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She and Gavin had some rocky encounters during Lyla’s absence, but all of that was done now. The man looking back at her was a Gavin she hadn’t seen in years.
“No problem, and thanks for keeping her here permanently,” she said with a wink before she dashed to the car and slipped into the passenger seat. “Don’t they look happy?” she demanded as Vinny pulled away from the Pyre estate.
“They do,” he said. “How’s Lyla really doing?”
Her euphoria dimmed. “As good as she can be after being kidnapped and possibly raped.” Guilt lay heavy on her shoulders.
During a trip to the mall, Lyla had been kidnapped. No one had ever done something so stupid. Gavin recovered Lyla within a couple of hours, but the damage was done. She visited Lyla today for the first time since she had been recovered from an abandoned warehouse. Lyla was clearly shaken, and there was a raw fragility to her cousin that made her lightheaded with rage.
Vinny clasped her hand and squeezed. “It’s not your fault.”
“It is.”
“No, it isn’t.”
“I shouldn’t have let her go off on her own.”
“We didn’t know anyone was that stupid. Gavin will take care of it and send a message to whoever’s fucking with us.”
She turned toward him and pressed his hand against her breasts. “She’s staying,” she stage-whispered and then threw her arms wide. “She’s staying!”
He shot her an amused glance. “I heard.”
“Fucking Gavin.” She sighed and rolled down the window and sat sideways with her feet in Vinny’s lap. “I knew he could do it.”
Vinny stroked her leg. “Was there any doubt?”
“Well, he fucked it up when he roughed her up and scared the bejesus out of her. He’s such an idiot.”
It had been a long week. First, Vinny told her Lyla was back; then she saw Lyla’s bruised and terrified state. It was no wonder Uncle Manny lost his shit and gave Lyla sanctuary. Gavin changed after Lyla left, but roughing up Lyla shocked all of them. Boy fucking lost his mind. Despite his immense stupidity, she saw the way Gavin watched her when they went out. He was a hard son of a bitch, but she’d known him long enough to see past the tough exterior. He loved Lyla, always had. Why he cheated on her, she would never know, but this was the most animated she had seen him in years.
“She left him,” Vinny said.
“He cheated on her!”
Vinny pat her leg. “That’s done. She’s staying.”
She held up her hands and took a breath. “Right. Let’s focus on the positives. My girl is fucking back! I missed her so much.”
“I know.”
“It’s fucked up that it took this to get them back together.” She bit her lip. “Is it bad that I’m happy about it if it brought them together?”
Vinny shrugged. “Don’t think about it. Just focus on the now.”
She knelt on her seat, wrapped her arms around his neck, and kissed the side of his face. “That’s why I love you. You’re so practical and cute.” She nibbled on his ear and undid the top buttons of his shirt. “You’re getting lucky tonight.”
“I love my life.”
She chuckled as she ran her hand through his thick chest hair. “And I love mine. I found a man who worships me.”
“That you do,” he said as her hand dropped to his lap. “And I have a woman obsessed with me. What’s not to love?”
She stroked him through his slacks. “You think it’ll ever fade?”
“No.”
There wasn’t a shred of uncertainty in his voice.
