“There comes a time when a leader needs to be challenged. I was ready to take over, so I challenged him and won.”
“You took your own father in a duel?” I ask incredulously.
“Yes. It is our way.”
“And he doesn’t hold a grudge?”
“No,” he says as if I am stupid. “He expected it of me. Maybe not quite so soon, but still,” he says proudly.
Well, a proud male of any species, is still just an arrogant son-of-a-bitch. I have learned that these last few months.
“I will bid you adieu. I have to go and check on my…”
“Entourage?” he interrupts me wickedly.
“My boys,” I emphasize, and he shrugs.
“Be sure to remember what your mother said,” he reminds me, and I want to hit him.
“Be sure to remember what I said. What happened between us, stays between us.”
“Of course,” he says with ease. “I don’t like my private life spread all over the place. Even though I am now taking myself off the market.”
I close my eyes in frustration and say, “Xane. Don’t be so ridiculous. You cannot wait for me.”
“I have no intention of waiting. You will come to me. You won’t be able to stop yourself.”
“I will be halfway across the globe in less than a month, I will forget you,” I say unconvincingly.
“Then I will be, too. Make no mistake that I will follow you. I, too, can run my billion-dollar empire from an iPad in Europe.”
Beg pardon? Billion-dollar empire? What other pies do you have your fingers in? And how do you know I will be in Europe?
“How do you know I will be in Europe?” I ask with suspicion.
“I assume that halfway across the globe is, in fact, Europe,” he says.
Smartarse
“I need to go,” I tell him dismissively.
“I will come and find you later.”
I glare at him and stalk out.
CHAPTER ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE
I find Scott hovering, clearly waiting for me. He looks relieved when he sees me. “What’s up?” I ask, walking to the elevators.
“I don’t know if it is of any relevance, but yesterday your Demon friend had a curse on him. I believe he cast it on himself but today it was gone. I seemed to pick up on that it had something to do with you.”
Of course it did. He is such an arse. He knew we would end up in bed together and probably even about the whole Demon reveal. His choosing me wasn’t a spur-of-the-moment thing. I just hope I cursed myself in time.
“Thank you. It’s quite helpful to know. I think I know what it is regarding but it is a good thing that I know that he lifted it.”
Scott nods at me. “Happy to help.”