Total pages in book: 114
Estimated words: 139789 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 699(@200wpm)___ 559(@250wpm)___ 466(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 139789 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 699(@200wpm)___ 559(@250wpm)___ 466(@300wpm)
I raised my eyebrows.
"Oh, really?" I asked suggestively.
Alec narrowed his eyes. "Don't even think about whatever it is you're thinking."
I crossed my eyes. "Your words confuse me."
"Bitch," he murmured and latched onto my neck with his teeth making me convulse with laughter.
Alec pulled away looking very pleased with himself, so for some weird reason I leaned forward and flicked his ear with my fingers.
"Oh dear God! That hurt!"
I almost choked on air from laughing so hard.
"You're damn evil. Small, but evil."
I shrugged. "You speak the truth."
Alec rolled his eyes and rubbed his ear. "What were you thinking about when I frightened you?"
"Huh?"
"You said something was weird."
Oh, Marco.
"Oh, an old friend of yours is here at the weddin'! How cool is that?"
Alec dropped his hand from his ear and turned to face me. "An old friend of mine?"
I nodded. "Yeah, he said you by name."
Alec furrowed his eyebrows together. "Did he say what his name was?"
I nodded. "Yeah, his name is Marco Miles. Do you know him? Because he knows you, he said you both go way back."
Alec stared at me for a long moment without blinking or saying anything. I was about to repeat my sentence because I didn't know if he heard me or not, but he suddenly reached for my hand and held it tightly in his.
"We're leaving, right now."
I pulled my hand back from his hold. "What? Why?"
Alec was on his feet and looking around our surroundings before I even finished my sentence. When he looked back down at me his eyes scared me.
"Alec, what's wrong?"
He licked his lips and said, "Marco is not my friend Keela, he is my old... boss."
Excuse me?
"I don't understand."
"I know and I know I'm probably scaring you right now, but you need to leave with me before he comes back."
I felt my heart start to pound against my chest.
"I don't know why you're freakin' out, but it's okay... He is off with me uncle somewhere, you don't have to worry about him."
Alec instantly retook his seat and placed his hands on my cheeks.
"What does your uncle do for business, Keela?"
I tried to look down, but Alec wouldn't allow me. "Baby, this is important."
I sighed. "I honestly don't know what he does for business. Me uncle is very private and never spoke of business around myself, or Micah... But I know whatever he does, it's not exactly legal."
"You said your uncle’s name was Brandon Daley, right?"
I nodded. "Yeah, that's his name."
Alec shook his head. "I've never heard of a Brandon Daley, and if he is in business with Marco I should know him."
I bit down on my lower lip. "I don't think me uncle is involved in the escort business, Alec... No offence."
Alec looked at me and his eyes wavered. "Marco was my boss Keela, but he was also my brothers' boss."
What?
"I don't understand, you said your brothers had different jobs-"
"They did, but we all worked for the same man. Marco has a hand in a lot of different trades."
I laughed. "Are you sure? Because he was nice to talk to, he doesn't look like a man who would-"
"Manipulate a family by using the life of one brother to control the rest?" he snapped.
I jumped when Alec's hand encircled my arm.
Ow.
This was the first time he had ever snapped at me and handled me to the point where I got scared.
"Alec, you're hurtin' me... let go of me arm," I said, my voice firm but also cracking.
Alec looked down to his hand, but before he could say a word or remove his hand, a man appeared next to him and sucker punched him in the gut.
"Oh my God!" I screamed.
Alec bent forward and grasped his stomach with both hands. His mouth was open, but no sounds came out and that freaked me out.
"Keela!"
I jumped up and swung around when I heard my named being bellowed.
I relaxed a little when I saw my uncle Brandon, but frowned when I noticed his pissed off look as he stalked in my direction.
I held up my hands in front of me. "I didn't to anythin'. This wanker," I said as I looked to the man who hurt Alec, glared at him, then looked back to my uncle, "punched me fella for no reason!"
"Your fella had his hand on you!" my uncle snarled.
When he was close enough to do so, he took me by the hand. "Let's do this in private."
"But what about Ale-"
"Timmy, bring him too."
My uncle smiled then and looked to the many guests who were staring at us.
"Shouldn't you all be drinkin' and dancin'?"
Everyone laughed and went back to their conversations as if they didn't just witness my boyfriend getting assaulted.
"What the fuck is goin' on?" I snapped.
My uncle glared down at me. "Watch your mouth or I'll smack it."
I looked down, fully aware he would follow through with his threat if I cursed again.
"Sorry," I mumbled.
My uncle didn't say anything, he simply walked towards the double doors on the far side of the room and pulled me along with him. I looked over my shoulder to see where Alec was and found him also being pulled along by the prick who had hurt him.
I let go of my uncle’s hand when we entered a large empty room with a huge table at the centre of it.
I guess it was a conference room.
"Take a seat, sweetheart," my uncle said to me.
I huffed but did as I was told and sat down.
I looked at Alec when he stumbled then fell into the seat next to me.
"Are you okay?" I asked him.
"I'll let you know," he murmured, his face twisted in pain.
I frowned then snapped by head in my uncle's direction when he sat three seats up from me at the head of the table.
"Care to explain why a strange man assaulted me boyfriend in front of the entire family?"
Uncle Brandon bared his teeth and snapped, "Because he was hurtin' you!"
I rolled my eyes. "If he was hurtin' me that bad I would have hit 'em meself... I'm not a child, I am an adult and I know how to take care of meself."