Bitter Truths (The Denton Family Legacy 3)

She chuckled.

“You’re not mad?”

“Why would I be mad?”

“Some women get a little angry when they find out that men have been with other women.”

“That was before I was around. If I’d had time screwing around, you wouldn’t have a problem would you?” she asked.

“I would have a problem. I wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.”

“Same.” She shrugged. “I catch you with another woman from this day forward, say goodbye to your little fella.”

“Little fella?” he asked, laughing.

She climbed into the bath, taking a seat, and trying to cover up her wince. “Yeah, I heard Sarah say it the other day, all posh. It was cute.”

Oliver climbed into the tub behind her. “There’s no way you could call my dick little.”

“I could call it whatever I wanted if it’s the truth.” She glanced up at him. “We both know the truth.”

She winked at him, and he relaxed.

“I have a feeling you’re going to be keeping me on my toes.”

“Correct.”

He wrapped his arms around her, knowing in his heart that he wouldn’t have it any other way. Ruby was his. He loved her more than anything, and that love was only going to grow.

“What are you thinking?” she asked.

“That I want to make you happy.”

“You’re already making me happy, Oliver. Am I making you happy?”

“Yes, more than you know.” He kissed the top of her head, breathing in her scent.

Chapter Eleven

“This is madness.”

Gabriel Colton smiled as he listened to the traitor’s worries. “You should have thought about that years ago. You always promised my father, and now me that you would serve us loyally, and you have.”

“You’re asking me to make sure Tamsin is vulnerable so you can take her. What do you intend to do?”

“I intend to make the Dentons experience a world of hurt,” Gabriel said. “After all, they were happy to punish us, and I’m sure Tamsin would go for a pretty penny at auction.” Before the man could argue, Gabriel ordered him to get the job done, and slammed the phone down.

“Why do you torture the poor man?” Emma Colton asked.

“Because it’s easy, and I can. There’s nothing wrong with it. Besides, he owes us. We have nothing to lose, or anyone else in this world.” Gabriel got up from his desk and paced the length of the office. He stared out of the window, and smiled as he took in the casino across the way. They didn’t even know he owned the building.

“We don’t auction off children, not since we found out the truth, and made sure that side of our business was over. We never agreed with what our parents and their friends did. We’re going to create a new path.”

Emma hated that they had to deal with that area of their legacy. Fucking hated it, as did he. He despised his father, and was sickened by the men and women who bought and sold children like they were cattle.

Nothing would ever happen to Tamsin. He was a monster, but young girls were safe from him. There were standards that he upheld. It would be interesting if he could turn the young girl against her family.

In the last few years, he’d done a lot of investigating, and what he discovered had made his previous actions against the Dentons all the more important. He was angry at them, especially Maddox. There was shit that he knew that Maddox’s sons didn’t know, and he didn’t have a clue what to do with that information. Attacking them seemed the first and most logical first step in announcing their revenge. But then, Gabriel wasn’t sure what move to make because everything was so fucked up.