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The man’s one good eye widened and he shook his head. “No, no, please... I’ll tell you,” he said with a bit of a struggle.
“I’m listening.” Li waited.
The man confessed that it was him and four other men who worked for them who’d stolen a case of the drugs thinking the triad wouldn’t notice. He also told them their names and locations, then begged for Li to leave his mother alone.
“If what you told me pans out, mom’s safe. If not...” He didn’t say anything else to the man, letting his earlier threat speak for him. He turned to his sister. “Get some men on it.”
Li walked toward the exit and motioned for Monty to follow him and he did. They climbed into the car and headed to one of their properties where they could wait for word on their targets. In themeantime, a change of clothes was provided for Monty via courier from one of the most expensive men’s fashion boutiques in Miami.
Next, lunch was delivered and while Monty ate, he couldn’t get the image of the man he’d beaten out of his mind. But what disturbed him most of all was that he didn’t feel guilty. As far as he was concerned, the man had asked for it. Yes... he asked for it and Monty gave it to him. What he was feeling at the moment was a strange sense of satisfaction.
Was this who he was? And more importantly, did he want to kill the next man he tortured just to see how it would feel? Would Ren still like him if he knew his soul was this dark?
Li laughed and that caught Monty’s attention.
“You’re sitting there with your thoughts giving you doubts, aren’t you?” Li asked, then sucked up more of his noodles.
Monty exhaled and cut some more of his steak. “You say that as if you know me.”
“I do. I’ve been watching you, Monty. Like I said, the guards report back to me everything and I make my determinations based on the information I receive. That’s why I knew you’d get off on doing what you did,” Li said.
“Are you pleased with yourself?” Monty asked.
“I’m pleased with you.” Li gave him another smirk, then waved his hand dismissively. “And don’t worry about Ren. You could kill a man in front of him while he sucked you off. He’s that into you. Besides, he grew up in this life, any man father would allow him to marry would have to be someone who can hold their own.”
The very image of him killing someone while having his sub suck him off made Monty’s dick stir and he had to close his eyes to banish the thought. Why did that excite him? Why did he want to put it to the test? What would Richie think of him now?
“Don’t worry, you won’t have to kill anyone today... unless you wanted to. I’ve seen enough to know you’re good enough for my brother and this family,” Li said, then continued to eat his lunch.
But would he still be good enough for Richie?Monty wondered. Right now, all he wanted to do was talk to his best friend, but he didn’t want to for fear that he would push Richie away.
Damn it to hell.
Chapter eighteen
Ajay
AWeek later.
Ajay’s stomach was doing flips like an Olympic gymnast as he waited for Tim “Tiny Tim” Davis to enter the visitors’ area. It had been almost a month since he was finally able to get clearance to visit his boyfriend and he knew that was because of the DEA preventing him. He had no idea what kind of strings Dasan pulled to get him access, but he was more than grateful because he missed TT.
The doors opened and Ajay rose, a smile on his face as the big tattooed biker walked through the doorway. TT returned Ajay’s smile as he made his way over to him, taking his man into his arms. They gave each other a quick kiss before taking their seats.
“God, I missed you so much,” Ajay beamed as he looked over his man. “I hate that I never got a chance to say goodbye the last time.”
TT nodded. “Yeah, that fucking sucked. I didn’t know what the hell had happened to you. I was going fucking crazy. That’s when theWarden told me that your partner had taken you out of here. Then I got a visit from my club after your... true Hell Week test and they told me everything.”
“I’m glad you weren’t kept in suspense for too long,” Ajay said.
“I would have torn this place apart if anything had happened to you in here,” TT said.
Awwww,Ajay thought and he smiled. Never had any man he’d ever been with make him feel this cherished.
“Are you okay in here?”
“Yeah, I’m good. Baby, I missed you, too. Fuck, you look so damn good,” TT said, admiring who and what belonged to him.
Ajay blushed a little, his cheeks reddening ever so slightly at the compliment. “You look great too. Jesus, you’re built like a fucking brick wall.”
