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“What the hell is this?” Ryan said from beside me, frowning down at the girl they were holding.

Her long, dark hair hung in straggles over her face, and she didn’t lift her gaze to any of ours.

“Capello says she’s your payment,” one of the men grunted.

Kodee responded. “Payment? Payment for what?”

The man jerked his chin in my direction, and I did my best not to shrink as Kodee slowly turned to look at me, questions in his deep brown eyes. I grimaced and gave an apologetic shrug. I was going to have a lot of explaining to do.

“She’s yours,” the goon said, “for the meantime, anyway. Keep her hidden here. She’s bought and paid for, so feel free to do whatever you want to her. And don’t worry, she’s clean. We make sure all our whores are tested, and she’s got a contraceptive implant, too, so you can fuck her as much as you like without having to worry about getting hit up for child support.”

Ryan stepped forward. He always moved with a subtle limp, something most people wouldn’t have even noticed, but I knew how conscious he was of it.

“We don’t want her here,” he said.

The goon gave the girl a shove, and she stumbled into the apartment. “Tough. She’s yours now. You can’t just return her for a store card. Frankie Capello doesn’t appreciate it when people don’t like his gifts.”

Ryan narrowed his eyes. “I thought you said she was payment.”

The man shrugged. “Whatever. Just keep her here and make sure she doesn’t leave, and that no one else sees her either.”

Kodee shook his head in confusion. “Why? What?”

But the man had already jerked his chin at his companion, and the two of them turned away from the open door and sauntered back down the corridor. How had they gotten up here, anyway? They must have bribed the guy on the door. I was going to have to have words with him about that. We paid a lot of money to ensure this place remained secure and private and prevent this exact sort of thing from happening...

Well, maybe not this exact sort of thing. I’d certainly never predicted having some strange girl dumped on our apartment floor as something we needed to guard against.

Kodee slammed our front door shut, and then applied the security chain and several extra locks.

I turned my attention back to the girl.

Her skinny body was hunched over, pressing the swells of her small breasts into some form of discernible cleavage. Her flimsy little dress was cut short and barely covered the curve of her ass. A flicker of arousal sparked inside me, my cock jerking. It wasn’t that I didn’t like women—I’d just never found one that had held my attention for any length of time. I liked it rough, and most women couldn’t handle it. Kodee had sworn off women for his own personal reasons, and I didn’t think Ryan had ever had any interest in them.

Ryan turned to me, his blue eyes cold. “What the fuck did you do?”

Chapter Two

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