Page 5 of Indulge
“Yeah, yeah. We both know she’s going to be a gorgeous, bratty submissive. Perfect for you. It’ll be like a fairytale, Reg.” He chuckles as he talks.
I scratch at my stubble.
“Do fairy tales often start with the bride punching her brother in the balls and then running away?”
His eyes go wide, and then he smirks.
“See. Perfect for you. Now get the coffee on, I’ll get changed.”
He jogs up the stairs and I head into his kitchen and start making the drinks.
There’s no way she’s perfect for me. By the sound of it, she’s a spoiled brat that hates authority. A menace like that, Rowan would die for. But for me—although I do like the challenge of taming a brat—I just can’t take that risk. Not when there is a whole alliance on the line.
I crack my knuckles. Maybe it could be fun to break her in. I shake my head. Nope. Not doing that.
The last thing I need is fucking this marriage up before it even starts.
Declan and his brothers need this alliance. I just have to keep her happy enough until we’ve stabilized here and gotten rid of our little cult problem that’s brewing.
My phone buzzes in my back pocket; I grab it out and see Theo King’s name flashing across the screen.
“Alright, mate?” Theo’s deep Cockney accent makes my jaw tight.
“Yeah. All good here. You?”
There’s a pause.
“Well, I usually don’t call unless I have a problem.”
I laugh. That’s why I like these London boys. They’re fuckin’ honest.
“How can I help?”
“Bella is awol again.”
I let out a sigh. My future wife is a runner. Great. Am I going to have to chain her to her bed for the remainder of this deal?
“Right… but you know where she is, right?”
I highly doubt between the three brothers and their empire, they don’t have eyes on her.
“I do.”
“So, go get her and shove her on the fucking jet tonight.”
I’m losing my patience with this.
She was meant to be here two weeks ago. I get an arranged marriage isn’t ideal, but fuck me, it’s starting to feel personal.
Although, I’m probably worse than she imagines. And after her performance so far, I’ll make sure she knows her place.
“She said something to me the other day that’s making me cautious about that. She is my little sister. I don’t want to risk ruining our relationship. I thought perhaps…”
Theo pauses for half a second. Like he wants to keep me on the edge of my fucking seat.
“You might want to collect her,” Theo continues, I can hear the tenseness in his voice.
“You want me to be the villain here?” I say with a smirk.
