Page 69 of Midnight Legacy

Xavier took a staggered breath, his chest expanding. “Clive Brown has left us. Before he went to visit Malcolm, he revealed that there is a bounty on your head, and the head of our children, with specific terms.”

“Such as?” My blood ran cold, but we were all too involved in this game of revenge and darkness to go back.

“Please, Cas, not now,” Xavier begged, his eyes pleading me.

“If you want us to protect her, then we all need to know what is going on,” Lucas intervened. “The wolves are already prowling at our doors.”

Xavier stared at the ceiling for so long that I didn’t think he was going to answer. All the while my heart thumped in my chest.

“The will of Franklin Jenkins leaves provisions for his living children. You’re all that remains of that dynasty. A trust fund exists for your first- and second-born children. That’s a lot of money and a great incentive to the vultures who are gathering.” Xavier trailed his hands down his face. “It’s possible the dick pic pervert has been targeting you because he discovered who you are.”

“Fuck!” I snapped. “I knew he would never choose me over Megan.”

Megan paled, her gaze flying to Xavier. “I was the one who gave her phone number to him.”

“I’m aware,” he replied dryly. “Only she met me first, or his plan may have worked. He’s a good-looking guy and very persistent.”

A grin formed on my mouth, and I nudged Xavier. “Did you marry me for my money?”

His lips twitched. “I always wanted a sugar mamma. Are you going to demand sex all the time?”

“Maybe… Are you going to demand a boob job?”

Lucas boomed a loud laugh that echoed around the room. “The last laugh is on these men who want her inheritance, because fate stepped into their path when the blessed angel of the Blacks intervened.”

“The what?” My brow furrowed.

“Uncle Lucas believes that everyone in our family has a special someone assigned to them by our family angel. He knew when I first mentioned you, that you were the one for me by the way I talked about you.”

The idea of someone looking over their family gave me goosebumps.

He was right, I’d been flattered someone noticed me, and if I hadn’t made that date with Xavier, I probably would have taken dick pic guy up on his offer for a date. Who knew what would have happened?

“The angel only seems to be watching over the men of the family,” Lucrezia muttered while stirring her tea.

Her father shot her a sharp look, that reminded me of how quickly Xavier flipped the switch from light to darkness.

“It certainly explains why he was so insistent with the photographs,” I commented dryly. “He was trying to lure me to impregnant me.”

Xavier was finishing his cupcake, and nearly choked on it. “Yeah,” he coughed. “That dick is going nowhere near you for impregnation nor any other purposes.”

“Not to worry,” I replied, giving him my saccharine sweet smile. “I was already dickmatised.”

“You do realise that Zee is like a brother to me?” Lucrezia asked. “I’m trying to eat.” She held her plate with a slice of cake on it up.

“I can’t help it if my sexual prowess is so strong that I dickmatised a woman into marrying me.” Xavier was a typical older brother with his cousin, something I’d noticed at our wedding with the way he teased her.

“Aw!” Lucrezia held her hands up, and scrunched her face up in horror. “Make him stop!”

“So, what happens next?” I asked, trepidation churning my stomach.

“That’s simple,” Jordan replied, a creepy smile spreading over his face. “We find the pervert with an interest in photography and send a message to every asshole out there with an eye on your inheritance. That should eliminate part of our problem.”

I didn’t want to know what type of message they would send, but I’d agreed to stay safely on the side-lines.

“And the dragon brotherhood?” Ash queried. “They’re pissed that we made them look like fools.”

Jordan shrugged. “An establishment of that calibre should have had better security. They made themselves look like fools.”

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