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Jorge fixed his attention on me. “You didn’t mention that you were involved with Danton.”
My lips firmed. Oh, that motherfucker. He’d come here to do what he’d no doubt sensed that I wouldn’t.
I opened my mouth, intending to thoroughly renounce Danton. But I hesitated as a thought entered my head. If Jorge heard that I was done with this man, there was only one thing he would do—order me to stay in Danton’s life and pump him forinformation. Any objections on my part would be taken out on Teresa. Then I’d be stuck.
Butif I instead made no such renouncement and left Jorge in the dark about the arrangement being over, he would leave me be—other than to later call and ask what titbits I might have learned about Danton, of course. That would mean I could walk out of here right now while under no orders. And once Danton and I were alone, I could tell him to go suck a bag of dicks. Using plenty of suction.
Preferring the latter scenario, I gave Jorge a slight shrug. “You’re never interested in who I’m dating.”
He cast me a dark look. Yeah, he knew I was fully aware that this was something he would have wanted to know; something he would have wanted to use for his own gain. But he couldn’t exactly say that in front of Danton, could he?
Danton crossed to me and cupped my elbow in a very proprietary gesture that—despite the time and place—annoyingly made my pulse skip a beat. “It’s time we left.”
I really couldn’t agree more.
The guy who’d been leaning against the wall moved to stand behind Danton, clearly one of his men. The amusement hadn’t left his eyes. What he found funny I was not sure.
“There’s no rush for you to leave,” said Jorge, his tone smooth. “Surely Catalina mentioned the gathering that we’re having. You’re welcome to stay.” It wasn’t so much an invitation as a pressing request.
Danton shot him a dismissive glance. “Cat and I have plans.”
My father’s jaw tightened. What, he’d thought that Danton would play nice with him due to being ‘involved’ with me? If that was the case, he’d not only gravely overestimated this dude’s interest in me, he’d forgotten one very important thing: Danton Quintero didn’t play nice.
I swept my gaze over Jorge, Julian, and Marcos—none of whom seemed at all pleased with the situation—as I said, “Enjoy the gathering.”
All assertiveness, Danton led me out of the study and through the house, keeping a possessive hold on my elbow. I didn’t shrug him off, though it was tempting. I wouldn’t disrespect him in front of one of his men. That wasn’t done in our world. Plus, my father had cameras everywhere. If he later looked at the footage and noticed that I’d pulled away from Danton, he’d wonder why.
Outside, Danton led me to a sleek, black vehicle parked in the intricately paved driveaway. He opened the front passenger door. “Get in.”
I frowned. “I’m not leaving my car here.”
He held out his hand. “Keys.”
“What?”
“Give me your car keys. I’ll have Vicente drive it to your building and park it in the lot. You and I need to talk, don’t we?”
Yes, we definitely did. I wanted answers, and I wanted them now. So rather than argue, I pulled my keys out of my purse and handed them over.
Danton tossed them to Vicente and then gestured at my car, obviously well aware of which vehicle was mine thanks to his background search. “Follow us.”
Vicente gave him a sharp nod.
Danton turned back to me, his gaze flicking to his own car. “Get in.”
My mouth tightening, I slid inside and clicked on my seatbelt. The moment he hopped into the driver’s seat, I asked, “What have you done?”
“What needed to be done.” He clicked on his own belt and then switched on the engine. “I made my stance clear to you last night. But when I realized you’d blocked my number, I knew thatyou weren’t going to tell Jorge shit.” He drove forward, heading down the curved driveaway. “I did warn you that I’d do it if you didn’t.”
Yes, he had. But I hadn’t believed he’d go through with it. Forcing my back teeth to unlock, I asked, “What exactly did you say to him?”
“That you’re mine. That he and I won’t have any problems providing he doesn’t try turning you into a honey trap; that if he crosses me on that then I’ll deal with it in a way he won’t like.”
I stared at him, incredulous. He’d said it all so casually. Like it was only natural that he’d lay claim to me. Like it was nothing to threaten a freaking crime boss. Like the entire scene was no more notable than grabbing donuts from a bakery.
I twisted in my seat slightly to better face him. “Are you high? You know how ruthless he is, you know—”
“He’ll heed me.” Pausing, Danton pulled out onto the main road. “Jorge is a lot of things, including a piece of shit, but he isn’t stupid. He knows he doesn’t have the means to take me on.”
