Page 276 of Boys Who Hunt
“It is, and I’m not fucking hiding it anymore,” I say. “We’re in love with her.”
Lana’s jaw slowly drops. “We?”
“Oh God …” Max hides his face in his hands.
“Don’t be a pussy, Max,” Heath says, slapping him on the shoulder.
“Shut up,” Max’s mom says, her black hair swaying over her shoulder.
“Wait … You actually fell in love?” my mom asks like she’s in shock.
I grind my teeth. “Is that so hard to believe?”
Lana tilts her head at Ivy. “Let me see you.”
Ivy steps out from behind me despite me trying to hold her back from both moms’ wrath.
“I apologize for all the damage he’s done on my behalf,” she says. “But I owe him my life.”
“Really?” Mom throws her purple hair back, a smirk slowly appearing on her face. “I never imagined my son would actually kill for a reason other than self-gratification.”
“Wait, what?” My dad’s brows furrow. “You’re actually okay with this?”
“If it’s for the right reasons …” Mom says.
“She had a child. Well, not hers, technically, but she was taking care of her. Her name’s Cora, by the way. Her half sister.She’s really sweet. Poor girl was thrown between father and her mother, who died because of him, by the way.” Max just keeps going until Heath finally steps on his foot, and he whimpers in pain.
“Max, that’s enough, thank you.” Lana sighs.
“Wow. I’m so sorry, Ivy. That sounds horrible,” Mom says.
“It was,” Heath says. “Silas had good reason to go on a murder spree. You’ll just have to forgive him.”
“Do I now?” Mom raises a brow. “But all those murders still don’t account for the missing money in Silas’s bank account…”
She homes in on me, and I feel like I just got caught red-handed.
Fuck.
I didn’t know Mom and Dad actually kept an eye on it.
Ivy rummages in her pocket. “Actually, I’ve been meaning to give this back.”
“What?!” I grit, but she still hands it over to me.
“I don’t want this. I have enough,” she says, smiling. “I have enough when I have you guys.”
I was almost ready to throw her over the railing and spank her ass right in front of everyone, but that smile … God, that fucking smile makes my heart throb so goddamn hard I can’t say no.
Still, I push her hand back. “I want you to buy every goddamn food you could ever dream of, every damn day, for the rest of your life with this money. So keep it.”
She smiles. “I don’t need all that. Please, take it back. I don’t want to be the reason y’all start a family feud,” she says, pressing the transfer paper into my chest. “You’ve given me everything I’ll ever need.”
“Aw …” Max’s eyes tear up.
But it’s the way she said “please” that makes me yield.
I grunt and snatch the paper, tucking it into my pocket. “Fine. But I will be buying youandCora breakfast, lunch, and dinner every day of the fucking week.”