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I shiver.
“Uh, yes?”
“Mr. Cross would like to speak with you.”
A cold chill creeps up my spine. I glance at Gus and Jack, who both just nod grimly. Jack leans close to me.
“Say the word, and we’ll run with ye, Ella.”
I shake my head.
“I’ll just be a few minutes, guys.”
I turn back to the big guy and nod. He turns, gesturing with his head for me to follow, and I do. We wind through the bar, and then down a back hall to a staircase. Up that, my pulse thundering in my ears, we head down another dark, sultry black-wood hallway, until we get to a black door with gold filigree on it.
The man just nods at it, turns, and walks away.
I take a slow, shaky breath as I raise my fist to knock.
Here goes nothing.
My knuckles rap the wood. The response from inside is instant, as a deep, heavy voice call through it.
“Enter.”
I swallow the lump in my throat as I twist the knob and swing it wide. Across a sumptuous, dim, and elegant-looking office-slash-lounge, a tall, dark-haired man in a dark suit standing at a bronze bar cart turns. I shiver when his stormy blue eyes hook mine.
Slowly, his lips curl.
“Ella Ashford,” he growls quietly, smiling a quarter smile. “Or should I say Ransom. I hear you’re looking for me.”
I frown.
“How—”
“Well, you’re here, aren’t you? And I’m guessing you have… well, probably several questions for me.”
“Just one, actually.”
He arches a brow, smirking.
“Well come in, join me for a drink. And then let’s get to answering that one big question of yours.”
