Eden gripped the front door tightly.
“I don’t know what game you’re playing, but I don’t want any part of it,” she said.“Leave me alone.”
“Do you think Razor is doing this out of the good of his heart?”Mac asked.“He’s playing you, just like every club brother is playing everyone.You’re nothing but pussy to him.”
And before she even got a chance to slam the door closed, he turned on his heel and walked away, and Eden didn’t like that.She shook her head and closed the door without slamming it, which she felt was rather gracious for herself.
She walked back toward the dining room table where her laptop was set up, and she sat down.She spread her fingers across the keys and couldn’t help but notice how they shook.This was crazy.Why were her hands shaking?
“He’s playing you.”
Eden took a deep breath.“He’s a liar and a cheat.Just focus on work.He came to cause trouble.”
She looked over the work she had done and tried to focus but it was like a nasty tune on repeat, saying the same thing, and no matter what she did, she couldn’t get it out of her head.
He’s playing you.
He’s playing you.
He’s playing you.
The damage had been done, and Eden pushed away from the table and made her way into the kitchen.
Razor was not playing her, and what they had was very real.Mac was just trying to cause trouble again.That was what he always did.
For the next couple of hours, Eden finally was able to put those words out of her mind and focus on the website.
She finished the website and had just gotten everything activated after the author had given the all-clear, when Maeve walked in.Eden had grabbed a strawberry yogurt from the fridge and was in the process of eating it when Maeve came through the door.She had several bags in her hands, and from the look on Maeve’s face, she was excited.
“You were gone a long time.”
“I know.I’m sorry.I did eat lunch out, but I’m ready to get those burgers on the grill.”Maeve put the bags in the sitting room.“I am so going to show you everything later.”
Eden winced.“Is this where you give me a whole bunch of your first impressions and then ask to use my face?”
“That is exactly what is going to happen.”Maeve went to the freezer.“Which is why I also stopped by the store and got you your favorite ice cream, because I am the world’s best sister.”Maeve put a couple of cartons into the freezer.
“Wow, you bought a lot of makeup, didn’t you?”
“There were a whole bunch of new releases, and I didn’t have a limit.”
“How’s everything going with Charlotte?”Eden asked.
“So, we have her first makeup kit all ready and we’re starting the techniques in a couple of weeks.”
“A couple of weeks?”Eden asked.
“Yeah, I’ve had a few things come up.Nothing too important.She has my cell phone, and I can talk her through a few things.”
“Another job?”
“Yeah, you could say that.I am starving.Are you wanting those burgers?”Maeve asked.
Eden wanted to ask her sister for advice, but she had a feeling all she would say was that Mac was a fucking liar.She had to agree.Mac had a history of being a liar and a cheat.She hated that he’d gotten under her skin.Hanging out with her sister might help her clear her mind.
That was what she needed.Razor was a good guy, and she had to remember that.He’d not given her any reason to doubt his intentions.
Mac was all bullshit.
