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Do you really think you’re going to suddenly become relationship material?
Carter thinks I could.
I considered calling him as I showered and changed, but I rejected the idea. I did not want to talk about Laurie with anyone. I liked that right now he was mine. Besides, Carter would ask pointed questions I wasn’t ready to answer.
Well, that wasn’t exactly true. I knew some answers, but they scared me, and I was absolutely not going to say them out loud.
I was going to call Miles and find out if they’d made any progress on figuring out why a cartel member had shown up in New York. I wanted to know if they thought the man had intentionally let himself be seen.
Once I dressed in white linen pants and my favorite coral-colored shirt, I placed the call.
“Aren’t you supposed to be drunk by a pool?” Miles asked when he answered.
“I’ve already been by the pool and done plenty of other things today.”
Miles snorted. “I’m sure you have.”
“Get your mind out of the gutter. I’ve been shopping.”
“Your second favorite pastime.”
“Fuck off.” I scowled at him even though he couldn’t see me.
“Are you enjoying your vacation?” he asked.
“I’m at a five-star resort in Aruba. What do you think?”
“That is a very evasive answer.”
I huffed. “You would know.”
“Touché.”
“Do you know any more about the man from the cartel?”
“Is that really why you’re calling?”
Sometimes I hated how perceptive Miles could be. “Yes. I just want to make sure the threat level hasn’t risen.”
“Don’t you think I would call you if it had?”
I sighed. I could pretend all I wanted that I didn’t want to talk to my friends about Laurie, but I did. I needed some advice. At least Miles would be the most direct and the least emotional about it. “How did you know?”
“How did I know one of the top cartel members was in town? I already told you?—”
“No, how did you know…with Ben?”
“Jesus Christ, don’t tell me you’ve met someone down there, someone you want spend more than a few hours with.”
“Not necessarily. I’m just curious.”
“Well, well, well. I would’ve thought I’d be the last person you’d talk to about that.”
“It’s because you’re rude and cynical that you’re the first person I’m talking to about it.”
He sucked in his breath. “Shit, Worth. You’re serious.”
“Yeah. I told myself I wasn’t going to say anything.”
