Call You Mine (The Baker’s Creek Billionaire Brothers #4) - Claudia Burgoa Page 0,61
know shit about his daughter.
I fucking know her, asshole!
Because of him, my first date was a bust. I should be wooing my woman with a nice dinner. I’m not helping him get out of the hole he dug for himself. It’s every man for himself.
“I thought you had a date,” Henry says when he spots me.
“Yeah, well, her father forgot to mention something—eleven years ago.”
Mane glances at me. It is Lang who says, “You came out unscathed. I thought she’d at least break a bone or two when she figured it out.”
“What is it?” Pierce asks, his gaze narrows.
He’s onto me. I shouldn’t have offered to look into his family’s business. They sell babies to wealthy couples, as in illegally taking them away from their mothers to make some couple happy. According to Seth, they’ve prevented at least three kidnappings from happening. Placing them in jail and shutting down the operation will stop them forever.
Okay, I don’t regret stepping into that. I’m glad I did. Those people need to be stopped. I feel bad because Pierce’s mom might end up in jail, but she’s getting what she deserves. Seth is now working with the authorities. The Organization hopes to close this case by late March.
“It’s a family thing. Unfortunately, he dragged me into it,” I answer vaguely. “She’s upset at me too. I’ll have to grovel my way back into her good graces. It’s a matter of just doing all the shit you, Henry, and Hayes had to do to convince your women that you’re worth the hassle.”
I glance at the three of them and chuckle. “If you could do it, I can.”
“Eat something,” Henry orders. “You must be starving.”
“Fuck!” I mumble and look at the guys. “Would you mind picking up the food they were prepping for us at the restaurant and delivering it to G? If I do it, I might not come back alive.”
“Not it,” San raises his hand. Mane and Fish join him.
Lang groans. “Fine, I’ll take the cat with me. Maybe she’ll forgive me if I bring him along.”
“Good, I was about to mention that Buster doesn’t like felines.”
“Well, teach him to like Mozart,” I retort. Our cat is a friendly guy. He gets along with almost every dog he’s met. The Bradleys have three dogs and two cats. Mozzy loves to hang out with them. “This is his place too.”
“He’s yours?”
I squat, and in two leaps, Mozart is on my lap. “’Sup, dude. Did you have a nice trip?”
“Meow!” he answers.
I straighten up, look at Pierce, and say, “Yes, he’s mine. Let’s get this straight. He has the same rights as your children. Therefore, let’s train them to get along.”
Pierce sighs. “This isn’t going to be pretty.”
“You want me to take him to Grace’s house?” Lang asks.
I shake my head. “No, I’ll do it when she’s less…aggravated.”
“Okay, kid, level up with us,” Hayes says. “What could you have done so long ago that came back to bite you?”
“Leave it,” I order, and usually, my voice comes out pretty chill, but this time I can’t pretend that everything is cool.
I regret the tone when my brothers turn to look at me, surprised.
“What? If you tell us you’d have to kill us?” Henry jokes.
“No, that’s Vance’s line,” I point at my brother, trying to redirect the attention. “Isn’t it, Vancy?”
He glares at me. I shrug. “Always in a good mood.”
“They know what I do,” he says with a loud voice and chuckles. “I’m not a deceiving asshole making up shit.”
“You sure about that? Maybe you forgot to disclose a thing or two,” I say, giving him a fake smile. But what I want to tell him is that he’s a fucking liar.
Nobody knows what he does. He’s always vague about his military life. When it comes to his former crew, he always avoids discussing them.
His friends are a bunch of mercenaries. He used to work with them. They work for money and not for a cause. I wonder if he knows the dirty jobs his former partners do on any given day. Did he agree to work for cartels willingly, or does he believe in his friends blindly?
Unfortunately, Seth dug too deep and found too much crap about his former team. I want to believe that my brother isn’t capable of shit like those guys. I’m just not sure if I’m right.
“You know something I don’t know, Beacon?” He laughs. “Did your little friend find crap on me? Am I under investigation like Pierce’s family?”