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My eyes shifted, examining the elder Seth look–a–like and that meant this dude was Seth’s family–Soth’s mafia family. These rich gangster people were like wild animals, one wrong move and shit would hit the fan. Having my white, scuffed tennis shoes on made me feel even safer now. I could even feel the tingle in my ankles and the itch in my toes; they were getting ready to make a dash for it. My hands were ready to grabs Seth’s and Ethan’s too. I could pull off being the hero tonight. I could do anything in this dress.
“Grant,” Seth’s voice was hard, angry, but very, very sturdy. Almost threatening, even… it was a sign that I never wanted to get on Seth’s bad side.
From behind him. I wrapped my arms loosely around his waist and gave him a quick hug, letting him know that I was here. Reminding him that Ethan was here too, I worriedly glanced back at than who, after closing the distance between us, was frowning so deeply his dirty blond eyebrows almost connected.
“Is that yours?” Grant asked, gesturing towards…
I felt my eyebrows–dive into my hairline as I followed those rude hand gestures. “Wait? What the fuck? Are you pointing at me?” I asked, feeling my face flush with anger as I tried to sidestep Seth, but he kept me in place, forcing my arms to wrap around his waist again.
If I had been a rational person, or if Seth had spoken more about his family instead of saying they’re basically the mob when the topic was brought up, I wouldn’t have even spoken to ‘Grant. I expected a menacing look from him because guys like him seem to think girls and women should be quiet unless spoken too.
Yeah, I know y
your kind you douche bag.
But there was no angry look, just a look that made my stomach churn and sink. Interest, Intrigue. And the worst one: lust. His eyes were glued to me and I bit my lip, suddenly more scared than I’ve ever been in my life.
“She.” Seth corrected. “And she is off–limits.”
A tiny smile played on my face as I stared at Seth’s back. At that moment, Seth felt like one of those alpha males that you read about in books, the one that growls and says ‘you’re mine. Those scones always got on my nerves and I’d skip the rest of the sequence in the book but having it sort of happen in real life made me feel like a million bucks. That m but it was loads to a poor college girl like me who lived off dollar canned spaghetti–o’s and twenty–five cent ramen… at least when
not be a lot nowadays, wasn’t mooching off my friends.
“Well, when you break–up-
Seth cut him off. “Always off–limits, in fact, any woman that I’ve ever spoken to is off limits!”
Well, now i didn’t feel so special. I couldn’t help the pout I shot at Seth’s back. And when I lifted my attention back to Grant his eyebrow lifted and his green eyes twinkled with amusement as he winked at me and focused on Seth.
She’d latch a pretty penny on the market, Grant commented casually.
The m
maiket? What the luck was that?
But I knew. Seth’s comment made perfect souse. I wanted to spit on grant but didn’t want to chance him taking me away. It was obvious he and Seth were related—so maybe Seth’s demand of how T–limits i was would hold some merit- the only difference was how aged Grant looked. The wrinkles around his eyes and mouth inated that he either lived a hard lite and aged prematurely or that he was at least a decade older than Seth. He’d said little brother, so I was assuming this was the had news Matia brother that dealt with human trafficking
What type of person could do that? 1 scowled over Suth’s shoulder and eyeballed the no–soul individual,
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“off
limits.” Seth spat out more forcefully.
Grant held his hands up as if in surrender. “I’m just saying when you’re done with her…”
“Never,” Seth snapped.
Grant nodded, a small smirk curling his lips before he lifted his gaze to check out Ethan. “Little boys are more popular anyway. How bout him? He could pay for your fancy too–good–for–the–family–business law degree with just one night.”
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