“No need, they’re already coming up the stairs.”
How did he even know that? The guy was like Batman. Onyx opened the door just as Ash was reaching for the handle.
“Onyx?” Ash looked confused and then slightly alarmed that I had been in here with him.
“Onyx?” Jett echoed as he appeared behind Ash. “What’s going on?”
“Your room,” Onyx said regally as he swept past them both, and I followed, eager to see how he was going to play it out.
Ash took my hand in the hall. “Are you okay?”
I was. “Yeah, you?”
“I’m good.” He gave me that smile that made my knees weak, and I had to reprimand myself to stop falling for him. Ash Santo was a player.
As we crowded into Jett’s room, I saw that none of Ava’s clothes were out of place. Unlike Gray’s. The place was immaculate. It did not surprise me that Jett would have some form of OCD.
“What brings you here?” Gray asked his older brother, and I saw the lingering anger between the two of them.
“I found your janitor.”
I had not expected that.
“Where?” Ash demanded.
“Not for you,” Onyx said sharply. “I came to tell you that I have him. Your girlfriends are safe.”
“I want to talk to him,” Ash insisted stubbornly.
“And you will, after Saturday’s game.”
“How long have you been here?” Jett asked as he looked between me and Onyx.
“Long enough to hear Mia here be called a slut downstairs by your house elves.”
“What?” Ash demanded angrily.
“They implied she was a bit loose.” Onyx turned to me. “Are you?”
“No.” I was losing the feeling of newfound camaraderie I had with him.
“Who said it?” Ash asked me, and then he shook his head. “It doesn’t matter; I’ll sort all of them.”
“There’s no need,” I said to him. “Honestly, you put me in a living situation with you and told the world. Your cousin accused me of the same thing on Sunday, so how is this different? So what if one more person says it?Iknow that I’m not.” I was tired of all the stigma. “And you know what? Even if I was, it’s my body.” I looked around the room. “As long as I’m okay with who and how often I have sex, I really don’t care about what anyone else says.”
“I like this one, she can stay.” Onyx only had eyes for Quinn when he spoke. Quinn ignored him. “Well, my job here is done. I’m going to go.”
Quinn looked relieved, the twins exchanged a look, and Ash’s head was still bowed, his hands curled into tight fists. Ava was watching me, and when I met her look, she mouthedWhat?
“Hold up.”
Onyx’s head tilted back as he sighed. “Mia, don’t do this.”
“Do what?” Gray asked me.
“Close the door. Your brother has something to tell you,” I instructed. I watched the older man turn and fix me with a heavy stare.
Ava was the one who locked the door, shutting us all in.
