Free Zane (Alluring Indulgence) by Nicole Edwards Page B

Vegas,
although she was getting a considerable amount of resistance from Zoey, but she
knew it was only for Kaleb’s benefit. “How’s the bachelor party coming?”
    “As
long as grumpy over here doesn’t overrule us, we’re set.”
    V
looked at Kaleb, waiting for his response.
    “Oh,
hell no. We are not doing this in Vegas. Are you in on this too?”
    Before
V could answer Kaleb’s question, Brendon chimed in, “Vegas would be kick ass,
and you know it. Seriously, bro, we’re doing this in Vegas.”
    Kaleb
looked at Zoey, and she just smiled. V knew for a fact that Zoey was all about
partying it up in Vegas. Neither of them had ever been, and they figured now
was the perfect time.
    “You’re
in on this too, aren’t you?” V watched as Kaleb’s eyes sparkled when he looked
down at Zoey who was answering his question with a guilty smile.
    “What
about you? What do you think?” V asked Zane, hoping to distract herself from
the longing that was still churning deep in her stomach.
    “I
think it’s a great plan,” Zane offered, glancing from V then over to Kaleb.
“Come on, bro. We need some excitement in our lives.”
    The
table was quiet for a bit as they all stared back at Zane like he had lost his
mind. He might’ve been out of it for a while, but surely he knew that they had
all had more excitement than they cared to have when he was attacked.
    “Oh,
let it go,” he barked, the blue of shaded his eyes turning dark with anger.
“Let’s put it behind us and move on.”
    Easier
said than done, V thought to herself. They’d lived the horror of not knowing
whether Zane was going to live or die for six long days. Then, when the
doctor’s said that he would wake from the coma, it would just be a matter of
time, they’d all held on to hope. And yes, here he was, just like nothing had
ever happened. Well, except for the subtle changes she had noticed in recent
days. There was something different about Zane. Something darker, angrier, but
he was managing to cover it up with a new, more than positive, outlook on life.
    V
wasn’t sure whether that was a good thing or a bad thing.

Chapter Five
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    Zane
watched his brothers, and he took note of their irritation with him. He was
well aware of the hell his family had been put through for the last few months,
and if he could go back and change it, he would. Since he couldn’t, he just
wanted to put it all behind him. It was time to move forward. With a new
outlook on life, Zane wanted nothing more than to spend each, and every day
going after what he wanted.
    He’d
get his revenge on Jake when the time was right. For now, he couldn’t sit
around with a black cloud of fear or anger looming over him, or wondering what
was waiting around the corner. He’d had a couple of nightmares since the attack,
and he was pretty sure those were what made the anger burn brighter. There
would be payback, he didn’t doubt that. Zane just wasn’t going to waste his
time looking for Jake. He’d wait until Jake came to him.
    Right
now, he was too busy wanting the woman sitting next to him –in a bad way – for
anything else to matter.
    When
the table grew quiet, in true twin fashion, Braydon and Brendon busied
themselves by checking out the women in the bar, and within a minute or two,
they were up and off. There was a group of women in the corner flirting
dangerously with the twins, and Zane knew his brothers wouldn’t be able to
resist.
    A
second after that, Kaleb was dragging Zoey from the booth, saying something
about dancing. Zane had to laugh as the two of them moved expeditiously to the
small dance floor in the corner of the room. It was apparent that they had all
abandoned Zane and V for a reason, and part of him was grateful to them. He
hadn’t spent nearly enough time with her lately and having her all to himself
had become one of his priorities.
    “So...,”
V began, spinning her beer bottle in her hands, picking at the label.
    “So?”
Zane dropped