Blackjack Bears: Maximus (Koche Brothers Book 5) by Amelia Jade

Author:Amelia Jade [Jade, Amelia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-06-06T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Haley

“So wait, you got forced to enroll in these Green Bearets—love the name by the way—and then you decided to swindle the other recruits of their money by forming a secret gambling society?”

Maximus frowned. “You make me out to be so evil.”

She stared at him flatly.

“We played games, and we enlightened the others on why they shouldn’t play all of us at once, yes. But we never rigged the deck.”

“No, you just played as a team with the goal of beating the others at the table, not your brothers.”

He shrugged. “Nothing in the rules against that.”

“It’s called good sportsmanship,” she said, frowning. “You took them for all they had.”

“Not all,” he protested. “We always ensured they left with a little something.”

“Probably just to encourage them to come back, as a reminder of what they’d had before they started playing you.”

“I can see my card-playing days are over if I keep you around,” he muttered.

“If you keep me around?” she asked dangerously, watching the sudden flare of panic in his eyes with well-concealed glee. “You’re just assuming I’m going to stick around once this all is over? That I won’t go back to my old life, leaving you, your muscles, and your tattoos in the dust?”

“Ummm.” The big shifter just looked at her helplessly.

Haley laughed at the complete and utter defeat evident in his eyes and on his face.

“Tell me about those tattoos of yours, mister,” she said, still chuckling to herself. “I’m assuming they have some meaning.”

Happy to have an out, Maximus sat up and peeled his shirt off. Haley’s laughter died abruptly as his body rippled and flowed, muscles flexing. She found it utterly intoxicating when men took off their shirts like that, reaching across their body with both hands and just peeling it up and over their heads. The way it made his stomach curl and stressed the individual strands of muscle brought some life to her body. Blood pumped just a little bit harder, and her internal temperature rose a notch as she regarded his impressive physique.

“So, this one,” he said, pointing to his right shoulder. “This is the joker. We all have this one, in different spots. It’s our thing, I guess you could say. We got this when Sasha was born. It’s sort of meant to indicate we’ll watch over her, like the joker often does to the rest of the deck.”

“I think I understand,” she said. It was a little abstract, but she could see it. “But who is Sasha?”

“My sister. Our sister,” he said softly. “She’s young, much younger than even Pierce, the youngest brother. But she’s our unifying force. We might fight between ourselves, but when it comes to her, we’ll put it all aside.”

Haley nodded in understanding.

“This,” he said, tapping his left pectoral, where a hand-sized image of a spade was imprinted upon him with intricate detail. “This is my suit. I’ve always liked spades, had a preference for them. Nothing overly in detail there.”

“Do your brothers have the others?” she asked.

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