Page 27 of Reckless Knight (Knight's Ridge Empire 7)

“I wouldn’t want to ruin the surprise, baby.”

“God, you two are so sweet, it’s sickening.”

“You just watched him fuck me silly over the counter, Bri. Not sure we’re all that sweet,” Jodie jokes.

“It comes no sweeter than that, girl. You find a man who can’t wait to even get you in the stock room to fuck you, then you hang onto him.”

“Sound advice there, baby. You should probably take it.”

“Jesus, you two are as bad as each other,” she mutters, accepting another kiss before pushing me away. “Go, I need to clean up.”

I glance back over at the counter, trying to imagine just what Brianna saw.

“Sure. Message me, yeah? We’ll be ready,” I promise.

“So will we,” Brianna says suggestively.

I flip the locks on the door once more, Jodie following so she can lock them both inside.

“Oh, and don’t worry too much about the security cameras,” I say loud enough for Brianna to hear. “Your boss seemed like a decent guy. I’m sure he’ll be able to overlook it.”

Jodie’s face drops, all the blood draining out of it before she spins around, her eyes darting between the cameras.A little more guilt than I was expecting trickles through my veins as I watch her reaction, but I quickly force it away.

“Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God. He’s going to sack me. Fuck. Toby,” she whines, smacking me in the arm. “I need this job.”

“It’ll be fine. Relax. I’ll see you later, yeah?” She lets me kiss her once more before I drag myself away from her and down the street with a smile on my face.

She doesn’t need to worry. The only person who’s going to see that video is me. She just doesn’t need to know that.

“Nico,” I bark after letting myself into his flat and marching toward the living room. “I’ve got a present for you. Polish your dick, we’re—“ My words falter when I emerge and find a face smiling at me that I wasn’t expecting. “Sis, how’s it going?“

“Good. Although your plans sound like they might be better,” she deadpans.

“Uh…”

“Yes, bro,” Nico booms from down the hall. “Please tell me it’s what I think it is.”

“What do you think it is?” Stella asks, already more than invested in finding out our plans.

“Nic,” I warn.

“What? Your sister needs to learn sooner or later what a dirty dog you are.”

“Jesus,” I mutter, scrubbing my hand down my face as I fall onto the opposite sofa to my recently-discovered sister. “Don’t listen to him, he’s talking out of his—”

“Fuck off, am I,” Nico scoffs.

“Toby, Toby, Toby,” Stella mutters, making me cringe. “I thought you were the sweet one.”

“Tsk. You need to get to know your brother better, Princess. Spoiler alert: He’s not. He just plays a good game to cover up all his filthy kinks.”

“Jesus fucking Christ.” Dragging my eyes from my sister, I stare up at Nico, my eyes hard with frustration. “Forget what I said. I’ve retracted your invite. I’m more than man enough to take your place.”

His mouth drops as Stella sucks in a shocked breath.

“Sorry to ruin the image, Princess. But I’m about as nice beneath the surface as the rest of these motherfuckers. I’m out.”

Flipping Nico off, I march from his flat, unsurprisingly with Stella hot on my heels.