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“Oh, look, I haven’t forgotten where I came from after all.”
Kenny scowled as Billy helped him to his feet. Kenny shook him off. “This isn’t over, Torrian. You’re going to get yours. I promise you that.”
Torrian had had enough. “I don’t know what you think I deserve. Why can’t you let it go? You didn’t want my help. Fine. Live the way you choose. I’ll do the same.”
Kenny pulled a dirty handkerchief from equally ratty jeans and wiped the blood from his lip. He eyed Torrian with such hatred Torrian wished he could return to the past and…what? How could he possibly keep his cousin from being consumed with jealousy and anger? He didn’t see a way.
Having no more words, he strode off along the street, leaving the two men behind and Kenny tossing curses at him with each step he took.
* * * *
Torrian tapped his cell phone a few times and aimed a finger at the number Jaz had provided him with. Each time he changed his mind. He wanted to call her, maybe even needed to hear her voice, but should he? What if Kenny had shot off his mouth about Torrian? What then? Would she talk to him, or would she be angry that he had deceived her?
Something told him Jaz was the type of woman who wouldn’t back down but she would call him to let him know just what she thought of him hiding his financial status. She was honest and straightforward. Most of all, he decided, she didn’t judge people based on what they owned. He knew if she thought he had nothing, she would see him as the man she had danced with and the man who had pleasured her in bed. Still, that didn’t mean the same held true if she found out all the truth.
Okay, he was being a coward, and he’d be damned if he left it that way. He dialed her number and waited while it rang on the other end. Jaz’s sultry tones came on the line with a hint of excitement. He guessed she knew it was him calling.
“Hey,” he said.
“Hey, yourself.” A smile in her tone.
“Tomorrow night is officially Halloween,” he stated unnecessarily.
“No way.”
He chuckled. “I was thinking maybe you were free tonight to join me for a hayride.”
She squealed. “I know where the best hayrides are. I used to go all the time, but I haven’t gone since I came back.”
“I’ve already selected a
great place. So go with me,” he encouraged her. “I promise to show you a good time. And they serve hot chocolate. I might be persuaded to buy you a cup.”
“Oh, you’re so generous. Gives a girl goose bumps.”
They both laughed.
“Does that mean you’ll join me?”
“Try to stop me, sir. Sounds like fun, but if I get scared, you’ll have to protect me.”
Torrian leaned back from his desk and toyed with a pen. His cock twitched as images of him holding her close on a chilly night in the dark flitted through his mind. “I’ll stick very close.”
“Mmm. We can take the train, right?”
He scrambled for an answer. The last time he had had to take public transportation was about fifteen years ago. He didn’t recall how to get around by it, nor was he current on the fares. Maybe he was as spoiled as Kenny claimed. “I’ll double-check and call you before I pick you up. How’s that?”
“Peachy. Can’t wait.”
He echoed her sentiment and rang off, then called Niles. His chauffeur answered on the first ring. “Mr. Donnelly?”
“Niles, tell me you know how to catch public transportation.”
“Driving your limo, sir, I haven’t found the need to do so in a few years, but I remember how to get around. You aren’t planning to travel that way, are you, sir?”
Torrian decided not to address his driver’s fears but explained what he needed. “I don’t want to appear too ignorant in catching a train.”
“Sir, I can—”
