Page 127 of Shadows and Whispers


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“Yeah?”

Her mouth met mine again and after a few swipes of her tongue she pulled back with a smile. “Yeah.”

She stepped away from me, slipping back into her shoes and lifting her purse from the wood railing where I’d left it. “I’m going to head to the bathroom before we go.”

I offered a nod and she disappeared through the opening that led back into the restaurant. I followed, stopping to let the manager know he could shut things down on the patio. The minute he walked away, my phone vibrated in my pocket. I removed it and tensed at a text from an unknown number. My fingers moved quickly, swiping to unlock the device. When I opened the thread, realizing it was a picture of Cress from tonight walking into the bathroom, I froze but the messages that followed had me moving again.

Angel or devil?

Red is certainly her color but I’d have to fuck her first to know which and I will fuck her.

Watching her dance makes my dick hard.

When I do, she’s going to love every minute of it.

Keep her close, not that it matters because if I want her, she’s mine

I moved so fast through the restaurant heading toward the bathrooms that everything around was a blur. I tried my best to focus on the faces I passed, to see if any of them felt familiar but my mind refused.

I needed to get my hands on Cress.

The minute I slammed my palm on the door pushing into the woman’s bathroom, my pulse was pounding in my ears, drowning out all other sounds. I found Cress, safe and alone, her eyes wide and expression startled from seeing me.

“Elias, what’s wrong?”

My eyes darted around the bathroom, but I didn’t answer her. I moved down the single row of stalls forcing the doors open. All four were empty.

“Elias, what are you doing?”

When our eyes locked, hers were laced with enough concern for me to relax so that she would.

“Nothing…” I murmured.

“Don’t tell me nothing. You’re in the women’s bathroom, looking like you’re ready to murder someone.”

Because I am.

“I thought someone was in here. I wanted to make sure you were okay.”

“Someone like who?”

“I don’t know.”

“What do you mean you don’t know? You’re not making sense.”

Fuck because this doesn’t make sense.

“I got a text that said keep you close.”

I wouldn’t share the rest because I didn’t want her to panic. I was already losing my shit.

“Wh...what? Why would someone send you that?”

“I don’t know.”

Her brows pinched like she was thinking deeply. “I’ve had people say and do things before because of my career but if it’s that, why would they send it to you? No one really knows about us. Not yet.”

Someone knew and they wanted to send me a message. It was my job to figure out who the fuck it was and why. Reno was the first person who came to mind but this wasn’t his style and he surely wouldn’t make a trip here just to fuck with me. Someone took a picture of my wife tonight in my restaurant.

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