They talked for a little longer, but it was recapping what I already knew so there wasn’t much to gain.
I still listened. I just did it while petting the dog.
Rhys
Something was wrong.
I hadn’t included Lo—Luna—in the conversation with Nox since he operated in the same shadows Court of Mayhem did. Moral, yeah. Good, yes. Legal? Not so much.
We’d left shortly after, but she’d barely said a word the whole drive.
I was about to push when she finally broke the silence. “What’s the deal with Mac?”
“What about her?”
“She’s, uh, not a fan of mine. There were too many people around for Ophelia to tell me why.”
Shit. I knew who Lo was. What kind of person she was. I hadn’t even thought about how Mac would view her.
“Her ex was the kind of piece of shit who made it necessary for her to go into hiding, pregnant and all.”
“And he was a cop,” she surmised.
“A detective, to be specific.”
“That explains it.” She tilted her head. “Wait, does that mean Maeve isn’t Hollywood’s?”
“In every last way but blood, that’s his baby.”
She smiled. “That must help after what she went through.”
Helps a fuckuva lot more that the bastard is dead.
I didn’t share that with the detective next to me who did operate firmly within the legal limits.
“Is that what that look on your face was when you came into the kitchen? Did she say something that upset you?”
“No, no, of course not.”
“You looked pretty damn upset.”
“Well, you disappeared, and I wasn’t sure if you were having sex or hurt or?—”
“Why the fuck would I be having sex?”
She shrugged. “Someone was having sex.”
“Yeah, that tends to happen there. That doesn’t explain why you thought it was me.”
“All I knew was you were gone. And since I’m supposed to be keeping an eye on you, I was a little panicked I messed up. But you were fine. All good.”
She was a little too defensive. Talking a little too fast. Avoiding looking my way as she scowled. It was barely there, but I caught it.
Jealousy.
The first sign of it was usually enough for me to cut off whatever was happening. It meant feelings beyond what I could offer.
So why did her jealousy turn me on so much?
