Embracing Darkness: A Dark MMMM Insta-Romance by N. Slater

Author:N. Slater [Slater, N.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2023-11-01T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter twenty-one

DMITRI

“And why do I have to stay here again?” Gianni cuddled Paval a little tighter against his chest, the kid still half asleep as we stood in the living room. Last night when after beating the fuck out of Owen and sending him off, Gianni and I were just kind of wired. Paval had fallen asleep after a little pushback, the poor kid stressing himself out as he continually asked to be with Rhys.

And now this morning, we were just kind of… here.

Sure, there was a kitchen remodel but now knew that’s not what we were supposed to be doing and Owen had the answer. Just so happened one of us had to go meet the bastard to figure out why. I glanced down at Paval and smiled. “Rhys is more comfortable with you and if anyone’s going to be able to talk him out of a panic attack, it’s going to be you.”

Gianni nodded. “Still, I don’t like you going alone. Not after-”

I put up my hand, refusing to remember that last job. “Owen is a little shit but he’s harmless. Mostly. We’re meeting at the coffee shop down the street. If I’m not back in 30 minutes, bring the calvary.” The time limit was for Owen and not me. There was no goddamn way I was going to be able to sit across from that man and not want to rip him into shreds for what he had done to one of ours.

Already including Rhys, huh?

Shrugging off that thought, I made my way down the street, my body tensing as I locked eyes with Owen. He was an unassuming man but after seeing the terror on Rhys’ face and hearing his voice, I knew that Owen was a nightmare all on his own. Add in the fact that he had been the one to actually hire us and I already hated the bastard.

He raised a hand, a warm smile on his face as I slid into the chair across from him. “Looks like you’ve been up all night.”

I growled at him because he had to know why, what with the way we nearly cremated him into Rhys’ carpet floor. We had mostly avoided the face, but I could tell Owen was still uncomfortable. Good. I kind of wanted to finish what we had started. I bet he squeals like a little pig.

“Get to the point,” I ground out, glaring at the mug of hot coffee sitting in front of him. He really didn’t see anything wrong with what had happened last night, did he?

He took a long, exaggerated sip before nodding. “Look, I know you guys came for the job I called in and… I don’t know why he called you guys last night but I’m not happy with the way you treated me. That’s my fiancé. Stop fucking jerking him around with false promises. He’s a little fragile.”

Fragile? Rhys was anything but fragile. Soft, a little timid, sure. But fragile? If he was, it was only because of the disaster sitting right in front of me.

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