Page 31 of Heartless

At that, he sat up.“Walk me through that one.”

“Her friend is here to make a play.Sienna needs to see that girl for what she is, so we can get rid of her.

He reached for a hot dog.“What if she’s here for Sienna?”

“They haven’t been talking since the Shell, and she’s here at nine on a Sunday night.”

Sile scoffed.“There’s that.”He grabbed the bowl of chicken wings he plopped in his lap.“Sienna hasn’t questioned why you haven’t fucked her yet?”

After sending the text, I crossed my ankles on the coffee table.“The girl is a romantic.A gesture here and there.Mix in some ‘you’re so beautiful, you take my breath away,’ and she’s a goner.”

“In two days, that bottle is mine,” he said with a smirk.

“You haven’t seen the way she looks at me.Two days is more than enough time.”

He scoffed.“We’ll see.Heard from The Family?”

“Not yet, but Zook said they didn’t burn her house.Their contact confirmed it wasn’t an accident.Someone made it happen.Our guess is Morrison’s trying to isolate her, too.”

Sile’s feet hit the floor.“The plan is working.All you have to do is fuck her and seal the deal.”

I swiped my hand over my face and shook my head.“Those fucking eyes, man.I just can’t.She sucked me off the other night, and she’s even worse than Cecily Morrison.Thank fuck the girl comes quick.”

My friend chuckled.“Cry me a fucking river.”

“Can’t even look at her.I only take her out to restaurants where the lights are dimmed, and I ask her to sit beside me.Easier to look over her head.At least when I kiss her, her eyes are closed.”I took another drag at my beer.“Fucking hoping she’s into blindfolds.Only way I’d be able to fuck that.”

“Fuck, Jake.That’s cold.Even for you.”His tone sobered.“Twenty years to get your due is a long time.But now is not the time to lose control, brother.”

A text came through.Fucking perfect.“The Morrison girl is ten minutes away.”

I called Mort.“Mort, send her up.Sienna Winslow will be there shortly.Don’t make her wait.”

After I’d disconnected, I planted my feet on the rug.“The brat’s on her way up.”

Sile winced.“That girl gives my dick frostbite.”He moved to the other corner of the sectional and slouched back.“I’m staying for the girls’ smackdown though.”

I was standing in front of the elevator when its doors slid open on Gabby Ashford dressed in a tight strapless black dress.which couldn’t have been longer than my arm, and black high heeled sandals.

She fluffed her hair and wiggled her ass out of the cabin.

Touching my chest, she bit the corner of her bottom lip.“Hi, Jake.”

I kept my hands in the pockets of my sweats.“Sienna’s not here.”

Her smile was lopsided.“Oh, I know.”

Subtlety sure wasn’t her thing.

“What can I do for you, Gabby?”

The batting of her lashes was so fucking cliché, I almost laughed.“We didn’t get to know each other.I was in a neighborhood, and I thought maybe we could change that.”She got closer.“How about a drink?”

Shifting sideways, I extended my arm toward the room.“Ladies first.”

Without hesitation, she rolled her ass farther into the penthouse while I headed for the bar.She flicked her fingers at Sile.“Hi.You were at the club the other night.Simon, right?”

“Close enough,” he drawled.