Chapter 472

They'd already met not long ago-how much time had really passed before they were arranging another dinner?

McNeil could hardly believe it. Stein had clearly set Victoria aside, and yet here she was, showing up with all three kids in tow.

What was this supposed to be? Dinner with his son? A big family get-together?

McNeil stepped out of the car, his gaze fixed on Stein's bodyguard as he strode

over.

"Mr. Langford, I strongly suggest you don't go upstairs," the bodyguard began, but McNeil silenced him with a single glare, making the man step aside.

Face grim, McNeil entered the restaurant, got directions from a server, and headed straight for Stein's private room. As luck would have it, a waiter was just coming out, holding the door open.

Inside, McNeil saw Stein sitting beside a striking woman-mid-thirties, elegant, undeniably attractive. Her beauty was classic, the kind that drew every eye in the

room.

She and Victoria were worlds apart; Victoria had always carried the air of an heiress, while this woman was clearly the type older men gravitated toward.

Stein looked up, catching McNeil's eye without a hint of surprise.

Victoria was nowhere to be seen, but that only made McNeil's mood darker.

"Stein, are you seeing other women besides Victoria now?" McNeil finally snapped, losing control for good.

With a sweep of his arm, he sent everything on the table crashing to the floor, then landed a punch straight to Stein's face.

Stein was no stranger to McNeil's temper. The two men went at each other, exchanging blows, each punch landing with heavy, ugly force-neither gaining the upper hand.

The woman at the table was frozen in shock by the sudden violence. She screamed, scrambling away, and once she'd regained her senses, she quickly called for Stein's security.

men ended up bloodied-one with a split lip, the other

Don't move," came a cold voice, as several guns were suddenly trained on McNeil's head. He finally

to be slapped hard across the

blinked, and when he made out who stood before him, the storm in his

the man she'd once loved with every fiber of her being. This wasn't the first time he'd raised a hand to her brother, and every time she'd forgiven him. But not this time. She'd finally reached her

presence. The security detail moved to haul McNeil away, but Stein

talk

"Don't pretend to be

turned to her brother. "I'm sorry,

"You two talk. I've

at the shaken woman, picked up

around her

a little unsteady. "I'm

in Victoria's eyes,

anywhere until you

she? You're dating Vicky and seeing other women

stayed cool, but he ignored McNeil, speaking to the

tone. “Did you hurt

in love with? If you'd found someone who loved you more than I ever could, I wouldn't stand in your way. But this guy? He's cheating on you right in front

her, leaned in. "What, you

wild, and he grabbed her hand, slapping

any trace of love, but there

didn't love him

Her voice was quiet. She shook off his hand. "Big

and led the woman

heard it crystal

Big brother?

had called Stein

even.

Thad no idea you were into this kind of thing." Victoria fixed him with a hard stare. "Stein is my brother. If you'd paid even the slightest attention to me over the years, you'd have known I have a

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