I rolled my eyes and was about to walk on when the first one spoke again.
“Gia heard Hustle had a thing with her when they were kids. Said it was serious and now that she’s back, Tanya would get her ass kicked to the curb. That’s why they had that fight.”
My brows rose up my forehead. Partly because I wanted to know who the hell told Gia about me and Hudson, also because Tanya lost her shit over it.
“Well, we all know she’s trying to get her claws in him.”
“He was fucking her exclusively, though. Tanya said he told her he didn’t want anyone else touching what was his. Gia wanted him, she hated Tanya had him, so she messed with her.”
I bit the inside of my cheek. From what I had seen the day before, it didn’t look as if Hudson felt anything towards that woman, and I couldn’timagine him saying words like that to anyone. He was a cold-hearted bastard. But what did I know of him now?
“As if,” one of them scoffed. “Hustle won’t settle down with anyone, not even the VP’s sister.”
“I don’t know. Have you seen the way he watches her when he thinks no one is looking?”
What?
“Do you think she’s pretty?”
I walked away at that vapid question. I wasn’t thrilled to know the club whores were discussing me, but it went with the territory. As much as I hated the idea of it, I was club royalty, daughter of the president, sister to the VP. I was untouchable and Gia had tried to use me to get to Tanya. It backfired spectacularly on her.
What was interesting was what they thought about Hudson. Was he watching me? I’d barely seen him since I got here, only after his little show with Tanya, yesterday at the bitch fight and when he nodded at Connor last night.
How could he be watching me? And why? He’d made it clear what he thought about me being here.
Part of me wondered if he was remembering us… before. That was stupid. I would leave as soon as it was safe to. It didn’t matter what anyone else thought.
I rounded the clubhouse and walked straight into a hard chest, bouncing backwards. He reached out to stop me from falling.
I knew it was him, by the scent of sandalwood and leather. He was wearing a white t-shirt under his cut and jeans that molded to his legs. He had on dark brown work boots with frayed laces. His blonde hair was falling around his ears and forehead like he hadn’t bothered doing anything other than running a hand through it.
“Watch where you’re going,” he said gruffly.
“I came around a corner. How was I supposed to know you’d be lurking here?”
“Me lurking?” he drawled. “You’re the one who doesn’t belong.”
I looked up at him, about to tell him to fuck off, but saw how tired he looked. There were dark circles under his eyes. It made me think of Connor. How Warren said they had to watch out for him.
“Is Connor okay?” I asked.
“What do you care?” he snapped, moving a step away from me.
“Are you kidding me? Of course I care.”
“Great way of showing it.”
I bit the inside of my cheek to stop myself from falling into this trap. He would not force me into an argument. He was right, but I tried not to think about that. I wanted something smart to say, to let him know I didn’t care what he thought about me, but he stepped around me and walked away before I could open my mouth.
I looked over my shoulder and watched him round the building, right to where those two naked chicks were hanging out. Great.
Worried about Connor, I entered the clubhouse, hoping I wasn’t about to get an eyeful of something I didn’t need to see. Luckily, the place was quiet, a couple of guys playing cards in the corner and a prospect eating some chips at the bar.
I ignored them all and strode towards the stairs, glancing down the hallway to my father’s office. Wherever he was, I hoped to avoid him.
I knocked on the door to Connor’s room, which had been my room for all of one night, and it swung open. I peered inside to see the room was empty. Warren would know where he was. I turned and rapped my hand against his door as I turned the handle and went inside without even thinking about it.
I should have heard the sounds of slapping bodies and groans and stopped myself. I’d inadvertently heard my brother having sex before now, but this was something beyond comprehension.
