare you try that stunt with us? Do you know what we could do to you?”
A soft chuckle escaped him. “What can you do to me?” He walked forward, coming to stand before us. “I don’t prance around, flexing my muscles like you guys, but I’m capable of defending myself from idiots like you.”
“You’re a fucking sneak,” Corey spat.
Luke sighed loudly. “Will it help you if I said I wouldn’t do it again?” He laughed again, showing his true colors for the first time. “Honestly, I won’t. Noah’s stupid prank tonight has sealed the deal nicely. He thinks doing that to Milla would prove she isn’t considered family. Such a show of being disrespectful to the daughter of the woman your dad loves.”
The urge to punch his fucking face was overwhelming. If we were on campus ground, Corey and I would have already beaten him to a pulp by now.
However, we were in his house now. This was his territory with plenty of men to guard his skinny ass. Doing something stupid would only keep us from getting Milla away from him.
“I should’ve been patient and waited for Mr. Amhurst to marry that woman,” Luke said with a chuckle. “You guys hate it that he loves her more than your dead momma. Isn’t that right?”
His words were like a slap to the face. This creep already knew what was going through our minds.
Noah, you fucking idiot, I cursed silently.
His stupid stunt revealed our intentions to the whole world.
Now, it wouldn’t just be the Becketts who’d try to take advantage of the rift between us and our dad. Every competitor in the business world would try to break the fragile bond between us.
“You’re all such dumbasses,” Luke said in a singsong voice. “You think hurting Milla would bring peace to your momma’s soul? She’s just a naïve little girl. Sweet. Innocent. Does bullying her make you feel like big men?”
Corey and I swallowed our rage. The fucker was right about every damn thing. How long had he been watching us to get inside our minds?
“Please, get out of my house,” said Luke. “I have to go back to attending to my guest now.”
“We have proof of what you did,” said Corey. “Get Milla here or we’ll take the damn evidence to the cops. Would your daddy be happy about that?”
The shit-eating grin was wiped off from Luke’s face. “What evidence are you talking about?”
“The whole thing was recorded,” said Corey. “That guy at the garage might not know your identity but he recorded the whole exchange on his phone. The video clearly shows you handing him money and asking him to mess with my bike. That’s good enough to get you arrested for murder.”
Corey was lying through his teeth. We had no such evidence in our hands. If we did, we’d have been sure about Luke’s identity a long time ago.
“Rat bastard,” Luke cursed under his breath.
“You shouldn’t trust dirtbags like him,” said Corey, smiling coolly at Luke. “We’ll get rid of the video if you cooperate. Just take us to Milla.”
The vein on Luke’s smooth forehead bulged. His rage descended into his pale eyes, giving us a glimpse of the monster he hid underneath his nerdy façade.
Corey and I waited quietly, hoping our threat would push him into doing what we wanted.
“Take the stairs down that corridor,” Luke gestured toward a hallway leading out of the entrance hall. “Second door on the second floor.”
Corey glanced at me.
I gave a nod and strode forward to get our girl.
