“You can give someone space in a way they still know you have their back,” Knox continued. “And last night was not that.”
Regrettably, he was right.
I bit the side of my lip.
As he watched me do this, effectively conceding the point at the same time sharing they’d hurt me (even if I felt it important to reiterate, I asked them to stay distant), the banked hazel fire in his eyes roused and the green came out in stark relief.
That was something new too.
Or maybe, I’d just not been close enough to him when he was uber pissed to notice it.
For some reason, this made him turn back to the Angels and announce, “The reason we ended was that I gave her an ultimatum. Quit the Angels and be with me. Or stick with her girls and lose me.”
There were outraged gasps throughout the group.
“She chose you,” Knox stated.
A myriad of reactions came after that, but all of them centered around surprise and understanding with lots and lots of love and sisterhood.
Knox still wasn’t done.
“I’m over that shit now. But as you can see, the asshole in that situation was me. She kept her mouth shut to protect me. And you left her swinging.”
They were back to looking abashed.
“He’s right,” Jessie said, her attention on me. “You asked for space, but we could have sent some drinks to your table or just stopped by to say a quick hi.”
“It wasn’t cool, and it felt gross,” Harlow put in.
“That’s partially our fault that our drama leaked out all over everywhere,” I said.
Knox grunted his dissent to my declaration but fortunately said no actual words.
“But everything is okay with you two now?” Willow asked.
“Yeah,” I answered. “We had a big come to Jesus and, well…” I smiled so large, it hurt my face. “It’s all good now.”
All the Angels were smiling too, with Harlow adding a silent clap at her chest and rolling up and down on her toes.
“Except Cheyenne getting up in our shit,” Knox rained on our parade.
I frowned up at him.
He ignored my frown and looked to the Angels. “And you women wading into my family’s business.”
“We’re gonna stop doing that,” Gemma piped up. “Because we haven’t had a chance to talk to Luna about it yet, and because the Russian mob warned Raye and Luna off.”
The arm around my shoulders contracted exponentially and Knox dipped his chin to look down at me again.
His eyes were very green.
EEP!
“The boys didn’t tell you?” I asked.
That green got greener before he asked back, “They knew?”
I decided to shut up.
