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“Let’s go, Adrick.” I squatted down and stretched my left leg out and then the right.
Adrick cracked his knuckles, and his gaze seemed to dance with excitement too. He pretended he was casually strolling my way, but I knew as soon as he got close, he was going in for an attack.
Since I was still crouching and stretching my leg out, when he did go to strike, I quickly rolled out of the way and bounced up.
Grinning like a maniac, I asked, “Come on, you can do better than that.”
Adrick smiled evilly at me. “You asked for it, little girl.” He went into a fighting stance, but then quickly straightened and looked over my head. I wasn’t falling for it. I heard that someone was approaching, but I wouldn’t let whoever it was distract me.
“What the fuck?” Quake growled before his arm went around my waist and I was lifted off my feet.
“Wait, no. We were about to fight,” I complained, tapping at his arm.
“That ain’t happenin’,” Quake snarled. He walked, with me held up against him, back to the stairs.
“I guess I win,” Adrick called.
“No way. I’ll be back,” I snapped. “Come on, Quake, what the hell? You know I can fight.”
He stomped up the stairs and, in my ear, he snarled, “I know. But he used to be with the Russian mafia. He’d play dirty just to prove himself.”
Huh. Did he?
I didn’t know that.
That meant Adrick would really go all out.
“Really?” I muttered, more to myself.
Quake stopped. “Fuck. Now you’re really interested, aren’t you?”
“Noooo,” I drew out. “Not me.”
He started moving forward again but still didn’t drop me.
When we entered the room, Eve sat up from slouching on the couch. “What happened?”
Quake took us to the couch and dropped me onto it where I was half sprawled on Eve’s lap.
“I found her downstairs ready to go head-to-head with Adrick.”
“You were going to fight Adrick?” Eve yelled.
Groaning, I rolled over and kicked my feet over the couch armrest while leaving my head on Eve’s lap. “I’d have won too.”
Eve stared down at me, brows pinched as she brushed my hair back. “You also could have got your ass beat.”
I grinned. “It’d be fun no matter.”
Eve sighed. “What would your parents say about you fighting an ex-mafia man?”
Quake snorted, though he was still glaring down at me. “They were there watchin’.”
Eve shook her head. “They’re all crazy.”
Laughing, I nodded. “That we are, but it’s the best way to be. Hey, I forgot the snacks.” I sat up. “I’ll go and?—”
“Nope,” Eve said, pulling me back down. “You stay here. Kayson can go get them.”
