And something about that girl has my dick in a twist.
I want very badly for her to untwist it.
The bouncers step away from the door to let in the next group of partiers, and my hackers bring up the rear. I step in front of them, blocking their path.
“Get the fuck over to the side, now,” I hiss.
The ringleader, the one I had dangling over the side of the parking deck, tightens his jaw and nods at his partners to move. He has a deep gash over his right eye now and I quirk a brow at him.
“Lemme guess. You were stupid enough to think you could get away once that trunk opened, huh?”
He doesn’t answer.
Obstinate fuck.
He still refuses to talk.
I lean closer, placing my hand on his shoulder and squeezing it tight. “If you don’t wanna end up hanging by your fucking ankles again, you’re gonna walk me over to your backer so we can have a nice little chat.”
The two guys Bruno found in the bushes stare at me, eyes wide, obviously panicked.
Like the smart guys they are.
But this one, he doesn’t give me a single clue as to what the hell is going on in his head…or what’s about to happen.
“Let’s go. I see her,” one of the partners mutters.
I recoil.
Her?
CHAPTER12
ZENO
Ishove the asshole kid forward, grazing his ear with my lips. “You’re gonna walk over to the table where your boss is sitting and you’re not gonna try anything stupid, or else the knife I have in my pocket is gonna slice your goddamn jugular. And my friend Bruno is right behind us with his gun, so you’ve basically got no chance if you fuck around with us. Do you feel me, Brilliance?”
He nods.
I can make out the profile of a woman with long, dark hair and glasses sitting by herself. “Is that who you’re supposed to meet?”
Again he nods and walks in the direction of the table. I push the other two in front of me so I can keep tabs on all three. Bruno and Aldo slip into step next to me.
“What’s the plan?” Aldo asks.
“I want my money back,” I grunt. “And they’re gonna get it for us.
“That wasn’t part of the deal,” he mumbles. “We were just gonna scare them off.”
“Fuck that,” I say. “They’re not getting away with it. Do you know how much damage it’ll do to us if word gets around that the hotel our families own was taken for God only knows how much cash?”
“Sergio is gonna flip his shit if you engage with these pussies.”
I roll my eyes. What the hell else is new?
My eyes flicker past the hackers, back toward the dance floor where I see Lily pressed against one of the guys in the circle. Her friend is off to the side, leaving her exposed and alone.
I clench my fist tight. Jesus, I need to calm the hell down.