“No. Tyson called me and said you beat the shit out of three guys at the club the other night.” He shrugs. “Not that I care about them, but I thought you could use some fresh air.”
I look away. Did Ty call everyone? I know I made a scene, but damn.
“What happened?” he asks at my silence.
“Doesn’t matter.”
He chuckles. “I’m sure it was over a woman, and that matters.”
I look back at him, and he arches a brow, daring me to argue.
“Is this the ‘I’ll take care of it’ girl?” He brings up the conversation we had in the office at Carnage.
I’ve been waiting for him to ask me if I’ve handled it. This is probably his way of wanting to know what I’ve found out about her.
I look away and sigh heavily. “Yes. It’s Eve.” I run a hand through my helmet hair.
“And?” he urges.
“And she was there that night.” I shrug.
“With another man?”
I laugh at that thought. “No.” If my girl were with another man, I’d have killed him. Not just beaten the shit out of him. “Some guys I know from Barrington were talking about her.”
He frowns. “What were they saying?”
“Called her a whore.” The conversation she had with Adam in the bathtub comes to mind.Not like we’ve discussed past sexual partners.It doesn’t matter how many men she’s been with, as long as she understands I’ll be the only one from here on out.
Sin’s jaw sharpens at my words. We all know Elli’s past. What her family did to her. They tried to devalue her. They physically and mentally abused her, tried to push her over the edge. To make her look insane. All because of money. They wanted what had been left to her. And the Lords took advantage of her as well. They knew how much Sin loves her, so they sent him on a mission to break her. But she was stronger than any of them could have imagined.
“It was more than that,” I go on at his silence. “Called her useless?—”
“Useless?” he repeats.
“She can’t have children.” I shrug. “At least that’s what I got of out it.” He tilts his head to the side, wondering how I came to that conclusion. “They said she was the perfect bitch that you fuck on the side when you’re married. I just put two and two together that they couldn’t knock her up.”
“Have you asked her?”
“We’re not there…yet.”
He laughs. “So she doesn’t know you exist.”
“Oh, she knows.” I chuckleto myself.
He looks away, dropping his arms from his chest and burying his hands in his jeans pockets.
“She was a doll,” I tell him.
His wide eyes meet mine. “Maybe…maybe they sterilize them?” he offers softly. “Like you guys do with women at Carnage.”
“Maybe.” Honestly, I don’t know enough for that not to be an option. “What about Elli?” I ask. Changing the subject. I still don’t know enough about Eve to answer all the questions I know he has.
“What about my wife?” he growls, as if I’m implying something.
“How’s she doing?” I clarify. “She was pretty upset after herappointment.”
He nods, looking away. “She’s good. Does it every time. Calls it a cleansing cry.”
