Heartbreak hotel

Chapter 17

Julian had wanted to know more about what Jamie had said, but after everyone had grilled Isaiah, Isaiah had threatened Jamie with a knife and then stormed out of the house almost fifteen minutes later, all eyes were back on his sister.

Ash groaned as he stared at his daughter. “What did you do now?”

Julian wanted to know, too. Thea had always been the one to get into trouble; she loved the chaos. “Okay, so you know the t****k video? I did take it down, but it had views, and I was scrolling, and someone had stitched it. So, even if I took it down, other people still saw it.”

“f**k,” Megan muttered.

“Double fuck.”

“Triple fuck.”

“Quad-”

“Okay, f**k, we get it, shut up,” Wendy hissed as she ran a hand through her dark hair. “What do we do now?”

Royal, who had been staring at the whole situation, frowned. “I don’t understand why this is such a big deal.”

“There’s a reason I’m not in the stupid videos, and neither is Megan. Fools, we run an organised crime group. Having our faces plastered on t****k isn’t the best way to be discreet about things,” Erza hissed as she ate her mac and cheese. “Also, you shitheads have to cook more. Why is this so good?”

“That and Erza pissed off some people,” Megan added, rolling her eyes.

“I don’t get it, though,” Royal said, frowning as he tilted his head a little. He looked adorable if your definition of adorable was a stoned adult with long pale hair and bloodshot eyes. Still, he did look adorable, and Isaiah agreed as he leaned over and kissed him. Royal kissed him back before pulling away, his cheeks red as he realised everyone had just watched. “I’m sorry. But as I was saying. You’re Erza Tomas, you’re on Forbes's most powerful women list since you also took on helping Sebastian with the law firm, and you have your own flower shop, which has gone international One Google search of your name and all of this pops up, so what if you’re in a tik tok video?”

“It’s not for my safety,” she replied, groaning a little as she ate more of the mac and cheese, Julian stared at his plate; he was having the same, but he didn’t think it was all that, yes, it was good very good if he was being honest, but it wasn’t enough for him to be groaning and moaning at the taste of it. “It’s for your tools’ safety.”

“But Ash and Sebastian are in many of the videos, and everyone knows you are Irish twins.”

“Not that type of security, Royal. Before I took over, Bassy was a piece of s**t-”

“Hey,” he deadpanned.

Erza snorted, rolling her eyes. “No, you were. No one f****d with him. And when Ash joined, it was just one big tikes. See, everyone knew if you messed with the family, you messed with them, and well, that included Kat, and let's say everyone avoided her like the plague. But they’ve been out for seven years, and I have taken over. And we all know how men feel about powered women. My identity is hidden from most people in the crime area; I have Scar go for me when a public appearance is needed because, well, it’s Scar. And the select few who do know it’s me, well, I have enough power to destroy their lives completely and have it so that their bodies would never be found. But say someone finds out, someone I have next to nothing about, and they figure out it's me, and they take one of the kids as ransom, then what do I do? Do you understand?”

Royal nodded a little, “I guess. But I do think there are some holes.”

Erza groaned. “Royal, love, you are too high to function. Just eat your dinner, and as for you, Thea. I’ll deal with you later. Babe, I need you to-”

“Yep, already on it.”

Erza looked up at her and grinned. “This is why I love you.”

“Mhm.”

Julian wanted to know what Megan was already on, but part of him knew it would be best if he didn’t know.

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