Page 69 of Hidden Desires
They both looked confused and concerned.
Caden was shirtless, wearing nothing but his joggers and sandals, while Lucas came running in his teddy bear onesie.
“Nothing. This man-whore betrayed the crew and fucked my little bro,” Marcus snarled, kicking Blade in the thigh as he struggled to stand up.
“Dude! It’s nothing like that,” Blade tried once again, starting to get a bit pissed.
He knew this was going to happen. He tried to stop himself, knowing that no good could ever come from giving in to his true feelings for Ace.
There was no scenario where this wouldn't end with him betraying his friend, breaking Ace’s heart, and ending up back on the streets.
“Did you stick your dick into my little bro?” Marcus growled, standing over him, looking like he was ready to bash his head into the ground.
Blade sat quietly. No matter what he said, he had lost Marcus’s trust. The man was never going to let him be with Ace. Not now, not ever.
Marcus stepped back into the room where Ace was yelling at him, cursing and shouting, and calling his brother every fucking name in the book.
Blade looked up at Nikolai and the others, who were now standing around him with looks of concern plastered on their faces.
"Marcus… I—” His sentence was cut off when one of his boots hit him in the head. The rest of his clothing landed all around him.
“Take your shit and leave. I never want to see your bastard face again. If I do, I’ll fucking kill you,” Marcus snarled, standing next to the door, chest heaving.
“Marcus, wait. You don’t mean what you’re saying,” Nikolai blurted, stepping between Marcus and Blade. “Let’s just calm down and talk about this. This is Blade, our brother. Whatever he and Ace got going between them, we should at least hear them out.”
Caden took a step forward and extended his hand to help Blade to his feet.
Perhaps his brothers weren’t going to abandon him after all.
“No! He took advantage of my little brother and broke the bro code,” Marcus snarled.
“Bro code?” Lucas whispered, glancing over at Caden as if searching for an explanation.
Caden shrugged as he helped Blade to his feet.
Marcus lunged forward again, but was stopped by Nikolai.
“Boss, please,” Nikolai pleaded.
Seeing the hatred in Marcus’s eyes, Blade knew that he had lost his trust. He was being kicked out of the family, all because he gave in to his heart and ignored his head.
Ace finally appeared in the doorway, looking pissed as hell.
There was a scratch on his chest, probably from his fight with his brother.
“Marcus, you got it all wrong,” Ace shouted, taking a step toward Blade, before being snatched up by Marcus.
“You’re done with him,” Marcus snarled at his young brother.
Blade reached for his jeans and stepped into them.
He knew that this was going to happen. How could he have been so stupid?
Not bothering to do up his belt, he stepped into his boots and glanced at Ace, who was still cursing and struggling against his brother’s deathlike grip.
“No! Let me go!” Ace shouted, pounding his fists against his brother’s chest.
It was a battle between David and Goliath. One had power of the heart, the other had power of strength.
