Playing for Keeps: The Complete Series by Nichole Rose

Author:Nichole Rose [Rose, Nichole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2024-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seven

Theo

"Hold the hell on," I growl to whoever is pounding on my door like the fucking police. It's barely even seven in the morning, and it's Sunday. It should be a crime to knock on a man's door this early on a Sunday. Even God got one day to rest.

Apparently, I don't.

"Open the door," John shouts from the other side, his voice raised to carry through the heavy wood and iron.

"Fuck." I wondered why I never heard back from him last night. I'm guessing that's because he was on a plane, headed here to kick my ass. Which means he's seen the photos. Which means he knows damn well Charlotte is naked in my bed right now.

I'd much prefer to have this conversation when she isn't still covered in my cum but fuck it. Whether John and I talk now or later won't change anything. She's mine. Period. If he wanted me to keep my hands off her, he should have taken better care of her when he had the chance.

I disarm the alarm and then unlatch both deadbolts before pulling the door open. It's drizzling outside, the rising sun hiding behind wispy gray clouds. John's face looks more likely to deliver a storm than they do. His jaw is set, his blue eyes glittering with outrage.

"I told you to keep your fucking hands to yourself," he growls.

"Good morning to you too," I mutter, throwing the door open wide to let him in.

He scowls at me, his brows pulling down into a deep furrow. Unlike when his niece glowers, he doesn't look adorable. John is one tough son of a bitch. Former military intelligence. He runs a consulting firm now, does a lot of classified type shit for the government. He's in his late fifties, but that hasn't slowed him down any. He's been good for my mom.

She glows with him in a way she never did with my dad. She's happy in a way she never was with him. I wrote that bastard out of my life a long time ago and wasn't sorry to do it. He didn't deserve my mom. John does. I don't want his feelings about me and Charlotte causing problems between him and my mom.

"Where's Ma?"

"Vancouver," he growls, wheeling around to face me. "I don't want her in the middle of this. She told me to tell you that she misses you."

"I miss her too," I murmur, closing the door before turning to face him. He's standing in the same spot, his feet planted, arms crossed over his chest. He's an imposing son of a bitch for his age, but he's not going to intimidate me in my own house. I lean back against the door, jerking my chin in a nod. "Go ahead and say whatever it is you came to say."

"You're fucking my niece," he states. "You've got her splashed all over the fucking news, looking like–"

"Don't," I snap, throwing a hand up before he says some shit he can't take back.

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