Secret (Betrothed Book 9) by Penelope Sky

Author:Penelope Sky [Sky, Penelope]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-06T18:30:00+00:00

Summer heat hung on by a thread, about to slip through my fingers and disappear for nine months. The nights started to get cold, and while I continued to wear dresses, I paid for it dearly.

We said goodbye on the curb of the sidewalk, their truck somewhere farther down the road.

Heath kept his arm around me, trying to keep me warm.

“Thanks for dinner,” Balto said. “But it was the least you could do after being an ass all night.”

Heath shrugged. “It’s the least I could do since I’m the richer one.”

Balto narrowed his eyes. “Fuck off, Heath.”

“Ooh…did I strike a chord?” The taunts never ended.

Cassini reached out and shook my hand. “It’s nice to formally meet you—on much better terms.”

I laughed. “Thanks for giving me another chance. And, again, sorry about before…”

“Don’t worry about it,” she said. “It’s a funny story we’ll tell years down the road.”

I stared at her blankly as I focused on what she’d said, the implication of her words. Did that mean she and Balto expected me to be around for a long time? Or was that something Heath had said to them? Or was I simply reading too much into it?

Balto extended his hand to me next. “It was nice to see you again.”

I gave him a firm grasp and nodded. “You too.”

He pulled away and tapped his fingers against his cheek. “Keep up the good work. More women need to know how to throw a punch.” He turned to his brother next and didn’t show him physical affection before he turned away. “Night, asshole.”

“Night, bitch.”

As Balto walked away with his arm around his wife, he raised his hand and flipped him off.

Heath called out after him, “Love you too.” He turned to me next and wrapped his arm around my waist before he walked me to the truck. “My place or yours?”

Seeing the way he interacted with his brother made me adore him more, for reasons I couldn’t explain. It humanized him, showed a playful side I’d never met before. It was sexy. “Yours.”

“You got it.” He opened the door for me.

I eyed the gesture in surprise.

“What?” he asked. “I can be a gentleman.”

I smiled before I got inside.

He drove us to his place, pulling into the underground garage before we entered his fortress.

I walked to his bedroom, my stomach stretching out my dress because I had way too much to eat. Those glasses of wine along with the bread and appetizers filled my stomach because I was distracted by the good conversation. “I liked your brother and sister-in-law.”

“Cassini is great. Balto…” He pulled his shirt over his head then removed his jeans. “He’s a drama queen.”

I chuckled. “I know you don’t really think that.”

“I do think he’s a bitch.”

“You don’t think that either.” I turned to him, unzipping the back of my dress so it could peel off my body and fall to the floor.

He sat on the edge of the bed in his boxers, his back perfectly straight because he carried himself with such discipline.

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