All the Pretty Lies by M. Leighton

Author:M. Leighton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, love, contemporary, series, steamy, new adult

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX- Hemi

“I’ll walk you out,” I tell Sloane when she heads for the door at five minutes before two.

“You don’t have to do that,” she says, holding out her hand to stop me from following.

“I know I don’t.” But that doesn’t keep me from following her. Hell, I hate letting her out of my sight. For any length of time. And not all of it is because of the guilt I feel. Not by far.

She stops again when she gets to the door, before pushing it open. “Seriously, my brother is already here. I can see his truck right there,” she declares, pointing through the smoked glass. Still, that’s not enough for me.

“Great, then I’ll introduce myself.”

I push her through the door and look around for a truck. It’s easy to spot the big 4x4 and the giant slouching behind the wheel, his upper body illuminated by the glow of the dashboard lights. I guess all her brothers are huge. Thank God Sloane got a shitload of feminine genes.

I veer toward the truck. Sloane alters her path as well. I don’t know why it seems like she doesn’t want me to meet anyone in her family, but I couldn’t care less. I’m going to make sure he’s here and he’s going to follow her home before I let her drive away. Period.

The window is rolled down and I hear some southern rock, turned down low, drifting from the dark interior. When we stop beside the driver side door, I see her brother straighten up in his seat. I wonder if he’d been sleeping.

“Sig, this is Hemi. Hemi, uh…Hemi, this is my youngest brother, Sig.” I’m sure the short stutter was over the absence of a last name to introduce me with. I never told her. I don’t really tell anyone my last name. That’s the thing about an occupation like mine. People aren’t very curious or insistent about knowing too much about me. The majority probably think I’m some kind of criminal, which is fine. I don’t really care what they think.

“Nice to meet you, Sig,” I interject smoothly, offering my hand through the window. “I just wanted to make sure you were already here to follow her home.”

“Got it covered, man,” Sig says, taking my hand in a firm grip. It’s not one of those too-firm grips that says he feels threatened or that he’s trying to be all alpha and shit. I get a lot of that. Evidently I intimidate a lot of people. I’d say most of my family does. We’re used to a certain amount of respect and getting what we want. I guess a lifetime of that can make us all come across as pretty confident and commanding. It’s who we are. Have been since birth.

“So, do you know much about what’s going on? Sloane doesn’t know much. Should I be concerned about her coming and going every night? Because I’m happy to make sure she gets home all right.”

I don’t want to seem too curious, but I at least want to give it a shot before I call Reese, see what I can find out.

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