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Was that heartburn?
It spread throughout my chest.
It was warm.
It burned.
Yeah, I thought uncomfortably.Heartburn.
I cleared my throat again and watched as he ate the remainder of my pizza. “You owe me another slice.”
“I also owe you gelato.”
“I forgot it was winter.” My nose crinkled. “I’m already cold enough.”
“How about hot chocolate? There has to be somewhere around here—”
A small popping sound pinged to life to my right. The stone wall beside me exploded where the projectile hit, leaving a mid-sized hole behind and sending debris over my winter coat.
Heart pounding as I realized I’d just been shot at, I grabbed Conor’s hand and dragged him down an alley. That was the best part of the city—lots of hidey holes.
As I maneuvered us down the small lanes, I muttered, “You just had to wish it upon us, didn’t you?”
“Hey, I didn’t ask for you to be shot at.”
“Has your boner gone at least?” I grumbled.
He huffed. “My dick doesn’t react to bullets like it does to the sight of your tits.”
“Good to know,” was my mocking retort.
By the time we were away from the small market square where I’d been targeted, we were at the other end of the old town.
Once there, I sucked in a breath, dug my phone out of my vest, and just as my screen opened, I got in an incoming call.
“D!” I greeted.
“Who’s D?”
“Dead To Me,” I whispered to him.
“Ah.”
“If you’re going to go AWOL on me, Star, then you could at least have the decency to call me to tell me you’re not missing anymore.”
She sounded pissed.
I grunted. “Sorry, D. I got caught up in some shit.”
“I can see that. The mad hacker’s finally caught up with you.”
“He isn’t—” I paused. Well, okay, he was. “Yeah, but wait! How did you know we’re together?”
“Got you in my scope.” A red dot appeared beside us, making Conor jerk in surprise then drag me from the wall and into a nook a few feet away. D snorted in my ear. “Tell him to stop being so jumpy.”
My lips twitched. “She isn’t going to shoot us, Conor.”
“That’s her?!”
