“Sorry about my brother ruining that moment you two seemed to be having.”
“Moment?” I shrugged. “What moment?”
She smiled. “You know what I mean.” She nodded toward her brother. “Trevor can be such an overprotective pain in the ass sometimes with the people he loves. He may have looked jealous, but he’s just like that. Heck, my boyfriend’s the sheriff and he giveshima hard time.”
Exactly what I’d hoped to hear.Not jealous, just a pain. Good.“Speaking of Beau, you think he could meet me at my house? Let us in?”
“Why do you need to go back?”
I peeked over her shoulder and lifted my chin toward the guys. “Alex wants to check out my place, and since he’s going, I’d like to grab a few things. I’m sure the other overprotective man in my life told him to go over there. A.k.a. my brother’s orders.”
“Brother ...” she said on a sigh. “Still can’t believe you have a big brother. Damn.”
You and me both.
“Trevor will want to go with you.”
“He needs to stay with you and Chase,” I reminded her. “I can’t go anywhere without knowing he’s protected.”
“Those guys were serious pros. I just don’t think you should go home until—”
“What?” I cut her off, and she closed her eyes, her shoulders falling in disappointment, indicating she’d slipped and said too much. I knew Trevor had been holding back, dang it. “What is he keeping from me?” I reached for her arm.
After a hesitant pause, she lifted her head and frowned, eyes on me. “I heard him on the phone with our cousin this morning while you were asleep.”
“Which cousin?”
“Tessa. Her dad’s a general, remember? But that’s not why he called her. Anyway, he wanted to talk to—”
“Her husband. Army Special Forces. Now co-runs a security company. Also, he’s the son of the secretary of defense.” I let those overwhelming facts sit heavy in the air, trying not to surrender to the worry that came with them. Kind of hard not to. “Chase loves Tessa and Gray, and their baby, Penny. And, of course, their cute dog, Lucky.” The memory produced a smile, but it fell away fast. “Why in the world would Trevor think the break-in would require the help of someone like Gray?”Unless my suspicions are right and it wasn’t random.
“Trev’s just overprotective. No stone unturned, you know him. It’s who he is. He won’t rest until he knows without a shadow of a doubt it was random and you and Chase are safe at home.”
“He said as much to me.” I closed my eyes, the pain in my temple now making a comeback as I connected the dangerous dots I’d tried to ignore earlier. “Does he think someone is using me to get to him?”
“Maybe. Possibly. Or, well, more likely an enemy of—”
“Mitch,” I breathed out, nerves twisting me up. “An enemy of the man Trevor never liked or trusted in the first place.”
Chapter Six
Alejandro
“It was bad enough you could’ve gotten hurt during that snowball fight, but like hell are you going back to your home after—”
“After what? What is it you’re keeping from me?” Audrey asked Trevor, standing her ground. “Don’t keep me in the dark.”
Nope, not interested in third-wheeling an argument about to take place, either.
“Ryder and Reed will be here tomorrow. Let’s wait and talk then, okay?” he requested, then looked over at me for an assist.
Shit, was he serious? “Er, uh, maybe he’s right. Let’s wait until we have more coverage before any of us go back to your place.”
“Coverage for what?” She pointed her angry glare at me now.
“Tomorrow. Just wait until then.” Trevor strode over and shockingly parked his ass right alongside me to face her.
Audrey groaned but thankfully didn’t put up a fight. “Fine. Answers tomorrow, along with my things.” She shook her head. “Things I want to pick out myself. So when my brother is here, and there’s all this ‘coverage’ you need for some reason, I’m going over.”
