James held his hand up. “She won’t need a babysitter. I’ll go and see her this afternoon.”
“You will?”
“Of course. She’s a friend of Cora’s as well. I’m not just going to let her leave.”
“Thanks, James.”
Pixie pulled him into a hug, and slapped him on the back.
“The women are talking about you,” James said.
“What do you mean?”
“You’re not up to your usual standard of sex. In fact, you’re not sleeping with anyone, period.”
“I decided to give myself a break.”
“A break?”
“Yeah, I was getting bored with the same old holes, and I figured if I waited, they might seem new again.” There, that was something an asshole would say.
James shook his head. “You wonder why the women don’t want to stay around you.”
“They only want to ride my dick.”
“One day you will see there is more to life than getting your dick wet.”
“Sure, sure. Marriage?”
“You don’t need to be married to be content. Look at Cora and me. We’re happy.”
Pixie nodded. “Some people can’t have that level of happiness.” It was lies. He was doing this for Suzy. She didn’t want anyone to know they were together. “Let me know what she says.”
“Will do.”
Pixie turned away and started walking back to the clubhouse.
All the time he was aware of James staring at him, and when he turned to give a wave, he was right. His brother was watching him intently.
Chapter Two
“Something is going on with Pixie,” James said, parking his bike a few feet away from Suzy’s apartment building. The moment he’d stopped his bike, he’d put a call through to his woman, needing to talk to her.
“Like what? He’s an asshole most of the time,” Cora said.
“I don’t know. Something doesn’t sit right with me with this one. He’s an asshole to everyone, but with Suzy, he’s trying to make it work.”
“So he can sleep with her. She leaves, he’s failed.”
James stared up at the building, and rubbed his head. “This is different.” He was the only one who really knew his brother. Sure, the women could all say they knew Pixie, but most of them didn’t know his real name, Leonard, which he hated. “You know I’ve told you about him. I’ve always looked out for him.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to offer Suzy a job. She’ll be working closely with me. Can you handle that?”
“Handle what?”
“Me, working with a pretty woman, in my office.”