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“Soyou do want to bang her” Lorenzo’s smile never drops

Bastard

I walked right into that one But I’ from what happened

“Jesus, Lorenzo Give the guy a break,” Jax says as he enters the roo important, or are we here to break Romeo’s balls?”

“Nothing other than the fact that Trent is hard up for the girl living in his house His stepsister” Lorenzo, apparently, has a death wish tonight because if he doesn’t shut the fuck up, I’ to kill him

Would that make me the new head of the mafia?

“Dad fucked her sister, so at best, that would make Payton my aunt, which she’s not since Dad and the sister were never married,” I inform him, my voice curt and to the point

Cyrus cracks his neck “As much as I want to chitchat with all of you pussies, which I don’t by the way, I have better things to do Can we get to the fucking point? No more interruptions”

Not surprisingly, Cyrus is the serious one

“Someone tried to hurt her, and they wanted it to look like it was me,” I tell the men at the table

“She’s going to be okay?” Matteo asks

“Mercifully, she is Concussion Bruised ribs A sprained ankle That’s it, and she got lucky She didn’t get the brunt of it, but still, not the point The point is, so I knoho it is”

“Paul,” Jax finishes

I nod

“That fucker,” Lorenzo hisses

Matteo leans forward in his chair “Why do you think he went after her?”

“As ht she was important to me”

“Well, she is, right?” Matteo assesses me

“I have no idea My feelings are complex, to say the least All I can tell you is it didn’t start this way”

“Welcohs, and I’

“The thing is, from an outsider’s point of vieas alith Payton She lived into me That we’re involved So, he went after her to hurt me”

I care about her

It’s obvious at this point

I can deny it, but it won’t do ood Paul wanted to hurt so accoic E Payton was amy business