Page 41 of Billionaire's Promise

"That include Saint?" I mutter.

"Saint." Sinclair blows out a breath. "He’s still pissed at you."

"What’s his issue?" I rub the back of my neck. "You’d think I did something to personally anger him."

"Of the lot of us, he’s the most sentimental," Weston offers.

"Saint." I stare at him. "You’re joking, right?"

Weston holds my gaze, then smirks.

"Youarejoking." I roll my shoulders. "You had me there, for a second, Wes. I’d forgotten just how good an actor you are."

"We haven’t forgotten what you’ve been through," Damian retorts. "You could have reached out to us when you were released. You could have come home."

"I came now."

"After that asshole, Edward, found a way to get you back," Sinclair declares.

I scowl. "Wait. Hold on. Edward didn’t do anything. I came back of my own volition."

"After he told you he needed your help," Weston reminds me.

"Wait, so you all think it was an elaborate plan on his part to get me here?"

"Maybe he killed two birds with one stone." Damian lifts his shoulders.

"He always was the most strategic of the lot of us." Sinclair rubs his jaw.

Liam draws abreast. "It was fun while it lasted but...I have to get going."

"Oh?" Sinclair asks, "Important date?"

"A wedding rehearsal."

"You mean your wedding rehearsal, don’t you?" Weston pipes up, and Liam shoots him a dirty glare.

"See you later,littlebrother."

He stalks out.

"Why do I get the feeling he’s not happy about his upcoming nuptials?" Damian stares after him.

"Because he isn’t?" Weston suggests.

"So why go through with it?"

"Inheritance." Weston shrugs. "What can I say? We one-percenters find all the possible ways to make it complicated for our offspring to live their lives. In this case, if older brother, here, doesn’t get married and produce an heir soon, he doesn't get access to the family business nor to his trust fund.

I wince. "Complicated."

"You’re telling me?"

"Good thing I don’t have such issues."

"You don’t have an empire to inherit, either," Damian reminds me.

"I make enough from 7A investments—thanks to you jokers—to not worry about money for a long time," I retort. "Besides, some of us want more than just money."