“She’s the one I want.”
Aleks rolled his eyes. “No shit. But what part of her unequivocally refusing isn’t clear?”
With a shrug, I countered, “To ensure she helps me, I’ll have to resort to some unethical means.”
As Aleks’s eyes bulged wide, Lev jerked his head up from his iPad. “Are you saying what I think you’re saying?”
“I’m going to detain her."
“Oh fuck,” Lev muttered.
Aleks nodded. “Yup. He’s officially lost it.”
“No, I haven’t.”
“Seriously, Maks? You’re talking about kidnapping a well-respected speech pathologist and forcing her to treat you.”
“It’s a necessary evil.”
“It’s batshit crazy!” Lev argued.
“Maybe to you.”
With a hard shake of his head, Aleks countered, “Come on,brat. Besides her renowned skills, you don’t know shit about her to be this obsessed.”
When I merely blinked at him, he threw up his hands. “You didn’t know if she was in a relationship until Lev dug it up. You don’t know shit!”
“And you apparently d-don’t know me.” Leaning forward in my chair, I jabbed my finger at him. “D-Do you know the hours I’ve spent reading the research journals she’s p-published? Or pouring over the reviews left b-by the parents of her clients. It’s not just adoration or respect they t-talk about. It’s her humorand her nurturing side. She’s as b-beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside. Maybe even more.”
As Lev’s mouth dropped open in shock, Aleks blinked at me. “Holy shit,” he muttered.
“There’s more.” My gaze flicked from my brothers to Vitaly. “P-Pull over and g-get out.”
His jet black brows shot into his forehead. “Excuse me, Sir?”
“You heard me.”
“Yes, sir.”
After whipping into a parking lot, Vitaly threw the car in park and hopped out. When we were alone, I turned back to my brothers. “There’s another p-part of her life t-that calls t-to me. An interest we b-both share.” I swallowed hard. “One I haven’t admitted to anyone in our family.”
After exchanging a look, Aleks and Lev leaned forward in their seats, their brows creased in curiosity. I then began relating to them my secret life as the Beast. When I finished, I waited with bated breath for their reaction.
“Fuck, Maks,” Lev murmured.
“I suppose my revelation earned t-that response.”
With a shake of his head, Lev countered, “Look, I’m not kink shaming you, man. I’d be lying if there wasn’t a part of me who thought chasing a hot woman through the woods to fuck her senseless was hot as hell.”
Aleks nodded. “I mean, I’m at half mast at just the thought.”
The corners of my lips quirked. “Am I supposed t-to find that comforting?”
Chuckling, Aleks shifted in his chair. “More like a fucked-up acceptance.“
I cocked my brows at Lev. “Totally accepting of the chase,” he replied.
“Why d-do I feel there's a b-but coming that involves me being a closeted freak?”
