Page 164 of Indecent Lies

Lawless’ head swiveled around. “Huh? For what?”

Snake laughed. “For food. She’s got it into her head that you need more socializing like a regular person. Don’t worry, she’s not setting you up with any chicks, I told her any of her friends would be too timid for your tastes.”

A shudder of revulsion went through Lawless.

A blind date sounded about as monstrous as having a heart to heart with his mom.Momma, it’s dark, can I come back in yet?

“I can’t, busy. But tell the Mrs, thanks and another time.”

He got Snake outside.

And with just a few minutes and a fast, precise conversation where Snake, for once kept his trap shut, Lawless explained a few important things to his friend.

He watched it happen.

Snake paled under his tanned skin, flexing his tattooed hands and then his teeth snapped together.

“Before you start spewing your little boy feelings on me… don’t. This is a done deal, Snake. It’s happening and I need you to get with the program to see to what I need from you.”

Connections didn’t come easy or simple for Lawless but he knew he’d kill for any of those men inside and the one in front of him in particular.

Maybe he did care to an extent, but it was never in the flavor that people wanted from him.

Humans were skin and bones and so much neediness that his intestines hurt.

Noise crawled through his chest wall.

Determination warred with hesitancy.

Anger looked back at Lawless. “You’re just fucking telling me this now?”

“Yes.”

“This is insanity. You could have told me at any time, you didn’t just wake up today and decide this.” Snake blew out frustrated air. “There’s other ways.”

“There isn’t.”

Lawless would know.

He would not wait. Not for this.He wanted it done andfinished.

He let Snake go through his ranting and pacing like a worried housewife.

“I could punch your fucking face off; I fucking swear.”

“We have no time for kinky games and your wife would object, unless she gets off on watching, then maybe another time.” He smirked in return, loose with his blood on fire.

His feet wanted to carry him back inside so badly, just for a minute toindulge… and he never gave in to compulsions.

Until he did.

He was such a fucking contradiction.

He pulled the two sets of keys out of his pocket as sirens in the background started to grow closer. He pushed them into Snake’s hands, said a few quiet instructions to make sure the bodyguard took it all in.

“You’ll do this for me.”

It wasn’t a question.

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