Page 7 of Drax (Iron Thunder MC 3)
“No, I don’t have any evidence because that’s not how we work. You should know that by now. Leave no trail. You’ll just have to take my word for it, which I know you’re not capable of doing.”
Her breasts rose and fell. She had her mouth parted a little. I wanted to grab her by the back of her neck and pull her to me, push my tongue in her mouth and feel the burning heat of her soft supple body. No other woman ever felt as perfect as she used to.
“He is my brother, Drax. And you are…someone I used to sleep with.” It took her a little effort to say those words and now they were out there. Wow. That’s all I was to her. She couldn’t even call me her ‘ex’. I was just someone she used to bang.
Had she really forgotten everything else?
“So, if you don’t think much of the relationship we had, why do you think I should?” I hissed. She looked away from me with a snap.
“That is not what I said. Don’t put words in my mouth, Drax. I said nothing about the meaning of our relationship.”
“You said you can’t trust me over your brother.”
“He’s my brother!” she cried. She dropped her hands down by her sides, with her fists clenched. I knew her well. I was acquainted with this body language of hers. She always did this when she was losing her patience.
I tried to remind myself I didn’t owe her anything. Not anymore. Her patience was not my problem.
“Then you should be able to convince him to behave himself, right? He should listen to you.”
She let out a frustrated sigh and shook her head.
“You are such a fuckin’ stubborn bastard.” Her voice was low and almost a whisper. I let out a snort at that.
“What about Crash? What is your opinion on him? He who can do no wrong…”
“Crash is a fuckin’ stubborn bastard too. You both are. And I don’t know what else I can do to stop this nonsense.”
I could see the way she worried her fingers. Clenching and unclenching her hands. Rubbing her palms on the sides of her legs. These were all signs that she couldn’t keep her emotions under control.
My voice softened a little. As much as I didn’t owe her anything, I couldn’t help but feel a weakness toward her. I didn’t want her to suffer.
“Well the truth is, MB, there is nothing you can really do about it. The war has begun. One of us is going to come out of this on the winning side and I’m going to try my goddamn best to make sure it isn’t your brother.”
“Drax. You wouldn’t hurt him!” she cried out again.
“I’m not going to make you any promises I can’t keep.”
“I am here to ask you, respectfully, to end this war between the two of you so that I don’t end up losing my brother over it. I really, really hoped you would understand.”
“You came here hoping you would just snap your fingers and I’d give you what you want. Isn’t that how it used to work between us? No questions asked. Mary-Beth is always right.”
Her lips quivered a little and then she turned her face away from me.
“You are being unnecessarily rude to me, Drax.”
“You show up here making ridiculous claims and impossible demands, and what do you expect me to do? Roll over and show you my belly?”
“How dare you imply that I always got my way with you, Drax? It just proves how delusional you are about what our relationship actually looked like. You always did exactly what you wanted. You fought me on every decision. You were never willing to listen to my side of anything…”
Our voices were raised. As usual. Our relationship had always been volatile, and it seemed that being apart for a year had made no difference. We were always going to be at each other’s throats.
“It’s either Drax’s way or the highway…” she continued.
I felt like I’d had enough. I closed my eyes and looked up at the ceiling.
“What the fuck are you even doing here, MB? Your little plan is not going to work. You’re not going to be able to stop this war between us. You clearly know nothing about your brother. He won’t stop till he gets his vengeance.”
“It’s you who doesn’t know my brother. You were never friends. How can claim you know anything about him?” she cried.
“Because I just fucking do!” I growled. I opened my eyes to glare at her. I wanted to devour her. I wanted her to see the truth on my face. I wasn’t lying to her.
The door opened and Spike poked his head around.
“Hey, boss,” he said.
“I told you bastards to leave us the fuck alone!” I thundered at him. I could feel the anger seeping from every pore of my skin. Spike quickly shut the door again and Mary-Beth turned to me.
