I shook my head, sharing, “In our crew, David wasn’t the first to disappear. I might be privy to certain decisions but I’m rarely privy to the mechanics of carrying them out. Those functions of the business were never a part of my role.”
“Keep it that way,” he ordered.
I nodded readily, seeing as following that order wouldn’t be difficult.
“Your sister is making moves,” he declared. “No one knows why she’s doin’ some of the shit she’s doin’ but everyone is watching. Everyone. You watch your ass and you steer as clear of that as you can. You with me?”
I nodded.
“And you do not share that with her,” he warned. “She doesn’t already know she isn’t flying under radar, she’s a moron. Don’t know your sister but what I do know, she doesn’t give the impression of bein’ a moron. You are not in that. Part of what we gotta figure out with us is what goes from this bed, this house, what we got to out there. But I’ll state right now that I am absolutely not a conduit to makin’ your family safe by sharin’ information. You with me?”
I nodded again.
“Say the words, Livvie,” he demanded firmly but also managed to do it tenderly.
I gave him the words. “I’m with you, Nick.”
I expected him to relax.
He didn’t.
And he didn’t because he was worried about me.
“That means minimal time at the warehouse,” he stated.
“It already isn’t my favorite place so I already avoid it, honey,” I assured him.
“Keep doin’ that,” he grunted. Then, “What happened with that fixup?”
I knew exactly what he was asking.
I bit my lip and pressed up farther.
Another flare of anger in his eyes before he did an ab curl and I found myself on my back pinned to the bed by Nick’s body.
“You went out with him,” he growled.
I had. I’d gone out with Dustin three times since Nick ended things with me. Twice I managed to keep it at drinks. But there was a dinner.
And several kisses.
No sex. Not even making out.
But we had a date the next evening.
“We were kind of over, Sebring,” I reminded him.
“End it,” he bit out.
“I—”
“End it, Liv. Immediately.”
I felt my eyes get big.
“You mean…now?”
“You want me to get your phone?”