“Doesn’t take a genius to work out he’s looking for his next meal ticket, no insult to them. They’re both gorgeous, and this time, age appropriate, but I reckon he’d have a go at all the single ladies, including Mum, if given a shot.”
“What do ye mean, made a pass?” Dair asked, and his sister focused more fully on him.
“I mean he said a few things to Dru, which weren’t hard for her to translate since she might not speak the King’s English, but she speaks English. She rebuffed him, repeatedly. It didnae take, and Sully got wind of it, so he had a word with him. It ended for Dru after that. Cadence is younger, and he cornered her in a hall?—”
At these words, abruptly, Dair left the horse tethered and saddled as he stalked by his sister toward the doors to the stable.
“Dair!” she called, and he could hear her running after him.
He didn’t slow.
But he did speak.
“He try it on with you?”
“He’s been giving me looks, but I can take care of myself,” she told his back, still chasing him.
And she continued to do it until they hit the study inside the house.
The three Sharps and Christine, all bent over an open book on the desk, looked right to him when he did.
As her gaze caught him, Christine recoiled.
Ned straightened from the ledger they were poring over.
Alex’s chin went into her neck.
Blake’s brows pinched and she was the only one who spoke. “Are you okay?”
He addressed Christine. “Kindly find Jeff and bring him here.”
Understanding dawned, though he doubted it was specific, before Christine proved his doubts true and asked, “What’s the lad done now?”
“Can ye just bring him here?”
She nodded before she scuttled away, passing Rix as she did.
“Saw you headed in here,” Rix remarked. “I thought we were meeting at the stables.”
“Aye, we were,” Dair agreed. “Something must be done first.”
“What’s that something?” Blake gained his attention with her question.
He looked to her. “Sully had to intervene for Dru, seeing as Jeff was making a play for her.”
Alex’s body went visibly tight, as was her voice when she asked, “He was what?”
“Once Sully did that, he cornered Cadence in the hall.” Dair looked to his sister to finish sharing the dire news.
However, the room had already electrified.
“It was physical,” Davi shared cautiously, considering the atmosphere was zapping with intensity, and Dair felt his blood pressure spike at this addition. “She pushed him off. Gage heard about it. And then Gage had a word. No other events were reported after that.”
“Why didn’t anyone tell me?” Blake demanded.
“Because you’re mourning the sudden loss of your mum” Davi pointed out.
“I’m a woman and a former mean girl,” Blake bit off. “I can multitask, mourn Mum and tear someone a new asshole, both at the same time.”
