Braw lad - Scottish slang for a really hot guy.
Chapter Twenty-Five
In which there is nothing like a car chase and gunfire to bring a family together.
Arabella…
“Arabella, it is so lovely to meet ye.” Isla takes my hand between hers, smiling warmly.
“Thank you for having me, even under such unusual circumstances,” I try to return her smile, but it’s mighty awkward.Hey, Ma, I’m the one who Drunk Married your son, nice to meet ye!
Logan’s mother isstunning, with long black hair and green eyes that are nearly translucent. Between her and his father Dougal, I can see how all their offspring won the genetic lottery.
“Aye, there’s nothing like a car chase and gunfire to bring the family together,” Kai said dryly. From my perch in the kitchen, I can see Dougal on the phone in his office, pacing back and forth in front of the open door, barking instructions every couple of minutes.
“You’ll get used to it.” Kenna is the only daughter and she’s got a grin that spells trouble, a lot like Logan’s. “Luna, Kai’s wife will be here any moment and we will carry ye away from these men and gorge ourselves on sweets and gossip. Ye look like you’re a white wine drinker?”
I’m touched to notice that she takes care, like her mother did, to speak to me directly so I could read their lips. This is something to be grateful for, because there is a lot of ambient noise, what with all the shouting and threats of retribution.
My phone vibrates aggressively in my pocket and Kenna winks as I pull it out. “That will be Logan and he is most likely beside himself that ye were put in danger. I’ll leave ye to it.” She hands me the glass of wine she just poured and takes off. I gulp a good third of it before hitting the Facetime button.
“Are ye hurt? Love, did they harm ye?”
Ach, Logan’sfurious.I’ve not seen him quite like this, eyes narrowed and mouth tight.
“I’m fine, husband. I promise. There might have been some shooting, but I was safe in one of your family’s many armored cars and we got here, just fine. Are ye all right? I dinnae want ye to have a stroke.”
“This cartel is about to meet a swift and violent end to all their European holdings,” he snarls. “Going after the family is strictly forbidden.”
“But… what about the organ traffickers? They did that.”
“That was before I married ye,” he says. “Ye still need personal protection, but threats like these are never supposed to touch family. There’s a strict code, even in the underworld.”
“I hear your Uncle Lachlan blew one of their warehouses to smithereens? Ye can see the smoke from all over the city.”
While Dougal seems upset by his brother’s actions, Logan shrugs it off. “Quickest way to get the bastard’s attention. But now that they’ve broken the code about family, they’ll be hard-pressed to find anyone willing to align with them.”
“It wasexpedient,then?” I’m trying to look innocent, but he glares at me.
“I see you’ve spoken with my father.”
“Well, no. But there’s been a lot of shouting,” I admit.
“I’m on my way back home,” he says, “I’ll be landing in an hour or so. I know getting thrown into meeting the entire family like this is a wee bit much. Are ye doing okay, then?”
“Everyone has been very kind. Dinnae ye worry about me. Just come home safe, aye?”
Ach, here comes the devilish pirate grin. “I have plans for you, Bella.” Setting his phone down on his seat tray, he signs,Oral sex, for starters. Then when you’re nice and wet, I’m gonna spit on your arse and put my cock in there.He spreads his fingers and thumbs apart, loosely making a circle and then pointing with his index finger.
“Ye just stop that right now!” I’m laughing uncontrollably and praying no one’s seeing this over my shoulder. “What iswrongwith ye?”
“Nothing that you bouncing on my cock won’t cure, my prettywife.”
“Ye must stop it!” I turn my back to the room, whispering into the phone. “You’re really wanting me all turned on at your parents’ house? What’s next, in the confession box at church, you twisted thing?”
Logan actually looks intrigued.
“I’m ending this call before I can never look your parents in the eye again,” I warn.
