“Fine,” he said, his eyes on Sebastian before shifting his attention back to Ronan.“Your information better be good, or I’ll kill her.”
Ronan nodded. He releasedmywristand stepped away from me before I could grab at his gun again. He strode from the room, and I tried to follow him. Sebastian grabbed my forearm, and with my freearmI elbowed him beneath his ribs.
“Don’t,”Sebastiangrunted, but his attention was on Luca not me.
Without turning around, Ronan closed the door behind him.
I yanked my arm out of Sebastian’s grasp and turned towards Luca.“If you do anything to hurt him. I’ll-” I started saying.
Lucainterrupted, the smirk from earlier coming back to his face, “You’ll what?Under my agreement, I might not be able to kill you. But Ican press a button on my phone, and have you twitching on the ground.Have you in somuch pain you won’t even remember what my name is. Sotell me what exactly you plan to do to me.”
I stepped towards him, wanting to punch that smirk off his face. Sebastian’s arms circled around my waist and yanked me back into him. His rigid stomach muscles pressed against my back.
“Stop it, Luc,” Sebastian said.
I tried to break free from his grasp, but the grip around me tightened.
Luca frowned, his eyes on the rigid arms wrapped around my waist.
“There is something else that needs to be discussed: your debt,” Luca said.
“Luc,” Sebastian growled, a warning in his voice.
I froze, but Sebastian’s arms stayed tight around me.So Luca knew about last night?
“It’s not your concern,” I said.
“You’re right, it isn’t,” Luca said. My body momentarily relaxed at his words, but tensed again when he continued with a glare at me,“As long asyou’realive, Ronan will continue feeding me information. I don’t care ifyou’reonyourback-”
I elbowed Sebastian in the stomach, trying to get out of his grasp and punch his brother. Sebastian grunted, but kept his arms firm.
“Shut the fuck up, Luc,” Sebastian’s tone was dark.
Luca’s jaw tightened, but he didn’t reach for his phone this time.
“What I was saying is that your debt is not my problem. However, I have a way for you to make some money,” Luca said.
“I already have a deal with her, Luc. She doesn’t need to do shit for you,” Sebastian said.
Luca shrugged. “And what about when Sebastian gets sick of you, and throws you to the street? What are you going to do then?” he asked.
The words gnawed at me, I’d been thinking through the same thoughts.
“That’s not going to-” Sebastian started.
“And why the fuck would Ievertake a deal with you?” Iinterruptedhim,directing my question atLuca.
Luca shrugged.“I don’t really care if you take me up on the offer or not.”
Bullshit. He wouldn’t be mentioning it unless it was a way to fuck me over. But, he had a point. I needed to diversify my income, because I sure as hell wouldn’t receive any money from my father now. I’d been seen out in public with Sebastian, and when it got back to my father that I was being paid to leak their secrets, he might send an execution squad after me.
I also couldn’t depend on Sebastian’s money forever. And wouldn’t it be sweet to use Luca’s own money in order to exact revenge against him?
But first I needed to find out if what he was asking for was worth the risk. After all, I’d just been advising Ronan against taking any type of deal with Luca.
“What’s the job?” I asked.
“Occasionally, I have some temporary positions that need to be filled. In this case, I need some waitstaff for a party at my house,” Luca said.
