not be able to harm, if she did not take the news as well as we hope.” Bronwyn wanted to sock the man in the nose. “Someone like you, perhaps?”
“No.” He cocked a brow at her. “You do know that she’s my future sister-in-law, correct? And for the rest of my life she may hate me because you didn’t have the balls to be man enough to tell her that you’ve been fucking with her life for a long time.” She stood up to pace. “Of all the underhanded, slimy, shitty things to do, this rates right up there with the top five of crap I’ve been asked to do.”
“And if she finds out that you knew?” She stopped pacing to stare at him. Anger boiled over her body and she took a step toward him when Peter was suddenly in front of her. It was all she could do not to hurt the men. And while she knew that she could, she wouldn’t stoop to their level of playing unfairly.
“You both get out of my house.” Neither of them moved, and she looked at Peter. “I’ll kill you right now if you don’t do that disappearing act right fucking now.”
They were both gone before she could blink. Shaking, she sat down and let her mind try and wrap around what they’d just done to her. They’d threatened her. Not with bodily harm but something much worse. They threatened her friendship with someone she admired more than she’d even realized until that moment.
Standing up , she went to see if Gabby was up from her nap and found her playing with her nanny on the floor. After telling her daughter how much she loved her, she told the staff she was going to go to the hospital to see Lenny. It was time she knew the truth about the fucking vampires manipulating her. Instead, she found Jules in the lobby of the clinic, pacing.
“Something wrong?” He looked at her like he was going to explode but took a deep breath instead. She had never seen Jules so…well, anything before. He was the calmest, most laid back person she’d ever met. As far as she knew, he’d never said a cross word to anyone and had been nothing but charming and wonderfully helpful since she’d met him.
“I had to leave.” She asked him to sit, and he shook his head. “She is pissed at me again. I’ve never seen a woman more bent on self-destruction in my entire life as she is. Has she ever heard of simply going with the flow of things?”
“I doubt that in her line of work that really works.” She wasn’t in a great mood herself and snapped at him. “Sit down, damn it. You’re giving me a migraine.”
He sat , but he obviously wasn’t happy about it. When she sat down, too, it took her several moments to try and explain things to him. She hated to make him the heavy in this, but Lenny would love him. Bronwyn would and could be tossed out of both their lives without a second thought.
“I’ve just had a very enlightening conversation with Peter and Viktor. It was about Lenny and her…family. She’s not human.” He looked at her sharply. “They don’t know what she is and, frankly, I’m a little pissed about it. They said that they have been watching over her for a while, maybe as long as she’s been alive, but that woman who is portraying her grandmother isn’t related to her at all. She’s been keeping an eye on Lenny for the two of them.”
“Why?” She shrugged. “Do you think this whole thing with her and me is real? The reason I ask is because she is…she’s not what I want in a mate. Not even close. I know that we get mates that are our other half, but what other half of me do you suppose she makes? I’m a potter, for Christ’s sake. I don’t get out much other than to shows, and having someone like…well, she’s very beautiful, but she’s not really my type.”
She had thought them oddly paired as well and had said as much to Ryland , but now that Jules thought so, too, she felt better about it. Not that she thought they’d make a shitty couple, but she didn’t see Lenny as the art show type of woman, and Jules was
“No.” He cocked a brow at her. “You do know that she’s my future sister-in-law, correct? And for the rest of my life she may hate me because you didn’t have the balls to be man enough to tell her that you’ve been fucking with her life for a long time.” She stood up to pace. “Of all the underhanded, slimy, shitty things to do, this rates right up there with the top five of crap I’ve been asked to do.”
“And if she finds out that you knew?” She stopped pacing to stare at him. Anger boiled over her body and she took a step toward him when Peter was suddenly in front of her. It was all she could do not to hurt the men. And while she knew that she could, she wouldn’t stoop to their level of playing unfairly.
“You both get out of my house.” Neither of them moved, and she looked at Peter. “I’ll kill you right now if you don’t do that disappearing act right fucking now.”
They were both gone before she could blink. Shaking, she sat down and let her mind try and wrap around what they’d just done to her. They’d threatened her. Not with bodily harm but something much worse. They threatened her friendship with someone she admired more than she’d even realized until that moment.
Standing up , she went to see if Gabby was up from her nap and found her playing with her nanny on the floor. After telling her daughter how much she loved her, she told the staff she was going to go to the hospital to see Lenny. It was time she knew the truth about the fucking vampires manipulating her. Instead, she found Jules in the lobby of the clinic, pacing.
“Something wrong?” He looked at her like he was going to explode but took a deep breath instead. She had never seen Jules so…well, anything before. He was the calmest, most laid back person she’d ever met. As far as she knew, he’d never said a cross word to anyone and had been nothing but charming and wonderfully helpful since she’d met him.
“I had to leave.” She asked him to sit, and he shook his head. “She is pissed at me again. I’ve never seen a woman more bent on self-destruction in my entire life as she is. Has she ever heard of simply going with the flow of things?”
“I doubt that in her line of work that really works.” She wasn’t in a great mood herself and snapped at him. “Sit down, damn it. You’re giving me a migraine.”
He sat , but he obviously wasn’t happy about it. When she sat down, too, it took her several moments to try and explain things to him. She hated to make him the heavy in this, but Lenny would love him. Bronwyn would and could be tossed out of both their lives without a second thought.
“I’ve just had a very enlightening conversation with Peter and Viktor. It was about Lenny and her…family. She’s not human.” He looked at her sharply. “They don’t know what she is and, frankly, I’m a little pissed about it. They said that they have been watching over her for a while, maybe as long as she’s been alive, but that woman who is portraying her grandmother isn’t related to her at all. She’s been keeping an eye on Lenny for the two of them.”
“Why?” She shrugged. “Do you think this whole thing with her and me is real? The reason I ask is because she is…she’s not what I want in a mate. Not even close. I know that we get mates that are our other half, but what other half of me do you suppose she makes? I’m a potter, for Christ’s sake. I don’t get out much other than to shows, and having someone like…well, she’s very beautiful, but she’s not really my type.”
She had thought them oddly paired as well and had said as much to Ryland , but now that Jules thought so, too, she felt better about it. Not that she thought they’d make a shitty couple, but she didn’t see Lenny as the art show type of woman, and Jules was
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