Stop being mean to me, I silently begged.It’s making my dick hard.
“I’m on the ground floor on the other side of the house.”
“Good. Now leave.”
With anyone else, I would have pressed the issue. Would’ve shown them exactly how big of an asshole I could be. But I knew for Sutton, the animosity was merely a defense mechanism, so I let it slide.
We’d talk tomorrow, when she’d gotten some rest and had some time to collect herself.
Without another word, I backed out of the room and headed down to my own. Once the door closed behind me, I sat at the foot of my bed, my head falling into my hands. I pressed the heels of my palms deep into my eyelids, trying to rub out the image of Sutton in my driveway when she first arrived. I hated myself for pointing my gun at her, for making what was a harrowing evening even worse.
She’d been so damn scared, her entire body trembling either from fear or cold. Likely both, if I had to guess. Her eyes had been wide, skin deathly pale, clutching that cat to her chest like he could protect her from the evils of this world.
He couldn’t, obviously. He was a fucking cat.
ButIcould, and I would.
I still couldn’t believe she’d braved the woods in the dark to comehere. And now that she’d literally brought her troubles to my doorstep, I’d do everything I could to make them disappear.
It wouldn’t be the first time.
My phone buzzed with an incoming text, pulling me from my thoughts, and I reached for it.
TREY
All good?
He’d texted earlier when Sutton had first tripped the sensors, but I hadn’t responded, her appearance stealing all of my focus.
ME
Yep. False alarm.
TREY
Really? Because, unless my eyes are playing tricks on me, I’m pretty sure Sutton Rausch just showed up on your security footage.
ME
Better go get those eyes check, big brother. You’re going blind in your old age.
Trey didn’t respond, and I hoped it was because he was letting the subject drop.
I should’ve known better, though, because a few minutes later, my phone vibrated again with another message from him, though this one was sent in the brother group chat we rarely used because we all preferred phone calls—and we saw each other in person plenty anyway.
Lawless for Life
TREY
You guys will never believe who just showed up at Lane’s house.
CREW
I’m intrigued.
WEST
Bro??? It’s two o’clock in the morning??? So disrespectfully as possible, what the fuck?
