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“Thanks.” She sipped her wine. “I think if we know who we’re targeting and are able to roll with whatever they throw at us, we’ll have a good chance of signing him.” She looked at her phone and her face lit up.
“What?” I was curious what made her smile that way.
“Dale’s giving me culinary terms to use at dinner.” I felt Leo’s gaze on me as I watched her text him back.
“You two dated, right?” Leo asked lightly.
“We did.” She continued to text.
“For how long?”
“Not overly long.” She shrugged.
“Who ended it?” She looked at him and lowered her phone. “Call me interested.”
“Why?”
“I guess I’m just trying to understand why he gave you up.” He sent her one of his charming smiles. “You have a lot to offer, Kenna.”
“So, thereisflattery in your DNA. Good to know.” She tossed me a look, which I found rather amusing. “Let’s just say he wasn’t interested in being faithful.”
“Ouch.”
“Yeah,” her face showed how deeply that hurt her, “but it worked out for the best.”
“How?” Leo pushed, and I sat back and watched my brother dig into her personal life. I wondered just how far she’d let him. We were interrupted briefly as the attendant handed out more drinks.
“I thought I wanted what he had to offer, but it turned out I really didn’t.” She took a sip.
“What do you want?”
“I have no fucking idea.” She laughed and lifted her glass for a toast. “To having no idea what the hell we want, and to keep ourselves open to new things.” The way her eyes slid over to mine made me wonder what went through her mind at that moment.
We spent the rest of the flight in light conversation. I wanted to ask about her meeting with Ines but decided it could wait.
We drove to the Four Seasons and checked into our suites. I excused myself, as I had some work to finish before I could relax for the night. Jesse followed me up.
“I made the switch, Grim. I like this guy better.” Jesse leaned against a desk in my large suite. He seemed comfortable with his decision to swap out one of the men from the security detail. “We’re going to do a few laps around the building to give them the lay of the place.”
“Sounds good.” I waited for him to leave then ditched my jacket and tie and set up my computer to work. A few times I eyed the door. Kenna’s suite was just across the hall, and I was curious to know what she was up to. I angled my chair to face the opposite wall and finished off what was needed of me.
I rubbed my tired eyes and undid the first few buttons of my dress shirt. It was nearly midnight, but I was restless. The thought of Kenna being so close nearly drove me mad, so I grabbed my wallet and keycard and headed down to the bar.
“Scotch, neat, top shelf.” I pointed to the bottle of Glenlivet.
“Are you having a nice evening, Mr. Gates?” The staff had been instructed to be aware when I was in town and my likes and dislikes. Perks of owning your own hotels.
“Yes.” I took the glass and downed the amber liquid then slid it over to him for another.
“Your brother arrived just a bit ago.” He nodded toward the other end of the room. “I must say he has extremely good taste in women.”
“Oh?” I turned to look. Leo sat with a gorgeous woman. His laugh reached me and made me smile. Good for him. “Who is she?”
“Paige Marie from Long Island. She’s in pharmaceutical sales and does very well.”
“Married?”
“No.”
