Page 31 of Unmasked Rivalry
With that, he’s gone.
I stare at the empty doorway for a long time.
Fuck.
What have I gotten myself into?
So much for staying away from Knox, now I actually have to make it look like I’m fucking him because if I don’t, Ralston willend my brother’s life. What stupid sort of plan was that? I am an idiot. An actual idiot.
Now I have to tell Knox the good news.
That should be fun.
Exhaling, I pick up my phone and dial his number.
“Yeah?” he answers, voice gruff.
Fantastic, he’s pissed. Well, I did beg him not to kiss me last night, and I’m quite certain that hasn’t happened in his life before.
“We have a slight, ah, problem.”
“I’m listenin’.”
“Ralston came here. I have no choice but to work with him until I can find a way to stop this. But, ah, he had a problem with me hanging around the club, so I may, or may not, have told him that I am fucking you to get information that I can use against you so you’re forced to use your connections to release my brother.”
Dead silence.
I hold my breath, closing my eyes.
“Be there in five.”
The line goes dead.
“Fuck,” I mutter.
I move to the porch and wait for Knox to arrive. He does, his Harley rumbling down the drive in a matter of minutes. When he gets off, I can see that he’s pissed. He tosses the helmet onto the seat and stalks towards me, his jaw tight.
“What the fuck were you thinkin’ agreein’ to help that cunt.”
Jesus.
“Well, my brother’s life is on the line, so sorry if I decided family mattered enough to me.”
He glares at me. “You’re playing with fire, you’ll end up dead.”
“Not if the club helps me figure this out once and for all.”
He flinches. “You want me to ask the club I call family to risk it all to help you?”
“God, no need to be so fucking rude about it. Surely my life matters a little more than that.”
He doesn’t answer.
I glare at him.
“How the fuck do you think we’re goin’ to take Ralston Cupp down. Do you have any fuckin’ idea who he is, and who he is in bed with?”
“Well, what else would you have me do, risk my brother’s life?”
