Page 42 of Ruined

I chewed my lip and looked back at Reuben. He'd still given no indication he'd let me offer up the information myself. I could do it without his help, but I didn't want to go behind his back with this. Besides, it would be easier with him and the other men helping me.

I was tech savvy five years ago, but so much had changed since then. The act of logging onto social media was more complicated than it used to be. Just as toxic though, from the sound of it.

Reuben looked back at me, obviously knowing what I was thinking. He was hoping we'd find Kurt before I had to put myself out there.

I appreciated that on a personal and professional level. Once the world knew what I was, it would be difficult to keep working. Not impossible. The Levin sisters never hid their identity in the way I had. People knew who they were, if not what they looked like.

I didn't even know. They worked and trained with masks over their faces. Zara spoke occasionally, but Paola never said a word in my presence. I could have passed them both on the street and never recognised them.

I supposed I could do that if I was outed. Get myself a mask and a new codename. I'd have to rebuild my reputation from scratch. That would suck, but it wasn't insurmountable.

Reuben seemed to see all of that pass through my mind. Like it or not, we were on the same page on this. For now. If Damon's contact couldn't lead us to Leon Graves, then we might be back to square one.

"I'll bring the SUV around," Damon said. He slipped out of the office, followed by Gianni.

"Be safe," Reuben said to me.

"I will." I dropped down off the desk and walked around to kiss his mouth. I didn't care that Caleb and the twins were still in the room, watching. Let them see. I wasn't ashamed of the relationship between me and their brother.

Fortunately for them, they'd arrived after Reuben tongue fucked me on the couch. I had a feeling there'd be three bodies at the base of the cliff if they saw me naked.

Reuben hooked a hand around the back of my head and deepened the kiss before reluctantly letting me go. "If anything happens to you, Damon, Gianni and the twins better be dead already."

"We'll take good care of your woman," Hunter assured him. He looked like he was about to add something, but after exchanging glances with Parker he closed his mouth.

"Make sure you do," Reuben said.

I stepped back, offered him a smile and followed the twins out of the room.

"How is the?—"

Caleb closed the door before I could hear the rest of Reuben's question.

"In case you were wondering, yes, Caleb is always like that," Parker said. "Every now and again, I wonder who is more uptight, him or Reuben. Then we'll get together and I remember, it's Caleb. If you ask me, I think he tries too hard. He's always trying to impress Reuben."

"I got that vibe," I said. "He seems to be good at what he does."

"He is," Parker agreed. "He wouldn't dare not to be. His reputation, and job with the family, count on it. In his universe, those two are the most important things. In that order."

"He really, really needs to get laid," Hunter said. "I mean, we take our jobs seriously…ish…but we know how to have a good time too. Life is way too short to walk around with a stick up your ass. Where's the fun in that?"

"If you're talking a literal stick, not fun," Parker said. "There are other things I'd rather have up my?—"

Hunter interrupted him. "Too much information, bro. I don't need to know what you want up your ass."

"As if we don't share a sex life," Parker said.

He looked Hunter up and down, a mock frown on his face, as if he was actually offended in any way. It would obviously take a lot more than that to really get to him. Especially when it came to his twin.

"Yeah, but Mina doesn't want to hear it. Right, Mina?" Hunter asked.

I shrugged. "It doesn't bother me, one way or another. In fact, it's refreshing that you're not shy about shit like that."

Sex wasn't discussed in my family, unless you counted Asher's penis jokes. None of which he ever would have told in front of our parents.

"We've never been shy about much of anything," Parker said. "That's another thing life is too short for. We like to grab every day by the balls and ride that motherfucker for all she's worth."

Hunter nodded. "Accurate. Not literal, but accurate."

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