Score two to me.
I smiled sweetly at him and waited for his response.
Finally, he muttered, “Fuck.”
Score three to me.
We stared at each other for a minute or so and then he said, “Well, you’re going to have to find him because I need to know who he is.”
My eyes widened. “You’re kidding, right? I have no idea who he is or where he is.”
He smirked at me. “Yeah you do; we just have to go back to wherever you found him before you screwed him.”
The bastard. He knew what I was doing and now he was playing with me.
“Ah, no. There’s no we in this, Liam. I’ll go back by myself and find him.”
He shook his head. “No, sweetheart, we’ll both go. If you think I’m letting you out of my sight during this investigation, you can think again.”
My mouth dropped open.
Score one, two and three to Liam.
***
Liam
Jesus Christ, she was something else. The little minx was fucking me around and doing a damn good job at it.
My instructions for this job had been clear: get in and get out fast. Zane was sure he knew who was behind the break-ins at Roxie’s hair salon so when Scott had called in a favour he hadn’t hesitated to agree to it. However, I’d just spent the last hour going over this particular break-in with a fine tooth comb and I was convinced this was the work of someone else, not the crew that Zane thought. I was also sure that Roxie had an idea of who was committing these break-ins. Why she was keeping that to herself, I was yet to figure out.
She was currently glaring at me after I’d just informed her I’d be going with her to find this guy she’d slept with. Fuck. I had no idea why I’d said I would go with her and I also had no clue why she hadn’t challenged me on it because she sure as fuck had challenged me on everything else this morning.
Bobby broke the tension between us. “Sweet cakes, your first client will be here in about ten minutes. You right to do it or do you want me to take over?” He winked at me and then suggested, “I could always take over here with Liam while you look after the clients.”
I had to hand it to him; he was persistent. A good quality to have, but it wouldn’t get him far with me on this; I was one hundred percent a pussy man.
“I think that Liam and I are finished here.” She looked back at me. “Is that right?”
“For now. I’ve gotta take off to get to another job but I’ll be back when you close so that you and I can take care of the matter we just discussed.”
“You want to do that tonight?”
I nodded. “We need to find him as soon as possible.”
Bobby was confused. “Who do you need to find?”
I didn’t answer him but rather waited for Roxie to tell him; it wasn’t my business to share her personal information.
She glared at me again; what for, I wasn’t sure. “Apparently we need to find that guy I slept with the other night. Liam’s convinced he might be the one breaking in.”
Women and their exaggerations never failed to shit me. “I never said that, but I would like to clear him from the investigation,” I said calmly; much more calmly than I was feeling it on the inside.
My phone rang which made my fucking moment; I needed a break from Roxie and her attitude.
It was Zane. “Liam, you nearly finished with the hairdresser?”
“Yeah, but it’s not Red’s crew doing these break-ins so I’m going to have to spend some more time on this one.”