I draw back. “It isn’t okay! My sister hates me.”
“She doesn’t,” Bobby says gently.
“And if she does, she’s a fucking idiot.” Doc shoves Bobby out of the way and pulls me into his arms. “Sorry, Tesorina. Family sucks.”
It’s weird to be hugged by Doc but I let my head rest on his chest.
“Did Margot try to get you to go home?” Eli asks, his voice tight.
“Yeah, she said Corinne, my stepmom, wants me there. She’s frozen Margot and my brothers’ trust funds until I go back.”
Eli and Adriano exchange looks.
“You should know that we think your stepmother is still in contact with Parker,” Eli says. “She was due to gain fifty million after you were married and it seems as though she’s still pursuing the money, claiming she had no control over your abduction.”
I shudder.
“There’s more,” Eli says, and his sharp tone is betrayed by the concern in his eyes. “There’s a possibility your siblings were going to get a cut and they might feel… entitled to tell you to come home.”
I wait for the sting, but nothing happens. I don’t know that there’s anything about my family that could surprise me anymore. “Okay. Well, there’s no way they can get that money now, is there?”
“No,” Adriano says flatly.
“Your brothers can get fucked,” Doc fumes. “Trying to drag their kid sister into a snake pit for a few nickels.”
“Lachlan and Harris don’t know how to exist without my parent’s money. From their perspective, I’m sure they don’t have a choice.”
Doc looks like he wants to be mean, but he hugs me tighter instead. “You’re a better person than us, Tits. But I guess we already knew that.”
I smile into his chest. “I think you’re all good men.”
“That’s because we bent you to our will with mind tricks and hardcore fucking.”
I giggle harder than the comment requires. It just feels so good to smile. Then I catch the look on Adriano’s face. The brutal focus I recognize from the times he’s truly terrified me.
“No! Adriano, you can’t.”
His head jerks up. “Pryntsesa?”
“You’re not gonna kill my stepmom!”
Adriano glances to Eli who smooths his jacket lapels. “She’ll be dealt with in due time,bella.”
“But you’re not going to kill her?”
“No.” Adriano says.
“Definitely not,” Eli adds.
“Good.” I sway in Doc’s strong arms. “I’ve had enough drama for at least like… three years.”
“Make it twenty and that’s how I feel,” Bobby says, giving me his easy, open smile. Suddenly all I want is to be in bed with Doc on one side and Bobby on the other, watching videos on my phone as we fall asleep, knowing tomorrow I’ll see Eli and Adriano. I fight back a yawn.
“You’re taking this well,” Eli says. “Or are you in shock?”
Doc shoves two fingers against my neck.
I tap his hand away. “I’m fine. I’m okay with where I am.”
