“We should get going,” Sully said. “Thanks for taking care of our asshole cat.”
“You’re officially our cat’s guncle.”
“Please don’t make that a thing. And I’m bi!”
“Then you can be her buncle!”
“Kit.”
Laughing, Sully picked up Cinnamon’s stuff and brought them to the car. I followed at a more languid pace, with Liam right next to me.
“Seriously, you did us a big favor,” I said. “I think Sully really needed the time off. I was just along for the ride.”
“I bet you were.”
I smacked his arm but ruined it by giggling. “You know I was.”
“I’m glad to help. Anything to keep him sharp for the job, especially after what happened last time.”
“What happened?” I stopped short. Sully had deliberately remained vague about how he came home banged up.
“Nothing happened.” Sully came up behind me and took the cat carrier. “Right, Liam?”
“Yeah, yeah. You misunderstood me.”
I glared at him. “Don’t insult me. At least say that you won’t tell me, but don’t act like I’m stupid.”
Hello, Blenheim. Bye, bye, carefree vacation. We were definitely back. We weren’t even here for a good hour, and we were already arguing.
“You know what I do can be dangerous.” Sully got into the car next to me.
“You’re right. It’s my fault for thinking things had changed between us and you realized you can trust me after the amazing weekend we just had.”
“Kit—”
“No, it’s okay. The sex was amazing. Why should there be anything else?”
“Kit—”
“I won’t get my tiny feelings hurt because—”
“Kit, do you really want to know what happened?” He backed out of the driveway.
“Of course I want to know.”
“Okay, then. The hit I was supposed to make turned out to be nothing but a setup.”
“What do you mean a setup?”
“It’s not the first time this has happened. I’m the best at what I do. I get all the top contracts to kill someone or recover assets for someone. If I’m out of the picture, it leaves the space open for someone else to be the alpha dog in this business.”
“So someone lured you away to kill you?”
“Yes. They ambushed me while following the target.”
“What happened?”
“I killed the target. Another car got away, so whoever ordered the hit is still out there.”