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I didn’t know him all that well yet, but I had a feeling we would be good friends as long as he loved my Ande like she deserved.
I could already tell that he was feeling a whole hell of a lot about her, too, based solely on the way he was trying to protect her.
We made it outside, but surprisingly Quinn didn’t stop tugging on my hand until we were away from all the people who were pouring out of the church behind us.
Once we were pretty far away from the doors, he caught me in his arms and whispered desperately against my ear.
“I need tonight,” he whispered, sounding breathless.
Pulling back, I studied his face, his tired eyes, the exhaustion written in every line of his body.
I was seconds away from saying yes to him when I heard the woman’s voice call his name.
Elliette.
The bitch.
She’d been a constant reminder over the last few years that what Quinn and I had was over.
She interrupted us every. Single. Time.
She’d call just to talk. She’d call over and over again if he didn’t answer.
She’d call back.
It was annoying as fuck, and I couldn’t stand her.
As far as I was able to find out, whatever relationship she and Quinn shared wasn’t sexual, even if I knew without a doubt that she wanted it to be.
Ande assured me that Quinn only saw her as a friend.
Then again, so had all of his brothers, even though I hadn’t asked for that information.
He pulled back only far enough that he could turn his head but kept ahold of my waist.
“Elliette, can you give us a few minutes?” he asked.
She tilted her head but didn’t stop coming up to us.
Acting like she hadn’t heard him, she said, “I’ve been looking for you. I was going to sit with you but they said only family.”
She looked at me then accusingly.
I was family, bitch, I wanted to scream.
Instead, I tried to pull away, but Quinn wasn’t having any of it.
He held on tight, letting Elliette know without saying any words that she was interrupting.
“A minute, Elliette,” he ordered.
And, as if she finally chose to listen to him, she said, “Oh! Sure. Have the reunion with her. Would you like to meet up at the bar later for a drink? Six like usual?”
Meaning, this was something they did all the time, and I was interrupting.
“No,” he growled, sounding angry.
Still not catching a clue, Elliette continued to stand there.
