Page 155 of Heartless
I nodded.“You’re all my family.”
“Fucking right.”
After long minutes of comfortable silence, I turned to Silas’s profile.“Can I ask you a personal question?”
The corner of his mouth hitched.“You can always ask.”
“I could be way off, but I’ve noticed how you look at Bianca, and I think you’d make a gorgeous couple.Why aren’t you together?”
The muscles of his arm flexed, and his jaw tightened.Shoot.That was none of my business.“I’m sorry.I didn’t mean—”
“I’m not good for her.”
Lord knew why, I pressed on.“If you like her, shouldn’t you give her a chance to make that decision for herself?”
More clenching of his jaw ensued.“She deserves the moon on a platter.I can’t give her that.”
Boy oh boy.Filing that tidbit of information for my next conversation with Bianca, I changed the subject.Or I was about to when Silas spoke.
“Jake’s deep into you.”
No, he wasn’t.I didn’t know how to respond to Silas’s statement, but I didn’t need to because he continued.
“He told me what happened the other day.”
That snapped me right out of my funk, and anger knotted my voice.“Doesn’t he always?”
Silas’s tone turned gentler.“Not like that, sweetie.Not since he took you to the house.And about what those women told you, one wanted to keep him interested and the other asked to be tag teamed.”
I didn’t understand the logic in sleeping with a man’s best friend to keep that said man, but maybe there was none.“Tag teamed?”
His nod was slow.“Yup, tag teamed in bed.”
Understanding dawned, and lava engulfed my face.“Oh.I...oh.”
He threw a quick glance my way.“He’s a good guy, Sienna.He’s been in a fucked-up place for a long time but he’s a good guy.”
I breathed out the twinge in my heart.“That might be true, Silas, but being hurt doesn’t give him the right to lash out and be cruel.”
To my surprise, he agreed.“Damn right.But must admit, sweetie, if I found my woman in bed with another guy, I’d be going for blood, too.”
Firstly, I wasn’t Jake’s woman.And secondly, if that was the way he treated them, it was no wonder they hadn’t stuck around.
I had to deep breathe twice before I was able to speak.“Jake saw Matt coming out of my bedroom, fully dressed, and he drew his own messed up conclusions.I know he’s your brother, but Jake Rhodes chooses to be an ass who persists in seeing the world in black and dark grey.He can choke on his own stupid assumptions.”
Silas whistled low, and his shoulders shook with silent laughter.“Sweet with a side of spice.”
****
At the house, Silasbeeped the gates open, and my heartbeat accelerated.
As he reached for his door, he turned to me.“You’re right, but my boy’s in a world of hurt right now, and you’re his fucking light.”
A little taken aback by his comment, I silently got out of the truck.He grabbed my bag with one hand, my shaking fingers with the other, and we headed for the heavy front door.I stepped over the threshold, and my throat clogged.My whole life had changed here.
And it was still as beautiful as I remembered.The sound of the door closing brought Camila and Bianca out of the kitchen.Camila’s hands flew to her mouth to muffle a shriek while Bianca gaped at me and Silas.Then, they hurried through the small distance separating us, and I was engulfed in a three-way hug.
Bianca cupped my cheek.“Dio, cara, you’ve become even more beautiful.”
