He wasn’t the fucked-up one in this scenario, working for his dad who was a gangster who did seriously jacked shit including ordering the head blown off a female undercover FBI agent at all, much less right in front of the man who loved her.
“Not tied to anyone and fuckin’ you,” he bit off.
“We don’t exactly chat in order to get to know each other,” she replied.
“You hell bent on taking control of my dick the minute you hit the hotel room, that’s not on me,” he reminded her.
There was another hesitation before she suggested, “Maybe we should take a break for a couple of nights.”
“Uh…fuck no,” he denied, after years of waiting to put it in action, not about to let anything delay him further in carrying out his plan. “About now I’m in the mood to tussle with you and see who comes out on top.”
She didn’t say anything.
“You gonna text me a room number?” he asked
“Yes, Sebring,” she answered in that voice that was almost goddamned delicate.
Which was annoying.
Because it was not annoying.
It was beautiful.
And a fucking turn on.
Shit.
“See you in a couple of hours,” he replied.
“Okay,” she said.
She might have said more but he disconnected before he heard it.
He turned to rejoin his family to see Knight leaning against the doorway.
“You in over your head?” his brother asked the second he caught his eyes.
“Absolutely,” he answered without hesitation.
“Worried as fuck about you,” Knight told him.
“Don’t be,” he replied.
Knight shook his head, pushed from the door and looked down the hall before he entered the room.
“I do not know this woman and since before you even started this shit, I’ve been askin’ around. No one knows her. She’s unknowable. Mysterious pussy can be good. But mostly, mysterious pussy is just a trap,” Knight shared.
“Not me caught in a trap, brother,” he reminded him.
His words did not reassure Knight.
“You gotta control this situation completely, Nick. You gotta be one hundred percent on the ball. I don’t need to tell you that father of hers is a fuckin’ lunatic. You know that better than anyone. And this has not changed in four and a half years except it’s gotten worse as the man gets more desperate. I didn’t finally get my brother in a way I love havin’ him, givin’ him to my woman, my girls, to have some bitch outplay him and take him away from all of us.”
Again, Nick was pissed off.
“I won’t get outplayed.”
Knight opened his mouth but didn’t get anything out.