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Ares absolutely knows who Takato is. But, God love him, he doesn’t question any part of it.
“Consider it done,” Ares growls.
“Thank you. And you can consider my retainer to be fifty percent off for the next month.”
He chuckles. “Pfft, don’t worry about it. I’ll save any favors for when you’re living in the governor’s mansion.”
After I hang up, my pulse thuds as I storm back to the gala.
My wife and I need to have a very serious talk.
I’m just rounding a bend near some indoor potted trees and a Jackson Pollock when I stop cold.
“Felix, stop it.”
My jaw grinds.
It’s Fumi’s voice.
My brow furrows deeply as I move closer to the plants.
“Fumi…c’mon. I just… You have to hear this.”
“Felix, I really don’t. And definitely not here!”
“I can’t stop thinking about you?—”
What the fucking fuck.
“Felix, you’re drunk.”
“I can’t stop thinking about that night.”
Rage explodes in my chest and a lethal, vicious, fiery fury engulfs me.
“The taste of your lips?—”
Felix screams—I mean literally screams—when I explode from around the corner. Both he and Fumi go absolutely white, Felix almost falling backward off his feet as he scuffles away from me.
“M-Mr. B-Black!” he stammers.
“If you value your life, you will run the fuck away right the fuck now, Felix.” My voice isn’t even raised. It’s just icy steel, with a honed edge.
Felix doesn’t hesitate. Instantly, he’s turning and almost tripping over his feet as he sprints to the door.
“And you…” I growl. Fumi gasps, whimpering as I grab her arm and yank her to me, my eyes burning into her frightened dark ones. “You’re coming with me.”
24
GABRIEL
Fumi gasps as I yank her through a set of doors and away from the main hall. She stumbles in her heels, my hand tight on her elbow as I storm down another hallway and into a dark boardroom of some kind.
I kick the door shut behind us before Fumi wriggles out of my grip and backs away
“What the fuck is your problem?!”
“That motherfucker is my problem!” I roar, jabbing a finger back in the direction that Felix went running.
