Dysfunctional Affair by James Hadena

Author:James, Hadena
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romance, murder, mystery, comedy, kidnapping, security, womens mystery, hadena james, nadine daniels
Publisher: Hadena James

Chapter Twelve

My eyes blinked open in the darkness. It was just after midnight. The dogs had crawled off the bed, something had their attention. It had Zeke’s too; he slithered from the bed, taking his gun from the nightstand. I grabbed mine.

“What is it?” I whispered.

“Car,” Zeke whispered back. Was I expecting anyone? Oh yeah, yeah I was. Shit.

“Liam,” I kept my voice low, but not quite whispering anymore.

“Perhaps,” Zeke moved to the window. “I don’t remember what Liam looks like.”

“Well, you’ve only met him once,” I moved up beside him and stared at the driveway. A taxi sat idling on the dirt road. That cab must have cost him a fortune; I wondered why he hadn’t called anyone to come get him.

A tall, broad shouldered figure stood in the circle of lights. My brothers all look like the stereotypical Russian. Big, bulky and dark. Each of them had rich, thick black hair, with strong faces and dark features; they were over six foot tall and could bench press me like I was made of paper. Not the type of people you wanted to meet in a dark ally. Actually, all the Chzov men looked like that. The women were pretty similar. They had dark hair, dark eyes, a Mediterranean skin tone, luckily, they seemed to have missed the stern chiseled face look. And they were all tall, my mom was about four inches taller and Alex was about six inches taller than me. I had inherited height from my father’s side of the family, with thick soled shoes; I was still only about 5’2” tall. Funny how that happens. Anthony’s family was more of a Nordic Slav, with blonde hair and blue eyes, all those years of mixing with the Varangians, I supposed.

“That’s Liam,” I let the curtain fall back into place.

“Is he taller than me?” Zeke asked.

“Does it matter?”

“Maybe.”

“Don’t you dare get a complex now.” I tucked the gun back into the holster. “We should go downstairs.”

This was the other reason I didn’t date, men are so strange. Zeke was probably about 6’4”, he was tall even for a man. And even if he was shorter, they would still have a fight on their hands, my brothers didn’t have Special Forces training, Zeke did. It must be some of that macho bullshit.

I opened the door, just in time to keep Liam from ringing the bell. He smiled when he saw me, grabbed me, pulling me in for a bear hug. Pain and surprise forced a yelp from me. He dropped me, my feet thudded against the wood and I staggered back.

“Do you have to do that every time you see me?” I asked, gaining my balance. “I am perfectly capable of standing and hugging you.”

“Ivan’s right, you are cranky.” Liam brought his suitcases in.

“Mom is asleep upstairs, she was supposed to go home with Ivan, but she wanted to stay here and Ivan didn’t press the matter,” I responded as if that should explain my crankiness. Liam must have bought it, because he smiled knowingly.

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