I rolled my eyes. “It’s not about you. It’s about who you are.”
He sighed. “I’ll try telling myself that.”
“You’re a real pain in the ass.”
Leo laughed. “I’ve heard that one before.” He then extended his hand. When I eyed it somewhat questioningly, he said, “This is a totally platonic offering merely to help you up off the floor and escort you outside.”
Without hesitating, I slid my hand into his.
CHAPTER TEN: LEO
There were nightmares, and then there was the colossal fuckup I currently found myself in. On the outside, I appeared to have everything under control. I was the gallant knight comforting Drea in her freak-out.
But inside, I felt like I’d been skinned alive.
Raw.
Aching.
Agonizing.
I’d spent the last year arguing that our meet-cute hadn’t meant anything. That I hadn’t experienced the lightning bolt. That I probably just wanted Drea because I’d finally met a woman I couldn’t have.
But now I’d touched her. Intimately.
I’d tasted her.
And I was free-falling harder than I ever had before.
Despite wanting to lose my shit, I kept every raging emotion shut down. I kept the same cool indifference I did when torturing or tracking.
After slipping inside a waiting SUV, Drea and I buried our heads in our phones. Since I knew Rafe was preoccupied, I just sent a text to Gianni.
Hey. I’m dipping.
K.
Favor, plz.
Hot blonde on my lap.
Won’t take long.
A few seconds passed before he typed
Fine.
A woman named Bianca Caprese–that’s her maiden name. Married now.
New pussy?
Associate of new pussy
U owe me.
I’m good for it.
It was a little close for comfort to be running a security check on Drea’s cousin after the silence we’d just sworn. But I knew Gianni would be too preoccupied with the woman on his lap to be suspicious.
