Page 7 of The Secret's Out

“And because of the way you both feel about her,” Talon added.

Fuck. They all knew.

“Will you both be good boys to fix our girl’s shit?” Talon asked with a smirk.

Bloody motherfuckin’ hell. They’d all noticed things weren’t right with Billy and me since Josie had left.

Billy and I...yeah, I had feelings for the kid, but he wouldn’t let anything happen without Josie.

Josie was what made us stick.

Otherwise, Billy didn’t want anything to do with a wanker like myself. I had too much baggage. He’d found that out after the one night we’d shared together, after he’d sucked me off one drunken night and I’d become addicted to his touch.

Shit. Thinking of Billy’s mouth around me was not a fuckin’ good idea.

I was dirty. I was wrong in so many ways.

Wished I had time to go to the club where I had no trouble gettin’ sucked off or thrustin’ into any pussy I wanted. It went either way at club Enchanted. If I wanted some random guy or woman, I could have either or both at the same time. But shit, I had no time for it. I was itchin’ to get on the road, to deal with the dicks gettin’ at Josie.

Lettin’ our past go was what I had to do. Not thinking of Billy and Josie as my salvation was what I needed to focus on in order to fix Josie’s problems and work as a team.

Then after, I could go back to being the sad sack of misery, waiting for my happily ever after like my brothers had found.

Instead, I had to face the fact it was never for me and it never would be.

“I’m fine,” I growled.

“Yeah, Josie needs help. Once she’s good, we’ll come back.”

“See if you can bring her back with you.”

Griz scoffed. “She won’t have it. She’ll think she’s a failure.”

“Then we’ll make sure she doesn’t. She’s my woman’s sister, which means she’s mine. She needs to be home with her family. She can study here in Ballarat where we can keep her safe.”

“Deal,” I said and walked toward the door. I went straight to my room.

Not having a house of my own, I lived in the compound. I liked it that way. It was easy for me to be there and help when shit went down.

Grabbing a bag out of the walk-in-closet, I started packing it with random clothes, my mind not really on it. Fury burned in my veins, my attention focused solely on Josie and the shit hand she’d been dealt once again.

Not for long though.

I knew Billy and I would do anything to stop her worries, make it right.

We’d risk anything...even our lives.

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