“I’ll be fine. There are going to be plenty of times when you guys can’t be with me and I can’t be with you.”
“I don’t like it,” Mercury said again and Falco couldn’t shake the uneasy feeling he had. Any man could hit on her, try something with her. Damn it, this whole dating thing was insane and the jealousy he had toward men other than his brothers was going to ruin his fucking mood Saturday.
“You really don’t need the money or need to do this,” Slade said to her.
“That’s not the point. It’s a fundraiser and the woman asked for me. How could I say no to Mulgoff?”
“Easy. You say no,” Slade snapped at her.
“I’m not canceling this. You’re all being overprotective and silly.”
Falco turned to face her and reached up and cupped her head and neck with both hands.
“Not silly. Possessive of what belongs to us and only us.” Then he kissed her, undid her seatbelt and brought her onto his lap, cradling her in his arms as he slid his hand under her sweater to her breast. She held on to him and caressed his chest and his neck. They made out like teenagers until the Range Rover stopped and his brothers got out. When he released her lips she was pliant in his arms.
“Rome, Rylan, and Remo are going to be just as pissed off at this.”
“That’s silly. It’s one night, and I kind of like modeling. It makes me feel beautiful and like I’m as valuable and pretty as the things I’m modeling.”
He squinted his eyes at her. Surely she had to know how gorgeous she was. Did she lack self-confidence and have poor self-esteem?
“Honey, you’re gorgeous, sexy, sweet, smart, and classy. Those tough times didn’t break your self-esteem, I hope,” Falco said to her.
“I guess a little.”
“Well, you’re past that. You’re amazing. You have the six of us to support you in all you do in achieving your dreams and you have your friends, too.”
She smiled.
“I didn’t just tell Mulgoff that I love all of you just to blurt that out. I wanted him to know that I trust the six of you with everything, even protecting me in all aspects of the word.”
He felt his heart race and his gut clench. He and his brothers were responsible for her in every way and would protect her and make her happy.
“Damn straight, and you can show us all how much you love us when we get you inside and strip you naked.”
“Falco.”
He slid out of the back seat and pulled her along with him.
She grabbed on to his arm.
“Will the others be very upset about the modeling Saturday?” she asked.
“I’m sure they will,” he said and she sighed and then shook her head, smiling as they headed into the house.
* * * *
They were flipping mad. Saturday night was the same night that the delivery and transfer were taking place. Mercury didn’t want to tell Rose and he couldn’t, not with Mulgoff there. Add that she would be at some rich broad’s house modeling while they were trying not to get killed and trick Molokai and shit, he was fucking pissed off. They all made love to her the moment she and Falco came into the house. When she told Rylan, Remo, and Rome that she was doing a modeling gig they weren’t happy. Rome currently had her in the backyard learning how to shoot a gun.
“What are we going to do?” Slade asked as he, Falco, Remo, and Rylan walked into the home office.
“We do what needs to be done to protect this company and each of us. I called Nicolai. He’s close and hopefully has what we need before those trucks pull out of that warehouse in Connecticut,” Mercury said to them.
“We can’t all go. We need to decide who is pulling what and who stays here with Rose to pretend that nothing is going on, just a business trip,” Remo said to them.
“Remo, you and Rome stay here. I need to be seen out in public someplace in case this shit gets fucked up. There’s an event not far from where Rose will be modeling. I’ll call up Graham and Cooper and have them meet up with me. Slade, Falco, and Rylan will handle the operations and get those trucks to the other location. I’ll have the facility confirmed as soon as I can. You’ll need to start gathering the team but not give any info just in case for some fucked up reason we have inside people working against us,” Mercury said to them.