Page 150 of Off Limits Mogul

Tempers are flared.

Emotions running high.

Nothing between the three of us will ever be the same.

“Noah, your words imply I’m having a good time in the sack with your sister,” I say, willing myself to calm the fuck down. “I’mdatingKeira. Not just sleeping with her. Big difference.”

He scuffs. “She’s convenient because she’s living under your roof?”

Keira makes a face. “You’re an idiot, Noah.”

I narrow my eyes at him. “What do you take me for?”

“This bombshell makes me reconsider everything I ever knew about you, Hartford.”

“How dare you?”

“You couldn’t even man up and tell me. You prefer to hide behind my sister’s skirt. She has more balls than you do, coward.”

“Newsflash. It’s unlikely you’d take a swing at her. I’m sure you’re dying to rearrange my face.” I rake my fingers through my hair and exhale a long breath. “I was going to tell you––”

“When? When you knocked her up?” Noah’s eyes are wild.

I’m dumbfounded.

“I’m not Mom.” Keira points a finger at her brother. “I’m not her.”

I understand the issues he has with his mother, but I resent the implication.

I don’t say a thing.

A retort would require me to reveal too many intimatedetails. Instead, I glare at him, nostrils flaring. Judging by the twitching of his upper lip, I suspect his erratic heartbeat is as frantic as mine.

That icy stare is reserved for assholes.

I’ve been demoted.

I never thought he’d put me in that undesirable box one day.

From the dark cloud veiling his blue eyes, I wonder if he isn’t plotting my death, and subsequently, how he’ll dispose of the body.

“How long has this been going on?”

“We’ve been dating since Sunday,” Keira says.

“It’s fairly new,” I say.

“Is he your first?” Noah points a finger at me.

Whoa.“You’re out of line.”

“Fuck off, Noah?—”

“No, you fuck off, Keira.” He shifts his finger in her direction. “My job is to protect you?—”

“You retired from that position when I turned eighteen?—”

“This wasn’t what I had in mind when I called you and asked if she could stay with you.” His face is so red, it’s almost purple. “You betrayed our friendship, Rhys.”