Total pages in book: 102
Estimated words: 103413 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 517(@200wpm)___ 414(@250wpm)___ 345(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 103413 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 517(@200wpm)___ 414(@250wpm)___ 345(@300wpm)
Victor shrugged. “Family first.”
“I want your brother,” Regent told him.
“I can’t help you there.”
“I’ll pay you back the money you lost.”
Liam sighed. “I really don’t know where he is. You think I feel any allegiance to him anymore?”
“Family first,” Victor repeated.
“Lottie and Nico are my family now. She wasn’t mine then. She is now. Michael has gone.”
“What’s he living off?” Regent asked.
He frowned. “I don’t know. Likely my stepmother sends him money.”
Regent and Victor shared a look.
Liam sighed. “If you go after her, just make sure it can’t come back on you or me.”
“You’re not going to try to protect her?”
“No. That bitch can protect herself,” Liam said bitterly. “If that’s all . . .” He moved to the door.
“I’ll give you five million dollars to disappear out of my sister’s life.”
Anger filled him then he stilled and thought it over. “Fuck.” Turning, he stared at Regent. “You paid him off, didn’t you?”
“What?”
“You paid him to leave her. Didn’t you? How much?”
“Two million dollars. He was surprisingly cheap.”
“Motherfucker. Why bother? Why not just get rid of him?”
“More hassle that way. This was simpler, cleaner.”
“You really are an interfering bastard.” He frowned.
“I paid the money to him the day he broke up with her, before I knew she’d been kidnapped. She texted me while he was driving her back to the hotel to tell me. I had the money transferred to an offshore account for him. Later on that night, I realized something was wrong when I couldn’t get hold of her. She refused to have a bodyguard, but I had one watching from a distance. However, they were watching the hotel lobby, not the service entrance where the kidnapper left with her. Not that he would have seen her in the laundry trolley anyway. It’s a wonder he never spotted a tail if Michael had one though.”
“Michael could have used that fucking money to pay his debt,” Liam said in a cold voice. He couldn’t believe that bastard. He best never show his face again. He was dead to Liam.
“Yes, he could have.”
“Fucking hell.” He ran his hand over his face. “I really don’t know where he is. But if you want to find him, my stepmother would be the place to start.”
Regent just nodded. “I think it goes without saying, but you will not tell Lottie we paid off your brother.”
“I don’t think she’ll be upset. But I’ll tell you what, I’ll give you the chance to tell her yourself.”
“Fuck,” Regent muttered.
16
Lottie rolled over and looked across to where Nico sat in a chair he’d pulled up by her bed.
“You look tired,” she told him.
He opened his eyes and gave her a lazy grin. Love for him filled her. Other people would say it wasn’t love, would say it was too soon.
But Lottie knew what this was. For years, they’d rented space in her head. Now they were buying permanent real estate.
And she was fucking ecstatic.
“And you’re meant to be asleep, Lottie-bo-bottie.”
She rolled her eyes at him.
He pointed a finger at her, giving her a stern look. “Sleep.”
“Or what? You gonna spank me?”
He ran a finger over his lips. “I usually leave the Dom stuff to Liam. But since he’s not here right now . . .”
“What?” she squeaked.
“The idea of smacking that delicious ass of yours holds a lot of appeal.”
Her breath caught in her lungs. Her heart raced. She cleared her throat. “If you were trying to help me get to sleep, you’ve epically failed.”
“Why is that, pretty girl? Did I turn you on with all that talk of dominating you?”
Yes, that’s exactly what he’d done. The bastard.
“Too bad you’re under orders to sleep, huh?”
She pouted. “I’ll fall asleep easier if you’re not here.”
Rather than get insulted, he just laughed. “And why is that? Do you think that as soon as I Ieave you’ll get to touch yourself?”
“What? Nico! You can’t say those things.”
“I can’t? Too bad. I was going to suggest that you do it right now.”
“Now? I can’t do that with you here,” she squeaked.
“Really? That’s too bad. I guess you’ll just have to close your eyes and count sheep or something to get to sleep.”
She glared at him. “You’re so mean.”
“I can be. Tell me how you usually get off. Do you have a vibrator?”
“I . . . no.”
“No vibrator? That doesn’t sound like much fun. We’ll need to do some shopping and change that.”
“Why would I need a vibrator when I’ve got . . .” she trailed off before saying it.
Nico’s grin widened. “When you’ve got two men, you mean? Two mouths, two cocks, four hands to please you? But I don’t think you’re ready for us just yet, are you? However, we could help you prepare. Buy you a few vibrators, a smaller one to begin with then work you up to a nice fat one. With those vibrating ears. And we’ll need butt plugs too. Lube. I’ve got plenty but I think we’ll get some of that flavored stuff, yeah and we’ll need—”