Chapter 65
sixty-five
Reyna tucks her face into my neck.
Shit. Did I say too much too soon?
“Damn. I just freaked you out, didn’t I?”
When she pulls back to look at me, her pussy clenches and I instantly go from semi-hard to rock hard again. “Could you... maybe... keep still?” I groan. “I can’t concentrate when you do that.”
“What? This?” She clenches again.
“Goddamn it. Brat. Answer the question.”
She leans in, brushing her nose back and forth over mine in a bunny kiss. “No, Brex. You didn’t freak me out. In fact...” She lifts herself up and sits back down. Hard. “...I feel the same way.”
My heart fills with an emotion so strong there’s only one thing it could be.
“I love you, Rey.”
Her eyes instantly fill with tears. “Oh, Brex. I…”
My heart sinks. “I just… needed you to know. It’s okay if you don’t…”
Palming my face in her hands, she whisper-shouts, “I love you too.”
We’re back in the helicopter and on our way home when Reyna looks over at me.
“So,” she says, voice a little hoarse from all the screaming I caused. “I’ve been meaning to ask you something.”
I glance over at her. “What’s up?”
She shifts in her seat to face me. “So, you know how I told Ari about Dex needing representation?”
“Yeah.”
“Turns out she already knows all about him.” Reyna lets out a small laugh. “Apparently, she’s been following his career and is a huge MMA fan. Even been to a few of his fights.”
“No shit?” I bank left, following the ridge line back toward the airfield.
“Right? She even has a framed poster of him in her office. Even Mia says he’s a ‘hot, ripped Adonis.’”
“Yeah,” I snort. “Most women tend to think so.”
Dex has a huge following. In fact, my brother is world-famous.
“She knows all about his... reputation,” Reyna continues, giving me a careful look. “Even the chair-throwing incident.”
My stomach drops. “Yeah. That happened.”
“According to her, his last lawyer said he’d rather lose his license rather than deal with Dex.”
I wince. “Sounds about right. Dex doesn’t typically play well with others when he’s not in the ring.”
“That’s the thing, though.” Reyna leans in, excitement bleeding into her tone. “Difficult clients are Ari’s specialty. She actually wants the challenge.”
Something warm unfurls in my chest. I’ve been worried about Dex for the past couple of years. Watching him cycle through lawyers, getting into fights outside the ring. The fact that someone knows all about his shit and still wants to take him on? That’s huge.
“She really said that?”
Reyna holds up a hand. “Swear to God.”
Banking into a gentle turn as the airfield comes into view below, I say, “Dex is gonna hate that she’s a fan.”
“Why?”
“Because, aside from my brothers and maybe a couple of his close friends, he thinks everyone around him is trying to use him. Which I don’t blame him, because it’s happened before.
” I shake my head. “But honestly? This might be exactly what he needs. Someone who respects what he does, won’t take his bullshit and can stand up for themselves. ”
“That’s what I was thinking.” She grins. “Ari’s going to his title fight next month. Against that Russian guy—Kazakov?”
My eyebrows shoot up as I gently bring us down onto the tarmac.
“Ari wanted all of us to go, but Mia can’t make it because going to Vegas that weekend.
But I was thinking...” She pauses, biting her lower lip.
“Maybe the three of us could make a weekend out of it? You, me, and Logan? I mean, we’d have to figure out all three of our schedules, but maybe we could get a hotel… ”
Her suggestion sends a warm pulse through my chest. Not just because of the idea itself—which is fucking awesome—but because of the way she says it. Like it’s the most natural thing in the world for the three of us to go on a weekend getaway.
I reach over and squeeze her hand. “I think it’s a great idea.”
Her whole face lights up. “Yeah?”
“Hell yeah.”