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He shrugged. “They encrypt them. They’ve always had access to our data.”
“And you’re just now telling me this?”
“It wasn’t important. It didn’t change anything.”
I halted abruptly at the elevator. “I don’t know if I can go back upstairs knowing they are listening to us.”
“Just try to think about something else. We’ll binge watch a show. You’ll forget.”
I shook my head. “And when we have sex? They’re listening?”
Vaughn tapped the elevator button. “You don’t think our neighbors have heard us? Or Greer ever heard us?”
I groaned. “That is not the same and you know it.”
“I’ll blast music and turn on the shower. They won’t hear you scream anymore.” He winked and I slapped his chest.
“Not funny.”
We stepped into the open carriage.
“Can you do this, Em? Can you play both sides to win our freedom?”
I nodded. I rose on my tiptoes to reach his mouth. “If it means I get to be your wife.” I kissed him slowly. He leaned over, scooping my legs into his arms with a protective hold.
“You’re going to get more than that,” he growled.
“And if it means I get a dog.”
“Keep going.” He kissed my throat. “Ordinary, remember?”
“Oh yes, I’ll do it for the cute house.”
“And the Sunday crossword. And the brunches with neighbors.
“If it includes brunch then I’ll do it,” I teased.
The doors retracted and he carried me to the apartment. The corridor was quiet. I never saw anyone else on our floor.
“I think it’s show time, Kate Birch.” He turned the antique knob. “You can do this,” he whispered.
I nodded, not exactly sure how I could pull off something that was nearly impossible for me to do. But with Vaughn carrying me over the threshold, I knew I wasn’t alone.
This was our chance to take back our independence. To crawl out from under Blackwing’s thumb. We had to outmaneuver the masters. Outwit and outplay them. Lie better than the devil.
His athletic frame closed the door behind us. His arms held me tightly. He turned the lock.
His eyes fell to my lips as he kissed me.
“Let’s finish that bottle of wine.”
The new game started now.
Chapter Fourteen
It was two more days before Eloise crossed my path again. Enough time that I had been able to practice exactly what I would say and do when she appeared. Vaughn reminded me it was only a matter of time before I saw her, and he was right.
We had been careful about what we discussed in the apartment. I grumbled and complained about her like I normally would, only we didn’t discuss the new plan.
