Page 70 of Cruel Revenge

Joshua shrugs, his smile sly and his gaze cold and calculating. “It would seem like it, considering dead bodies ended up at the front door of your house. Have to wonder what kind of operation you are actually running. You’d have to have clowns for a security team to allow that to happen.”

“I’ve had enough of your shit!” Aiden’s voice cracks through the van like a whip.

“And I’ve had enough of you wasting my time just so you can piss all over your sister’s leg while telling her that there’s a threat to the family. News-fucking-flash, there are always threats.”

I shift, making eye contact with Joshua. “Okay, why don’t the three of us talk about this like adults instead of both of you trying to prove that you’re the biggest badass in the van?”

“Fine.” Joshua shifts in his seat, arms crossing over his broad chest. “Although, Sky, maybe we should think about moving Summer and Jade in with us so we can make sure they’re properly protected.”

I sigh.

It would’ve been better if Joshua said nothing, and he knows that. For whatever reason, he’s decided this is the best time to get under Aiden’s skin.

Fuck my life.

Aiden presses his lips into a thin line, a wrinkle appearing between his eyebrows. “Over my dead body.”

Joshua grins and leans forward. “That could be arranged. It would be fun to kill you. I bet you’re not half as tough as you like to pretend to be. At the end of the day, you’re going to be nothing but a coward like most of the other men I deal with.”

Aiden pulls a knife out of the cupholder and points it at him. “Try it. If you think you’re so fucking tough, go ahead and try something. I’ll gut you.”

The corner of Joshua’s mouth twitches as I press my fingers to my temples.

I don’t know what he is doing right now. He could keep pushing until Aiden actually tries to kill him. And maybe that’s what he wants.

Maybe the shit he’s hiding from me is the fact that he’s looking for a reason to kill Aiden.

Is that what this marriage is? Just one big reason to find a way to get into my family and kill us all?

Joshua sighs and shakes his head. “You know, as much fun as this is, I have other things that I would rather be doing with my day.”

“You’re the one that started this round of bullshit.” My hands go up in the air before dropping down at my sides. “Can we just figure this shit out? This was supposed to be a good day, and now it’s gone to shit. I would just like to go home and forget about all of this if we can.”

Aiden closed his eyes and took a deep breath. “Zoe isn’t the only person I wanted to talk about right now.”

“What else?” I give Joshua an icy glare when he starts to open his mouth again.

He smirks, but the look in his eyes says this is far from funny.

Aiden looks at me. His frown deepens. “I went to your brownstone today. Thought I’d see how the place is doing and make sure there weren’t bodies there waiting for you, too.”

“And?”

If there are bodies piled up on my doorstep, me and Zoe are going to have more problems than we already do. I will go scorched earth on her ass, and she won’t know what hit her. And when I’m done with her, I’ll go after the rest of the Rinaldos.

The thought is appealing to a certain degree, but it feels like far more work than I’m willing to put in right now.

My marriage has to be the main focus for the next few months.

Zoe is too weak right now to make any big moves.

Aiden sighs, his shoulders slumping. “Logan was there. Looks like he broke in.”

Joshua sits up straighter. “Logan?”

“Yeah, you need to get a fucking handle on your brother.” Aiden glowers at Joshua, the knife still in his hand, though it’s not pointed at him anymore. “He was fucking jerking himself off to pictures of Skyla in the living room.”

Bile rises in the back of my throat. “I’m going to have to burn that couch now. I loved that couch.”

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