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“This isn’t a test for you. It’s for Trey. If he lets it happen, then you’re nothing more than an employee. Let’s be honest, we both know you’re a little more than that.”
Her eyes widened, but she remained silent. How did Jared know? Had he seen them kissing at the fights? It was a possibility.
“Come on, Trey’s waiting. The quicker you get it resolved, the sooner you’re back at the bar. Rogue will be pissed, Trey will be satisfied, and I won’t have to hear about it being bullshit you getting fired from Kil…” Jared cleared his throat. “From any of the other staff.”
Was he about to say Killian? “You’re friends with Killian and afraid he’ll be mad at you if I get fired?”
“Something like that.” Jared sighed. “Kill likes you. Likes working with you, and I don’t wanna have to hear about it if he can’t.”
“Do you really think he’d give you a hard time?”
Jared’s eyes shifted down to the floor, mainly at bar one. Then she noticed the softening of his eyes. “Yeah. Come on, Trey’s waiting.”
Dahlia followed Jared but glanced over her shoulder down to the bar where Killian was working.
Interesting.
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This was the last thing he needed to deal with right now. However, Rogue having a fit and trying to fire Dahlia again was not happening. Trey didn’t have all the details, but they were unnecessary. She wasn’t going anywhere whether Rogue liked it or not.
He walked out of his office and waited at the split of the hallway. Seconds later, Jared appeared with Dahlia following close behind and staring at the floor in front of her. Jared stopped midway when he saw Trey and whispered something to her. Dahlia nodded and met Trey at the end of the hall.
“What do I need to know?” he asked.
“I’m sorry,” she muttered, peering down to the end of the hall where security was lined up. Dahlia shifted nervously on her feet and ran her hand through her hair.
“Dahlia?”
She peeked up through her lashes, biting her bottom lip.
“I lied, Trey.”
He raised his brows.
“Karia had the baby, and I went to the hospital. I got there two hours before my shift. I really thought I could go and get back here on time, but she already had visitors, so I waited, and it was a lot longer than I planned. I should have left to be here on time.”
“Why didn’t you?”
Dahlia twisted her lips and shrugged. “I just wanted to make sure she was okay. She and Trick and um…”
“What?”
“I just really wanted to see the baby.”
Trey steeled his features, not giving in to a smile. Dahlia was different from him. Her heart was softer and bigger, her priorities were different. This baby took precedent over everything else in her world. It wasn’t a bad thing.
“Why didn’t you tell Rogue that?”
Dahlia widened her eyes. “I panicked and figured with his distaste for anything East that he wouldn’t understand. So, I lied, and here we are. I totally get why he fired me. I really do. But um…” She leaned closer. “I really need last week’s check.”
She must have read the confusion in his stare.
“Rogue said he was keeping it.”
Trey ground his teeth and grasped her wrist, not even concerned with how it may have looked, and marched down the hall and into Rogue’s office.
He glanced up from his desk, and when his eyes shifted to Dahlia standing next to him, Rogue glared.
