Page 93 of Cru's Crush
“Just got here last night, but if she had gone into labor sooner, the jet was on standby.”
That didn’t sound like a very smart plan to me, but what did I know? The closest I’d ever get to babies was by being their uncle.
I grabbed the bottle from the center of Los Cab’s table and poured us each a glass. “Did you hear Bit’s on the block tonight?” I asked.
He waved the program in front of me. “I’m surprised you agreed this year.”
I sneered. “Alex did it without asking me, and when I found out, I told her if she tried to get me up there, I’d humiliate her in ways she couldn’t even imagine.”
“Like what?”
“I don’t know. I haven’t come up with anything other than walking out.”
“She didn’t call your bluff, then?”
“Not yet anyway.”
“I hate to tell you, but the brat is making a beeline for us now.”
“Hi, Brix,” she said, kissing our brother’s cheek before turning to me. “There’s been a development. You, um,haveto be in the auction tonight.”
I looked around me to see who was close enough to hear what I was about to say, then leaned in. “No fucking way, Al. I told you what would happen if you pulled this shit.”
“But there is a really good reason. I mean,reallygood.”
“No, and if you don’t drop it, I’m walking out of here right now.”
Her eyes opened wide.“You can’t.”
“Try me.”
I watched as she turned and made eye contact with Beau. He shook his head, then went back to his conversation with Sam and Addy. What was that all about?
“I have to ask one more time. I’ll get down on my knees and beg if I have to.”
“You can crawl around on the floor all night, Alex, and I’m still not going to do it. There is no way in hell I will set foot on the stage tonight.No possible way.”
Her eyes scrunched, and I could tell there was more she wanted to say, but talked herself out of it.
“What was that look between you and my sister?” I approached Beau and asked.
“She asked for my assistance.”
I nodded, but my gut told me there was more to it. However, I knew that my best course of action was to not engage Alex again tonight. She’d only see it as an opening to keep trying to get me on stage.
“Hey, I want to apologize for how much of an asshole I’ve been lately.”
Beau raised a brow. “Lately?”
“You still have me outnumbered in collective days of being a douche by a few years.”
He shook his head. “I won’t argue with you on that one. Being with Sam, though, has changed me for the better in ways I never dreamed possible.”
Brix approached and put his hand on my shoulder. “That’s what comes when you’re in love with the right woman.”
“As I’ve heard.”
“So, what are you going to do about it?”
