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He dipped his chin and spoke low enough that his words would be drowned out by the music. "I'd say that was a successful meeting."
"Gavin knew Kenny, and he sent Gavin to check on me?" I twisted my head to make eye contact with him.
"That was the part I didn't know."
"But you knew the other stuff?"
"Most of it. Try the poker face thing again."
Shoot. My mouth had dropped open, and I wasn't hiding the shock I felt inside. "My poker face is shit."
He laughed and started swaying to the music, twirling me in a small circle. I liked his warm arms around me and tried to focus on that. "What is the society he mentioned?"
His arms tightened, and my chest pressed harder against his. "It's probably the way he lures and organizes buyers."
"What are they buying?"
"At the very least, drugs, weapons. We have leads on a few other things. Now, I wanna talk to you about something else." His warning tone started a flutter in my chest.
"Uh oh. What else did I do wrong?"
"You're actually doing great. We have some time while Kenny is busy spinning deals. I want to talk about your little sneak attack during the show."
My face felt hot, and the flutters in my chest exploded like fireworks. "Oh no. We don't really have to talk about it."
"Oh, we're gonna talk, Rebel, because you're changing the playing field."
The vibe coming off him slowly morphed from the on-edge protector guy I arrived with tonight to the sweet guy with lazy eyes I'd been sharing a bed with lately.
I swallowed the huge lump in my throat and tried very hard to listen to him, but the way his arms and hips were moving against me was very distracting.
"I set some boundaries with you because I thought you were in one zone, but some intel has come to light that's giving me the message you might be interested in moving to a different area of operations."
His hand ran roughly up the back of my dress, and his fingers dug into the fine hairs at the base of my scalp. The other hand snagged on the dress as he skated it down my spine, pulling me impossibly closer to him and holding me captive in his arms.
"What happened earlier, I was just excited. High on adrenaline. This is all so foreign to me."
"So you're saying you got caught up in the moment?" His eyes continued to scan over my head while his hands held me intimately close.
"Yes."
"And you don't want to cross that line anymore?" he asked.
"I didn't say that."
He leaned down close with his lips by my ear. "Gavin betrayed you."
I nodded. Based on what we'd learned tonight, it sounded like that was true. I didn't feel sad though. Instead, a wave of relief washed over me. Now, I had a legitimate reason to end my relationship with Gavin.
"He abandoned you at the altar, and Kenny thinks I'm him."
I nodded again because he was stating facts I could not deny.
"You made a point of telling me you're not legally married to him before we arrived tonight."
"Well, I thought it would be dishonest if you didn't know."
"Why did you want me to know, Wren?"
