Wreck My Mind by Brooke Taylor

Author:Brooke Taylor [Taylor, Brooke]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance Fiction
Publisher: Totally Entwined Group
Published: 2022-04-22T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

Coop

I didn’t blame Leo for being pissed, but I wasn’t about to get into everything in front of Aziza. She’d call the job off and ship me to the best doctor money could buy. Which on the surface seemed a great solution.

Problem was, taking Zee’s money—or OZ’s or anybody’s—would put me under that person’s thumb. Even if I survived the surgery, Zee would coddle and crate-train me, keeping me safe on Marakata Cay and never putting me on any decent job again. Worse, she’d stay by my side, not ever leaving the island, either.

Hell, she had more wild carnivore in her than me. Instead of hunting the great plains with me, she lived in a zoo like some sort of lettuce-eating lion. She didn’t need another reason to stay caged. She needed one to break free.

I hadn’t jumped at her offer to relocate to the island because I didn’t want to be one more excuse for her to continue living imprisoned the way she was. A part of me had hoped when I disappeared she’d chase after me. And while I might not have been motive enough for her to truly get away, I had somehow managed to steal her for a night.

And what a craptastic night it had turned out to be. All hell had broken loose. Who knew we had tickets for dinner and a shit show?

After Leo and I bailed, I saw Nik chasing after Thea. I considered going back to the table to try to salvage Aziza’s evening, but I wasn’t exactly good company and I didn’t want to have to explain Leo’s reaction.

Nor did I feel like running after my little brother. What could I say that would change the facts? I had a rock in my head and nothing was going to stop me from finishing this job for Zee. I’d leave her with at least that much.

I settled my frustrations by organizing and familiarizing myself with the equipment to bring the Ozma Emerald up. Just like Zaki had briefed us, we had access to both an underwater drone and a side scan sonar to help us map out the wreck site before choosing the best area to insert. Plenty of tanks and rebreather equipment. All top of the line. Aziza was nothing if not meticulous.

I couldn’t help but grin as I imagined her in her fuzzy pajama pants, sitting cross-legged on her ebony four-poster bed as she researched shipwrecks. Plucking at her bottom lip as she watched videos of treasure hunters bringing up canons and the like. Jotting little notes on how to fill up lift bags, like balloons, with oxygen from spare tanks. Placing hundred-thousand-dollar orders for equipment as easily as hitting the Buy Now button. All the while that overweight tiger of hers had probably been gnawing on some giant meat bone at the foot of her bed.

Who had a freaking Bengal tiger for a lapdog?

She was a real-life Princess Jasmine waiting for Aladdin to show up with his magic carpet.

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