Billionaire's Game
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“Shhh...not so loud,” Quentin said looking around. He was almost the same age as Shepherd, but while Shepherd was lanky and looked emaciated, Quentin was built like a bear.
“I saw Shepherd practically run out of here like he saw a ghost or something. They hoped on their bikes and rode out of here so fast that my men were disappointed. I promised them there would be some action.”
“Tell the boys I’m sorry, but thanks for looking out.”
“We got your back, Lee. You might be out of the gang, but we’re still your brothers. Oh and I don’t think Shepherd will be bothering you again. It seems he’s wanted on a murder charge back in Alabama and someone happily told the police where he could be found. Something tells me poor little Vicki’s going to be holding on to his big brother from a jail cell.” Quentin gave a chuckle and then just like that he left.
“Your old gang?” I said when he was gone.
“Yeah.”
I was silent for a moment, “Thanks for coming for me.”
“I heard what you said back there. You’re definitely not a coward.”
“I might be a lot of things, but coward isn’t one of them.”
“Shepherd would have killed you.”
“I wasn’t going to let him use me to go after you. Avani needs you.”
Lee’s jaw tightened and he nodded, studying me carefully, his eyes grave.
“I’m sorry for getting you into this. Avani was skipping school again and saw them dragging you out. She called me and I ---.” He shook his head, seemingly at a loss for words.
“This is why I don’t do emotional times. My world is dangerous. It sickens me that they took you. It sickens me to think of what they would have done to you if Avani hadn’t seen them take you.”
I didn’t say anything, I just stared down at my hands, trying to find the words that I felt would reach pass Lee’s stubbornness and pride. He had this need to protect me, but I didn’t need to be protected, at least not from him.
“My life was endangered. That’s your fault.”
He closed his eyes briefly and then nodded in resignation, turning away from me.
“But you also risked your life to save mine. If anything, I would say that we’re even.”
Lee slowly turned back around towards me. “Even after all this you still want something to do with me?”
“Call me crazy, but I have a thing for dangerous men who are strong enough to turn their lives around.”
He walked slowly back to me and held my eyes, as he buried one of his hands in my hair. “I wanted to kill them all for taking you.”
“And I would have let you.” I said dead serious.
“I think that makes both of us very dangerous people.”
I smiled at him as I nodded slowly, “We might as well be together, after all, who else would want to take us?”
He laughed, “You have a point. So were you scared? At all?”
“That they were going to kill us?”
“Yes.”
“No. I knew once you arrived that there was no way you were going to let that happen.”
“You have too much faith in me.”
“If you can’t trust the man you’re falling for, then who can you trust?” I said simply.
“Falling for, huh?” Lee said, a smile now curving his lips. His brown eyes searched mine and then he abruptly lowered his head and gave me a hard kiss on the lips.
“Are you sure you want to be mine?” He said when he finally pulled away for air.
“I don’t know. Kiss me again like that or I might just change my mind.” He lowered his mouth back down to mine, happy to oblige.
The End
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