Total pages in book: 57
Estimated words: 52887 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 264(@200wpm)___ 212(@250wpm)___ 176(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 52887 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 264(@200wpm)___ 212(@250wpm)___ 176(@300wpm)
Now that makes me smile.
Chapter Twenty-Seven
TEDDY
"I'm nervous," I blurt out, unable to sit still as Killian drives through the gates of home. He stops the vehicle suddenly.
"Nervous in a good way, big guy," Lily says, leaning forward to stick her head between Killian and me. I don't think Killian is her biggest fan, but he's softened a tad knowing how happy I am to have Lily with us.
"You're meeting Roland. He's kind of family, you know." I'm so homesick at this point. I miss everyone! By everyone I mean Ro and my cat.
"He is family," Lily says, and I nod. Family is what we make it, and I want Killian in my family, and I want my family to like him, maybe one day even love him.
Lily could be like an annoying sister, while Roland could be the grumpy grandpa who always offers unsolicited advice.
"Everything is fine." Killian reaches over to give my leg a squeeze. If it's not okay, Killian will manually make it that way, because he's a sweetheart that hung the moon just for me.
A small squeal leaves me when I see Ro and Minnie stepping out of the giant double doors.
"Is that a fountain?" Lily asks. "Better question, is that statue real gold?"
"Oh, I don't know." I shrug. "Maybe? I wouldn't put it past Grams. Gold was her favorite color. We have a few gold bars in the safe because Grams swore all safes should have a few of them. It's part of the aesthetic.”
"Oh, and Minnie!"
"She's not good with new people, except me," Killian informs her. I turn my head toward him. Is he jealous? Letting Lily know he has a leg up here already.
"Well, Ro loves me," she tosses back at him.
"Ope, this is perfect." I clap my hands. "Already fighting like brother and sister."
"I killed my sister and brother." The whole car goes deadly quiet.
"What did they do?" I whisper; it feels apparent.
"They tried to take something that was mine."
"The fuck," Lily mutters from the back seat, having now leaned all the way back.
"Killian, sweetheart."
"Sweetheart?" Lily keeps adding her commentary.
"Fine, it was a joke, but I can make it a reality." He glances back to Lily, who gives him the middle finger. This is already so much fun.
The second the car rolls to a stop, I'm jumping out. Killian shouts behind me in Russian, and I'm sure it has to do with my safety, but I'm already hugging Roland and dropping to my knees to greet Minnie.
"Don't be mad at me." I touch my nose to hers. "I got us friends." She licks my cheek, and I bounce back to my feet and introduce everyone. Roland gives Killian a skeptical expression but is still polite.
"It's lovely to have finally met you," Roland says to Lily as we enter the kitchen. He's got a ton of food laid out for us. Killian is scoping the place out, and not to rob it. I'm sure he’s checking out all of the exits to make sure it’s secure.
"You too," Lily tells him.
"I can give you a tour." I bump my shoulder into Killian.
"I know where everything is."
"Really?” I drop my head back to stare up at him.
"Blueprints."
"That's right! Ro, this man was coming to kidnap me." I know he was supposed to only find out about the estate, but why not give the story a little razzle-dazzle?
"Is that so?” Ro turns his attention to Killian. Not that it ever left for long. Roland is sizing him up. Killian grunts, making me smile up at his handsome face. I honestly don’t know how I got so darn lucky.
“Did I mention everyone is moving in?”
"Lily I understand, but this is rather new.” Ro is now openly staring at Killian. I would have crumpled under that stare and blurted out all my wrongs, but Killian has the level of don’t-give-a-fuck that I aspire to.
"We are getting married, and I took care of the lawyer." Kilian informs them.
"What?" Lily's eyes almost pop out of her head. "You're getting married?"
"Yes," I tell her. "And not because I've witnessed his crimes and don't want to have to testify against him." That had kind of been a ruse anyway. I wanted to marry him in order to claim him as my own, so I used that excuse in the moment to lock him down. Not that Killian needed me to give him a reason.
"I was going to speak to Teddy about the lawyer when she returned." Ro ignores the marriage and crime part and hops over to the topic of my lawyer. I'd kind of forgotten about him. Now that I think about it, Mr. Gem hasn't been pestering me.
"What of him? That I need to find a new one?"
"Yes, a new lawyer," Killian agrees.
"It sounds like a lot of work," I huff, exhaling a breath. I'm not savvy with those kinds of things.