Sinners' Playground (The Harlequin Crew #1) - Caroline Peckham Page 0,203

and she didn't mind?

"Is she just going to stand there and watch us?" the girl asked, looking at me again with thinly veiled dislike, like she was wondering what I was doing here just as much as I was wondering about her. I narrowed my eyes on her as her hand began to move back and forth inside Maverick's shorts and he just kept his gaze pinned on me like he was drinking in my reaction to this fucking show.

"Fuck no," I snapped. "I came here because I actually thought you might hate the Harlequins as much as I do, Maverick. And I have information that might help you rid me of them for good. But if you don't want it then I'm just gonna go."

I grabbed my cellphone and the gun and turned away from him and his scantily dressed evening appointment, trying to fight off the flush that was crawling into my cheeks. It wasn’t like I gave a shit anyway. The days when I’d hated the idea of my boys touching other women were long gone and they certainly weren’t my boys anymore.

"Stop," Maverick commanded and for some fucking reason, I did.

I looked back over my shoulder at him with my eyes narrowed, my gaze instantly zeroing in on the way his fingers were biting into the girl's ass as he held her close. She was still pumping his cock in her hand and had started kissing her way down his body.

"I'm not having a conversation with you while your girlfriend plays with your dick," I growled.

"Well give us a few minutes and she'll be done," he taunted.

"If you come that quickly then it's no wonder she's using her hands. No point getting her pussy wet for thirty seconds of disappointment," I shot back before turning and walking away again.

Heavy footsteps followed me across the room and Maverick's hand landed on my shoulder as he whirled me back around to face him.

"Fuck off, Mia," he said, without looking around at the girl he'd left looking confused by the table.

"But baby, I want your cock in-"

"I said, fuck off," he demanded, his mood utterly shifting yet again as darkness and warning filled his tone.

Mia glared at me as she strode for the door, not even bothering to cover herself up before storming out and slamming it behind her.

Maverick moved closer to me and I backed up until I was pressed against the wall. I didn't know why I was so on edge around him, but there was something seriously disconcerting about how unpredictable he was.

He rested his forearm against the wall above my head and leaned in slowly, pinning me in his dark gaze.

"Speak," he commanded and I wondered if I was really going to go through with this, but as I looked at my key hanging around his neck, I knew that I'd already made this decision.

I reached out and caught the key in my fist, tugging him even closer to show him I wasn't afraid and tilting my chin up towards his so that our lips were almost touching as I shared this secret with him.

"I know where the Harlequins are going to strike tonight. Do you think that's something that might interest you, Rick?" I asked seductively, knowing this would tempt him far better than any half naked girl.

His eyes lit at my words and they roamed over my face as if he were hunting for a lie.

"Tell me," he demanded and a smile tugged at the corner of my lips as I tugged on the key with a sharp jerk, breaking the knot securing the leather necklace and returning it to my possession.

"I will," I promised. "Just as soon as you give me your key."

M y back was to the wall in an alley as we closed in on our target location, breathing steadily as I waited for one of The Damned Men to walk by. The moment he was in sight, I yanked him off of the street, clamping my hand down over his mouth and wheeling him towards JJ who was ready with a blade. He sank it deep beneath his ribs and the guy died in my arms before I laid him quietly on the ground.

Fox was shrouded in shadows as he stepped past me to the edge of the wall and threw a look around it.

“How many more?” I hissed.

“Two,” he breathed, shifting the knife in his grip so that it flashed red in the moonlight.

My phone buzzed in my