Page 58 of Make You Wish You Were Dead
Fucking dick.
"So, Andrew, tell me a little bit about yourself," Cole says while I still maintain eye contact with Ace.
What's his issue?
I thought he liked me.
"Well, I work in the same industry as Rowan." When I hear Andrew say my name I look away from Ace and just look at Jane who is looking at her hands.
"Do you live in California?" Cole asks.
"No, I live in New York. I have a job here for the next couple of weeks and I just thought I would spend some time with my brother."
I slide my hand in Jane’s so I can hold her hand. She is still looking down, but she gives me three squeezes to the hand.
"Well, you are welcome to stay here whenever Rowan is," Cole offers and then gives him a small smile. For the rest of dinner, Jane and I hold hands as we eat silently while everyone else starts talking to one another quietly. After we are all done eating, the servers take the plates and everyone stands up from the table. "Alex, Ace, and I need to discuss some things but Andrew, Rowan you guys are welcome to stay however long you would like," Cole says with a smile before walking away with Alex.
"I'll be there in a minute. I need to use the restroom," Ace says before looking at me and walking away.
I look down at Jane who is standing next to me. "Go wait in your room. I'll be there when everyone leaves, okay?" Jane nods her head, which makes me smile at her softly and walk away.
I walk towards the area Ace walked in, which is a hallway towards where the guest bedrooms are.
As I am walking in the hallway, I feel someone push me to the wall. I don’t move away from the wall when I see Ace pinned me to the wall.
"What are you doing with Jane?" Ace asks.
I shove him off of me so that he isn't close to me. "Nothing."
"That's a lie." Ace smirks and shakes his head. "You really fucked. I trusted you not to touch her. She is broken enough. She doesn't need any more problems in her life. She needs to focus on herself and her own happiness."
"She isn't broken. You guys treat her like she is, which isn't good for her. Plus, she can make her own decisions," I argue.
"Does Cole know?" Ace raises an eyebrow at me and leans against the wall, putting his hands in his pockets. When I stay quiet Ace nods his head. "You have to tell him soon. He doesn't like secrets. He likes communication and if he finds out himself, he will be furious."
"I was going to talk to him today."
"Now I would agree with you talking to him today but it's not a good day."
"Why not?" I raise an eyebrow at him.
"Some shit that's happening with the Mexicans and it's stressing Cole and the rest of us out. Especially since they almost killed his daughter when you guys went to that ice cream shop."
He didn’t seem like he was in a bad mood today so I’m surprised that Ace is telling me this.
"You guys need to be more careful too until Cole finds out. You guys were eye fucking one another the whole dinner."
"We are."
"Doesn't look like it." Ace's lips lifted a little. "I thought you were smart, Rowan. I never knew you could be as messy as that. You say getting with my daughter is messy but the shit you’re in right now is even messier."
"Why?"
"Because you don't work for me anymore. You work for Cole, who has a daughter who got raped and is mute. You’re her guard and you just broke your own rule with her."
"Jane isn't messy, the situation is."
"Still the same shit, Rowan." Ace leans off the wall. "You're in deep shit, boy."
