I was talking about Isabella, but considering I’ll be taking over from Alejandro before long, I guess the Russian isn’t wrong in what he says.
Quinn swings around to face him, and he ruins her rising temper with a wink and a flirty smile. Her mouth parts, and she blinks through the haze of her Alpha’s influence.
I growl at him. We can wind her up for hours, but I’d prefer everything settled as well as it can be before she gets a taste of what’s coming.
“I want you both aware that Victor is locked down. He won’t be going anywhere. He is something we will resolve later, but the Cartel will want their pound of flesh for the grief he has brought our family.”
I check over my shoulder to see if Marco has rejoined us, but he hasn’t, so I keep talking as fast as I can, hopefully bringing more comfort. “I do have to let Alejandro know I’ve found his sister. It’s only fair I stop his grieving as soon as I can. While Quinn is in her heat, there will be Cartel watching over all of us.He will send only his best men. I would trust them with your safety, bebe.”
And that’s the point where Quinn races around the table and knocks the wind out of me. Being on the receiving end of her gratitude is a beautiful thing.
Chapter Fifty-Seven
QUINN
Kade’s face appears in front of me, and I screech.
“Quinny.” He smirks while shutting off the vacuum. “I’m doing an intervention.”
“They’re not back yet. And I just have the bathroom to go.”
He holds up the bucket of cleaning supplies. “I did it. And I redid the kitchen.”
Any argument I have is taken away when he holds his phone up for me to see.
Phase one complete.
“Phase one?” My mind is racing backward, and I’m not sure I’ve heard the termphase one. Was I meant to know what that means? Did I agree to something I forgot?
“Stop.” Kade’s command doesn’t have the same impetus as a bark from my Alphas, but it’s got so much weight to it, I stand there like I’m locked up by him.
He grins before he drops the bucket, slowly peels off the rubber gloves, and cups my face. His mouth is on mine, and he breathes into my mouth. “Do you want to come and see phase one?”
I’m nodding and kissing, sighing and falling into him. The incessant need to clean replaced by a need to be with him. And them.
“You’ve been distracting me? All of you?”
He grins again, his tongue licking over mine, and I can’t help feeling I’m the luckiest girl in the world.
He pulls away, not far. “Did it work?”
“Yes.”
Kade closes the distance but veers off course. He leaves a trail of burning kisses from the edge of my mouth over to my ear where he breathes softly in and out a few times. It’s intimate, and a reminder Kade knows what I like. “Quinny, go check on Deena for me.”
I move like I’m hypnotized, his words playing over in my head, overriding any worry I have. I walk into her room and screech again.
“What is wrong with me, I don’t screech!” I protest, letting Marco pull me over to a spot he and Deena and have made on her bed.
Around the room are at least six giant gift bags. Someone clearly has been to Dollar Tree, given the haphazard collection of gift bags.
Marco is beaming. He looks so happy, I start crying. Which makes him bare his teeth at me before dissolving into a fit of laughter. His hands are flying as he teases me. “They said you would be so girly. You’re crying because you got presents?Chuvak, not cool.”
“Chuvak?? What is that? A new word?”
“From Aleksei. Likedude. He said I could only usesukawhen it was the boys. Santiago saidcojonesis the same.” And then his eyes bug as he realizes what he did. “Anyway, hurry and open this one first.”
He shoves a gift bag into my hands that has a giant rabbit on the front. I look at Deena for answers, but her smug smile lets me know she knows, but she’s not telling. It’s the same expression Marco wears.
