“Oh. Sounds like you realize you made mistakes. You’ll get another chance. They’re family.”
His head slowly moves back to me with a look of surprise. “Yeah. I guess.”
“So, this breakfast thing better have waffles.”
He smiles a killer smile. “Waffles, huh?”
“Yeah. Waffles.” My heart swells with the look of appreciation he’s giving me. I’ve made his mood better, and a part of me is beaming inside.
We pull into the garage, and the usual Russian dude that sits in a car by the elevator is gone. Don’t ask Scarlet. Just let it be. He walks around to open the door behind me to take out the box. Then he opens my door and extends his hand. “Let’s go, Red.”
I look down at myself realizing I’m still in just a thong.
He grabs the sweat shirt I have in the top of the box and hands it to me. “It’ll cover you. You’re so damn tiny.”
I slip the oversized hoodie over my head. “Petite. I’m petite.”
“You’re a damn fairy.”
Fairies are pretty. I’ll take that. He wraps his arm around me as we walk to the entrance.
THANE
She walks through my door ahead of me. The hoodie barely covers her beautiful ass, and my hands twitch with theanticipation of getting my hands all over her. Cracking my neck, I sigh as I set the box down on the table in the entry. “What do you need before we start?”
She turns. “A shower.”
“Make yourself at home. I’ll join you in a few.”
She sashays down the hallway, making the turn into the primary bedroom as I take out my phone, dialing Saxon.
“Hello?”
“Hey. How’s Cynric?”
“He’s good. Safe with Izzy at a safe house. Papa’s pissed.”
“Yeah. I know. Arturo should be calling him today.”
“How do you know this?”
“I called him to find out who knew Jose was going to start the shit.”
“Papa curbed your ass. Unless you want this banishment to be permanent, you’ll cool it.”
“I will. Look, I’m sorry about what happened.”
Saxon blows out a breath. “Thane. The ambush wasn’t your fault. Cynric is notorious for not sharing what he’s doing. Papa railed on him about it. Just be sorry for how you treated Izzy. Cynric’s pissed about that, too.”
“I understand. I’ll check in with him in a few days. Tell him I asked about him.”
“Sure. Be safe, Thane.”
I end my call as I strip my clothes, walking into my bathroom. Red’s standing under the spray, letting the water cascade all over her luscious body as I slide into the shower behind her. I lean down and whisper. “I’m going to fuck you so hard for arguing with me.” She stiffens, and that’s all I need. I push her to the cold shower tile and bring my hand back to smack her sweet ass.
“Ow.”
I laugh. “You’ll think ‘ow’. You don’t argue with me.” I smack her ass again and rub the spot after the loud crack.