My hands clenched the steering wheel. “I sorta shot one of Dominguez’s guys at the club. And his brother is the guy in charge of this drop.”
Dom scoffed. “He was pulling shit with the girls there. Including my sister. Fucker had it coming.”
Right, I forgot I lied about that incident with Marco and Dani. About why I was so trigger happy, instead of letting her drug him like our usual arrangement. I wasn’t about to admit that seeing Dani rub that tight little pussy of hers on Marco made me fucking crazy. And admit that to herbrotherof all people?
“Please, Dani could’ve handled that shit if she didn’t want it,” Xavier smiled, earning a glare from me.
“Dani?” West asked.
“Yeah, what about her?” Dom’s face reddened, like he was ready to throw down in the backseat for his sister’s honor.
“She saved my girl a few weeks ago. It was fucking badass. Ashtyn was drugged and attacked in one of the rooms at Ethereal, and Dani heard it, busted through the door, and took the guy out,” West gleamed. “If she hadn’t found them when she did, fuck…”
“Sounds like my girl,” Xavier said.
Dom and I both let out apffft.My girl. Fuck off with all of that.
“She willneverbe your girl, X. Get the fuck over it,” Dominic said, no anger in his voice. Just spitting facts.
“You never know,” Xavier smiled. “I mean, she used to not want to be in the same room as me. Today she asked me for a ride home. We’re getting somewhere.”
I cranked the radio up for the rest of the drive, trying to stomp out the anger brewing inside of me at the thought of Dani and Xavier. He had a hard-on for her for years–who hasn’t–but even the idea made me…
Fucking seethe.
Now that we’d taken that next step, I couldn’t stand the thought of anyone else touching her. Anyone else having what I had.
What was mine.
At least until I grew bored of her.
I would eventually, as I did with all of the women I fucked. They usually grew too clingy, thinking we were in a relationship because I let them suck my cock.
Dani was different. With her, there was more of a chase. But if she offered herself up to another guy while I wanted her, well…
I guess West wasn’t the only one with a possessive streak, but at least he had a reason to be. I wasn’t anything to Dani. Just a neighbor. A co-worker. A schoolmate.
Fuck no, we were much closer than all those things.
I had to tell myself to chill the fuck out, because the truth was, I didn’t know what we were walking into for sure. I needed to keep my mind on the task at hand, and not on the gorgeous, damaged, slightly crazy woman who would be on my couch when I got home.
Chapter 17
Dani
Fuck,Iwasbored.
I went to Bobby’s room and finished reading that hockey book–which was great, by the way–ate dinner and watched some game show that Bobby likes. Then I went to the third floor, made popcorn, and watchedScream1, 2, and 3. By the third, I was mostly fucking around on my phone and not paying attention, because everyone knows the first two movies are the good ones.
And Kane still wasn’t home.
Which meant my brother wasn’t home.
And I was starting to worry.
I knew my guys were good at their jobs, but that didn’t mean I wasn’t a nervous wreck thinking about them potentially walking into an ambush. That was why I wanted to go along, so I could see for myself that everything was okay. But Kane had to big brother me and tell me no.
Normally I wouldn’t listen to a word he said, but there was something on his face. The concern was endearing, I guess. And he did have a point–if anyone recognized me, it wouldn’t be a good situation.