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It was time to face the music.

CHAPTER 33

ROMI

THE FOLLOWING DAY – DISCOVERED

Tickling Sonia was way more fun than I remembered. She’d always been ticklish, but it had been years since I’d tickled her. It hadn’t been appropriate as we got older. Now that we were intimate, it was something I could indulge in again, and I thoroughly enjoyed the way she squirmed and giggled in my lap.

Chuckling hard as she begged for mercy, the sudden pounding on the door didn’t resonate at first. The moment it did, we both froze in shock.

Fuck, we’d been discovered! I should have known the best night of my fucking life would end this way.

“Romi, open the fuck up now!” Miki shouted.

Sonia looked sick as I set her on her feet. Stopping, I quickly retrieved my T-shirt and handed it to her. As she hurriedly put it back on, I did up the fly of my jeans.

I grimaced at what was about to happen and wished Sonia didn’t have to see this.

Giving her one last look, I headed for the door, knowing the timing couldn’t have been much worse. Seeing Sonia dressed only in my T-shirt wasn’t the best way for her brothers to find out about us, that was for sure, but there was nothing I could do about it now. It was better than them seeing her naked, I guessed.

Squeezing her tightly, I gave her a quick peck on the lips before heading to the door, a look of defiance on my face.

It was time to deal with the shit that was about to rain down on us. I just hoped I survived the beating I was about to take long enough for the guys to calm down and for me to figure out how to sort this mess out since running with Sonia now wasn’t going to be quite as easy as I’d hoped.

As soon as I opened the door, Miki punched me in the jaw. Fuck! That hurt! He and Ash rushed inside, looking mad as hell.

As I’d expected, seeing Sonia dressed in just my T-shirt made them even more enraged. They turned to face me with looks that would have killed a lesser man on the spot. Considering I’d gone against all of our codes, I couldn’t blame them for their anger. If it had been anyone else in this position, I would have felt the same way.

Here we go! I thought grimly.

Sighing, I fortified myself. Things were about to get rough. Taking a deep breath, I stood there, waiting to see what they would do next.

I retreated a few steps as they came at me, fists flying.

“Fucking bastard!” they shouted, punching me in the jaw and the stomach, making my legs buckle.

I held my hands up in a defensive pose but didn’t retaliate. I’d broken the rules, so I deserved this, and up to a point, I would put up with it. I’d let them beat me and get their anger out, but in the end, Sonia would be mine. As long as I lived through the next few days, I reminded myself as I fell to the floor.

“Stop it!” Sonia screamed, trying to pull them off me. Marko grabbed her around the waist and hauled her away from us. She fought like a banshee until he grabbed her arms and subdued her.

“Our sister?” Ash cried.

“We fucking trusted you!” he screamed at me as he threw a left hook at my face.

My arms came up to protect my head as the blows kept coming. I refused to fight back as that would escalate the matter and make them worse.

“Fight back!” Sonia shouted, but she didn’t understand that in order for them to eventually accept us, they needed to work through their anger at me first. Or at least that was my hope.

She looked distraught, and I really wished she didn’t have to see this. I knew how much this would hurt her.

“Yeah, fight back, you bastard,” Miki shouted, and I winced at the hint of hurt betrayal in his voice.

Curled up on the floor, I kept my head covered as much as possible as they punched and kicked my ribs. After another couple of blows, they moved away as if to stop, then returned, and each aimed another blow. It fucking hurt, but I realised that despite everything, they were holding back.

Sonia was crying hysterically now as they continued to hit me. I hated hearing her sobs. I wanted to go to her and soothe her, but that wasn’t an option. This was just something she’d have to endure like I would.

“Enough!” Marko shouted as he turned Sonia in his arms and buried her head in his chest.