to her ranting. “Sorry. Something came up,” I replied with a shrug, debating on swatting Rogue away. I couldn’t focus when he touched me like that.
“That’s not a good excuse. You could have at least sent me a text.”
Mama liked to pick and choose when to take on the persona of the overprotective and well-meaning mother. She wore the facade like her favorite winter coat. Slipping into the sleeves only when it was needed, but turning heads with the lavish fur. I was sure that she’d noticed the Heirs had missed class, too, and her reason for calling had more to do with finding out what we were up to, and less to do with genuine worry for me.
“You never cared where I was before,” I grumbled as Luis walked into Rogue’s bedroom, looking freshly showered but still scratched up from the night before. He was clutching a towel around his waist. One wrong move and I’d see his dick. Not that I hadn’t seen it before. Being best friends with four guys meant that there was the occasional dick slip.
With Mama complaining in my ear, I watched as he dug around Rogue’s closet for one of his spare uniforms. “What were you even doing last night?” she prodded.
Luis glanced at me over his shoulder, and with a cheeky smile, dropped the towel just as Rogue nipped at my neck. My eyes immediately dipped to his bare ass as Mama said, “You can tell me.”
I had to cough to cover up my giggles before replying. “Nothing. We just hung out.”
Luis reached around and spanked his own ass, fueled by my amusement and Rogue’s territorial growls. “Y’all can always hang out here,” Mama offered.
“That’s alright. I need to go. See you at school.” I hung up quickly and then burst into a fit of laughter as Luis put on his briefs and crawled onto the bed like a porn star, meowing as he scratched at the sheets, making even Rogue laugh at the ridiculousness of it. He rolled around, kicking his leg up and pointing his toes before bending it like a dancer on stage. I’m sure he meant to cheer me up, but Luis looked sexy as fuck. He could give male strippers a run for their money.
Finally, he positioned himself so that he was laying in my lap and staring up at the ceiling. My conversation with my mama was still festering in my gut, and after a few minutes of comfortable silence, I spoke again. “That woman sure does like to get in a tizzy when it suits her interests,” I said with a frown.
“At least she pretends to care,” was Luis's dark response. I knew that Luis's relationship with his mother was strained at best. I’d learned a long time ago not to comment on their relationship, so I didn’t press him further. With a shaky exhale, he changed the subject. “Last night scared the shit out of me, Scar,” he finally said with a frown.
“It scared me too. But I kinda feel bad for Rocco. Can’t imagine having your daughter taken away by men like that.”
“Don’t feel too badly for him. He had us kidnapped and brought to the middle of nowhere. Rocco once worked for Johnny Jack too,” Rogue said. He was positioned behind me, laying down on the mattress, his voice croaky with sleep.
“Either way, I guess we need to get that evidence from Steph. Can I come along?” I asked, feeling a tad bit vengeful. I couldn’t help the smile that took over my face as I pictured her sour face when she saw me on Rogue’s arm.
“Look at that smile!” Luis exclaimed with a laugh as he looked up at me. “You wanna rub Rogue in Stephanie’s face, don’t you?”
“It’s the little victories, Luis,” I answered.
“I’m far from little, Scar,” Rogue growled in my ear. And soon, both of them were on top of me, tickling me until tears were streaming down my cheeks.
Rogue walked into the school with his arm across my shoulders in a decisively possessive gesture. I skipped gymnastics, opting to walk into the school with all four of the guys surrounding me. As soon as we went through the front doors, the whispers began.
“Heir Chaser.”
“Are they back together?”
“I bet she’s fucking all of them.”
Godfrey seemed to hear that last one, because he pulled me in for a hug mid-stride, and pressed his lips to my neck, just to give them something to talk about. Rogue shoved him away,