Because I'm Yours: A Brother's Best Friend Mafia Romance (Sins & Deceit) by Claire Contreras

Author:Claire Contreras [Contreras, Claire]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Wicked Pen
Published: 2023-01-18T18:30:00+00:00

21

ROCCO

“I hate long car rides,” Lenora said beside me.

“It’s only a two-hour drive.”

“Still too long.”

She’d cocooned herself in the seat, her seatbelt on the side of her right arm as she looked at me. I’d only looked at her twice in the ten minutes we’d been on the road and decided twice was enough. She was too distracting and I hated distractions. Her eyes were closed now. Three times. Three times I’d looked in twelve minutes. This woman was making me weak.

“Once, Gabe and I decided to drive from Connecticut to D.C. It was supposed to take us like seven hours. It took fifteen.” She shuddered, squeezing her body tighter. “Never again.”

“Why were you driving to D.C.?”

“I wanted to see the cherry blossoms and Gabe was bored. The flights were cheap, but he thought it was a better idea to drive. For bonding.”

“Did you bond?”

She laughed. “If you consider him mansplaining the stock market and all of its issues bonding, sure.”

I felt my lips tip up. When I looked over — the fourth time in twenty minutes — she was still laughing, and I found it impossible not to laugh along. Here I was on a rescue assignment, laughing. Admittedly, I hadn’t been on many rescue assignments, but the one I could remember, I’d spent the entire time calculating exit strategies and going over the steps in my head. I couldn’t even tell you who the fuck I rescued. That was how little attention I paid to them. When I was on a mission, I tuned the world out and focused. Lenora made that impossible.

“How were the blossoms?” I asked, looking at her for the fifth time.

“I didn’t see them.” She closed her eyes and shook her head. “We miscalculated and went the wrong weekend.”

“You’re joking.”

“I wish I was.” She laughed. “Gabe is so smart when it comes to his job, but he can be such a moron for regular life things.”

“Tell me about it,” I said. “When we were kids, we always got in trouble because of Gabe. He didn’t know when the hell to shut up.”

She sighed. “I wish I’d grown up with you guys.”

“I don’t.”

Her smile dropped. “Why not?”

“I would’ve gotten into a lot more fights if you went to school with us.”

“What, defending my honor?” She laughed.

“I would’ve probably fucked up any guy who looked in your direction for too long.”

She grinned. “Because you’re jealous.”

“When it comes to you, I guess I am.”

My heart clenched when her expression turned sad, and she looked out the window.

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