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“You don’t know shit,” I barked.
“No?” Cooper smirked. “The two of you hooked up when we were in Tampa. She’s the reason you bailed on us that first night.” His brows then furrowed. “Tell me I’m wrong.”
Was it time to finally pull the plug?
Damn it.
“You’re not wrong about the night in Tampa,” I told them. “But you’re wrong about when this all started.”
“Now, I’m even more intrigued,” Macon gloated.
I explained to them how I’d seen her in the airport when I flew commercially to Edinburgh and how she was—fortunately for me—my flight attendant in first class. I went on to admit how she’d taken off while I was asleep and the six-month gap that took place before I randomly bumped into her on the Daltons’ jet.
I didn’t give every detail. But I gave them enough.
The amount of pleasure on all their faces was fucking palpable.
“The one who left her mark before she got away,” Jo said. “That’s why you never stopped thinking about her. You didn’t stop, did you?” She paused, knowing she wouldn’t get an answer. “For once, you got a taste of your own medicine, and now, you’re talking about her with dreamy eyes.” She put her hand on my arm. “Whenever I fly with Jenner and happen to mention you, she has the same look on her face. Keep going. I need more.”
Before I could say anything, Cooper practically sang, “Do you know what I am? I’m blown the fuck away. My big brother is finally ready to settle down. Shit, I never thought I’d see the day.”
As wild as it was, I was here.
Ready.
But it was time to explain the elephant that stood between Lily and me.
“Guys, things are complicated, and I don’t say that lightly.” I ran my hand over the top of my head. “I’ve got it handled. That’s why Diesel is on board and why he’ll shadow her and make sure she’s protected the entire time she’s in Vegas and going forward.”
“Going forward?” Macon mirrored. “Fuck. That doesn’t sound good.”
“She has a nasty ex-boyfriend.” I ground my teeth together. “A motherfucker I’m ready to kill because he won’t stop fucking with her. You know what that asshole did the other day? He sent flowers to my damn house with a card that called her his wife.”
“And he still has a pulse?” Macon asked. “I’m shocked.”
I was quiet for a moment. “He stalks her. Blows up her phone. Sends photos. Says things to her that makes my fucking blood boil.” I flattened my hand on the hair I’d been rubbing. “I got her a new phone. She now has Diesel. I’m hoping, between the two, things with him will die down and he’ll realize I don’t fuck around and she’s no longer his.”
“She’s yours,” Rowan said.
I nodded. “I want her to be.”
“Damn,” Cooper said.
“Damn is right,” Macon agreed.
Rowan looked at Jo. “I’m melting. Like legit, straight-up swooning over here.”
“Same, girl. Same,” Jo replied.
“Never mind the girls,” Cooper said, laughing. “What if her ex doesn’t stop? What if this is just the beginning?”
My mind had been circling that question, thinking about it endlessly.
“I’ll handle it,” I told the group.
“How?” Macon asked.
“I’ll make sure the dude doesn’t have any fingers left to dial her fucking number or a tongue to talk to her with.”
