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“If it’s the life she wants, she could do worse. It sure as hell couldn’t be worse than that dumb fuck back in New York. Thea had to change her cell number to make him stop hounding her. She hasn’t admitted it to me, but I’m sure he took his hands to her.”
“When are we killing him?”
Breaker gives me a grin that borderlines evil. It’s the look I’ve seen him give right before he goes in for the kill.
“Soon.”
“So, you’re down with Raze claiming her?” I ask, still trying to wrap my head around all this shit.
“If she’s happy. Honestly, I think she is a perfect fit in our life. Dad and Dragon are setting her up to take over the books for our businesses. She’s happy here. Raze sees her worth. He’s cleaned up his act. Dad gave his blessing.”
“Motherfucker,” I hiss. His words hit like a punch to the gut. Right now, I can’t fucking breathe.
Breaker looks at me and that damn smirk is back on his ugly-ass face. “Bother you? Then, I guess you should try to do something about it before she lets Raze in her heart.”
“You saying you’d be okay with your sister being my old lady?” I ask, shocked as hell.
“If it makes Thea happy and you step up to protect her. I don’t have an issue.”
“Break—”
“Dad might, but I don’t,” he adds, laughing.
I smile, despite feeling like I’ve fallen down a motherfucking rabbit hole. “I wouldn’t move in on Raze. That’s not cool. I’m busting my ass to be better—to do better.”
“Raze isn’t ready to settle down. He’s still hurting over Lilianna—even if he won’t admit it. A good woman could cure that hurt eventually, though. So, if you’re going to make a move, you should do it now.”
“When did you become a matchmaker?”
“Screw you. I just want Thea to be happy. She deserves that.” I nod, but I don’t say anything. Breaker goes and gets on his bike and looks over at me. “One thing, Dom.”
“What’s that?”
“Don’t start shit if you’re still hung up on that spoiled bitch. I won’t have my sister hurt again.”
My jaw tightens and I swallow down my response. Before I say something I shouldn’t—like telling him to mind his own fucking business—Raze comes back out and hands Breaker his cut.
“What’d I miss?” he asks, obviously picking up on the tension between Breaker and me.
“Breaker telling me stupid jokes,” I mumble as Raze gets on his bike.
“Breaker never jokes,” he argues.
“That’s why they were stupid.”
“You girls get done talking, we’ve got work to do,” Breaker says, over the raking of the pipes of his bike. Raze and I start ours up and we head out. I do it while trying not to think of Thea.
I fail completely…
Chapter 12
Thea
“Thea! Over here!”
My gaze moves through the hordes of people to see Lili. I grin at her and wave to let her know I see her. Then, I carefully make my way to her. We’re at Poor Boys downtown and there’s a live band tonight—which means the place is jam-packed. I agreed to meet Lili here tonight and Raze and I had a small fight about it. He’s out with the club tonight, though. The last thing I wanted to do is sit at home alone. I got the distinct impression, however, that Raze didn’t want me to go because I was meeting Lili. I told him if there was something I didn’t know that he could tell me, otherwise she was a friend of mine, and I wasn’t going to just ignore her invite. He’d walked out without saying goodbye. I’m not sure how I feel about that. We’d been getting closer. I really liked him. Yet, the last thing I want is another man who can’t express his feelings and has a temper. I never realized that was such a red flag until Deke showed me it definitely was.
“Girl! I was starting to think you had stood me up!” Lili yelled when I made it over to her.
