Page 377 of The Tempted

What?

“MOM,” Lauren screamed, throwing her hands up in the air frustrated as she turned around and her eyes found mine.

“Shit. Duck!” Bones warned.

Anthony released his hold on crazy, pushing her to the side as he reared his fist back and punched me square in the jaw.

“You son of a bitch,” he growled, flexing his fingers, debating if he should ball them into a fist and give me another shot to the jaw.

“I told you to duck,” Bones shouted, moving around me to stand between me and Anthony.

“Anthony,” Lauren screeched, stepping in front of me.

He must’ve clipped my lip too because it was bleeding.

“Move,” I hissed.

“No,” she challenged, as she glared at her brother. “This isn’t any of your business. I don’t need you punching him in the face and I don’t need you…” she pointed to her mother, “…spreading my business around for the whole world to know!”

“I fucking warned you, Lauren!” Anthony ground out before turning his eyes back to mine.

“And I told you to stay the fuck away from her!” He added.

I blew out a ragged breath, losing my patience and ten seconds away from pummeling both Maria and Anthony.

I hadn’t even had a chance to process what the fuck was going on.

And wasting time with these two clowns was pissing me off.

“You’re in my fucking house now,” I said, diverting my eyes between Maria and Anthony.

“My fucking rules. Now both of you sit the fuck down and let me handle my shit!”

My shit.

My shit being Lauren was knocked up.

“Oh, this I’ve got to see,” Maria snarled.

“Shut up,” Kitten and I yelled, causing us to look at one another. Her big blue eyes stared at me and shit, they were full of tears.

Now what?

I had no fucking clue.

“Shit, Riggs. You got a bun in the oven?” Wolf asked.

“She got your kid, she got you for eighteen years,” Pipe added.

“Kanye West, Pipe? Really we’re going to rap now?” Bones questioned.

“Fuck off,” I growled, grabbing Lauren’s hand. “Upstairs, now,” I seethed.

She snatched her hand free, crossed her arms over her chest and stalked toward the stairs.

Like she had a right to be mad.

Like she was the one who just robbed a quarter of a million dollars’ worth of drugs from a bunch of crazy Chinese people.

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