Page 77 of Grace of Spades
"What's wrong?" He asks receiving a smack upside the head from Ruby.
"Really, Andras? She said no. So, it's a no. Stop pushing." She scoldsbefore guiding Keir and me to the breakfast she set up on the counter. I don't think I can eat right now, though. Keir, thankfully, keeps me glued to his side.
When Christian walks in and stops in his tracks.
"Oh no. A kid?" He asks, taking in the sight of Andras.
"Grace." He whispers. Christian looks at me and pales.
"Fuck." He walks over to me pressing his lips against my temple before straightening. I can practically see him become a mafia boss before my eyes. It's pretty hot, not gonna lie. His face turns hard as he faces Andras.
"Okay, enough of this. You are not a family lawyer. Stop doing this. She is not a case. I told you, you shouldn't get involved. She is more than capable of going through this if she wants to. Go upstairs and get ready. I will deal with this." Christian commands. Andras looks like he's going to fight him but then crumples under Christian's glare. I watch as Andras leaves the room and Christian starts packing up the folders.
"Are you okay, Grace?" He asks not looking at me. I'm grateful for that.
"I'll make it."
"Not what I asked."
"I'm not right now, but I will be," I admit. He walks over to me bringing me into his arm while Keir holds my hand.
"What do you need?"
"I don't know right now. I'm going to go to school for right now and I'll figure it out." I decide.
"Okay. You know where we are if you need us. For anything." He stares into my eyes with his beautiful chocolate ones until I nod. He kisses me deeply and tells us to get to school. Yes, sir!
Keir
Holy shit. Her uncle looked insane. And he wouldn't shut up either. Grace looked so small and delicate when she heard that Harry guy's name. I felt her shrink and grab at her stomach.
Then it hits me like a brick to the head. He's the guy that caused those scars. Fuck.
I send a text to the guys. We need to take care of a few things for our girl.
Grace goes up the stairs to grab her backpack and Christian looks at my text on his phone.
"You sure?" He asks.
"Positive."
"Okay. Leave it to Jai and me. You and Liam take care of her today." I nod and head for our girl. She looks a bit better now but still not herself. I'm betting once she sees Kennedy again she'll be back to normal. At least for a bit.
"Hey, babe. I gotta pick up Alek and change before we go. Is that okay?" I ask taking her small rough hand in mine.
"No, how dare you." She teases making me chuckle. "Oh, hold on." She says before running over to Christian. She kisses him and whispers something. His face goes from shocked to soft with affection in seconds. I know that feeling.
He cradles her face in his hand and kisses her again. He watches her like she hung the moon in the sky. I probably do the same it's just weird to see. He is quite the badass after all. I remember when we were still allowed to hang out with each other, way back when I was in kindergarten, he kicked the shit out of some older kid who was looking up girls' skirts. That behaviour did not change throughout his life either.
Grace and I make our way to my house where I invite her up.
"This is so weird using the front door." She whispers making me laugh. A few of the guards look like I've shaken them to theircore just by laughing. I couldn't give a fuck though. I've always been pretty quiet but people seem to think that means I'm just a miserable bastard. I mean I'm not always nice but I'm not unhappy. Especially not with Grace.
We make our way through the house when Ivan the Asshole steps in front of us as we head for the stairs.
"Why is she here?" He demands with a scowl.
"I invited her," I reply still not sure if we can trust the people in our house with Ray doing whatever he's doing.
