Page 115 of Vexatious Queen

She snapped her mouth shut and blinked as she tried to slip out of my hold.

“No, no, no, Little Rabbit. You’re not slinking away from the conversation.”

Ren’s face went bright red. Normally, that would be a sexy turn-on, but she was hiding something from me, and I didn’t like it.

“What exactly did Nora say,” Ren asked, looking sheepish.

Letting her go, I crossed my arms.

“That they split because he’s a jerk, and I didn’t have to worry anymore.”

“Okay, that’s all you need to know.”

Ren tried to sit down, but I grabbed her hand. She slowly turned back.

“Liam, just leave it. You got what you wanted, right? He’s out of her life.”

“Yeah, but you knew before me. Nora wouldn’t have messaged you. Especially, about this. Don’t try to lie to me.”

She rubbed her face. “Ugh, why can’t you just let it go?”

“Because that’s not me. Now, tell me, what the hell is happening here?”

With a sigh, Ren sat on the edge of the desk.

“Fine, but you need to promise me that you won’t freak out.”

“Do I look like the kind of guy who freaks out?”

Her cynical gray eyes flicked up and down to take in all of me.

“Tell me, Little Rabbit, that’s an order.” She tilted her head and narrowed her gaze, silently telling me I was pushing it. “Please, tell me,” I added.

She swore and tilted her head back before taking a deep breath in defeat.

“Last night, when Theo and I were picking up dinner, we saw Drew with another girl. I knew that you’d been trying to tell Nora that he was bad news, and you telling her again was not going to go well. Plus, you would be furious. So, Theo drove me to the gym, and I showed her the photo I took.”

“You weren’t going to tell me?”

“No, because it was Nora’s decision, and it was only going to create a bigger fight between the two of you if you went off on her about him. I assumed that she had told you everything, but she didn’t, which means she didn’t want you to know, and I did the right thing.”

I held out my hand.

“Show me the photo.”

“No.”

“Ren, I’m not asking this time. This is my sister we are talking about.”

She glared at me, and I saw the strong, fierce woman who was destined to be a queen.

“And we’re not in the bedroom. I don’t take orders from you, Liam.”

My lip twitched, along with other parts of my body. Fuck, that was hot.

“You can either show me the photo, or I tell my sister you told me the whole story, and I still want to see the photo.”

Her jaw dropped.