Beautiful White Lies Duet by K L Clare

Author:K L Clare [Clare, K L]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781732931459
Publisher: White Rose Press
Published: 2020-04-12T04:00:00+00:00

46

He came at me again, and I threw him to the floor. John and I had worked hard on different takedown techniques every day after Will had left but without much luck. The seventh lesson and the turning technique did the trick. I finally got it.

I enjoyed the time John and I spent together on the mats, and the youngest Hastings was more than happy to demonstrate his “mad skills.” Will couldn’t stand to watch, so I never trained when he was home. Thomas also refused to watch. He’d left the gym when we came in. And since Will now required either Thomas or Ben to supervise, Ben was stuck with the job.

John shot up from the mat. “Well done, Ellie. That’s the one, then. You’re too delicate for the other takedowns.”

I threw him down again. “Don’t call me delicate, damn it.”

“Well done, indeed.” Ben pulled John to his feet and then gestured for me to submit my hands. He unraveled one and started to rewrap it. “This must remain snug if it’s to prevent damage. And he’s right—you are delicate. You’re supposed to be—and that’s okay.”

That was as close as Ben came to affection. He never smiled at anyone other than Chelsea. I’d heard him laugh a time or two, but only after he and Will had finished a few bottles of whisky.

“What if I’m attacked and no one is around?”

He rolled his eyes. “You’ll never be without protection, and you know it. He’s built an army round you.”

“Have either of you heard from him today?” I asked everyone several times a day. They hated it, but I didn’t care—until I heard from Will, I would keep asking. Will instructed them to keep their mouths shut around me, and they never broke command, not even when my temper spiked.

“No,” they said at the same time.

“Where is Thomas?”

“Looking at the monitors,” John said.

“Don’t push him,” Ben warned.

“I need to talk to Will. Why can’t any of you get that? It’s not like I can reach through the phone and drag him back by the ear.”

“Can’t you?”

I squared my shoulders. “Yes, Ben, you’re right. I want him to come home.”

“Exactly. He’ll say no once, maybe twice. You’ll plead with him, and he’ll give you what you want, because no never means no when he says it to you. If he comes back before he finishes the job, you’ll be at greater risk and he’ll be distracted. One of you will die. So let him do what he needs to do for fuck’s sake.” He walked away, his gait as smooth as a panther’s.

He was right again. I needed to be an extension of Will’s strength, not a distraction.

Thomas would trust me to help if he knew that was what I wanted. I headed to the war room to find him, stopping outside the door to pull my thoughts together before I pressed my palm to the pad.

Thomas’s back was to me as he stared at the monitors and spoke into his phone.

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