Guilt fills me up as I look at Margery, and she cracks a smile. “You can stop lying,” she chuckles. “I knew you were lying the first time. You going to a speed dating event? You would never.”
I look at her, shocked. “You knew the whole time?”
She nods.
“It wasn’t hard to figure out you were lying, but I knew what you were going to do was something you’ve probably thought about a lot. I knew you would be safe, so I didn’t say too much. But I’m glad you met him.” Margery gives my hand a squeeze.
“More like he stalked and found me.” I roll my eyes as I look at Matthias. “He came to the store several times in disguises.”
I still can’t believe he did that. Did he not think that I wouldn’t go out with him if he asked? I would have said yes in a heartbeat.
“I don’t know Matthias that well, but that tracks,” Margery chuckles.
I fidget in my spot as Ethan continues to look at me. Does he not want me here? That isn’t going to fly with me. I will see Margery whenever I want to, and he can’t keep me away from her.
“I heard you have found some trouble.” Ethan raises an eyebrow.
I nod. “My brother. Should be in prison, but he’s out and in New York.”
“And you want Matthias to take care of him?” Ethan inquires.
I look at Matthias. Do I want him to take care of it? Yes, but at the same time, he is blood related to me. I know what he did was bad, but there is still some small piece that makes me want to work on it and see if we could have a normal relationship. But I know that isn’t likely.
“I will be taking care of everything,” Matthias says before I can answer. “I already have Rolo on it. Once I have a location, I’m going in.”
And part of me is happy he’s going to be kill him. Gerard deserves to die after almost killing me. If I could do it, I would but I know I wouldn’t be able to.
“Good. You guys can move in here if you want,” Ethan offers.
I open my mouth to say something when Matthias wraps his arm around my waist and pulls me close to him.
“We’ll think about it,” Matthias replies. “Thank you for the offer.”
“How about we eat?” Margery pipes up. “I’m starving.”
“We just ate and were about to head to bed. Both of us have had a long day,” Matthias once again answers before I can.
I glare at him. “I am perfectly fine. Yes, we did have a an eventful day, but everything is fine. I can stay up and hang out with them.”
Matthias pulls me away from Margery and shakes his head. “No. We are going to go to bed. You need the sleep..”
Margery holds her hand up and stares at me.
“Yes?” I ask.
“Is this the man you were talking about on the phone?” she asks. “The one who comes into your apartment at night, and you know?” She wiggles her eyebrows.
My face heats up as I feel Ethan and Matthias staring at me. I completely forgot about the conversation I had with Margery about that. How I told her I was seeing someone who would come into my apartment and have sex with me. Though it was only once and very hot.
“You talked about me?” Matthias kisses the side of my head. I can hear the smirk in his voice, and I don’t dare look at him.
“Just briefly. I talked about how awful you were in bed and how I didn’t know someone could be that bad.” I look at Margery, trying to keep eye contact with her so I don’t giggle.
“I’ll show you how bad I can be in bed,” Matthias whispers in my ear.
I shiver, arousal flooding me. I can’t wait until he shows me later on.
“Okay, don’t do that in front of me.” Margery fake gags. “I don’t need to see what my best friend is up to. Stop. No. I can’t take it any longer.”