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Only then does his gaze meet mine, seemingly noticing me for the first time.
“She’ll be right out. Calm the hell down, T. What’s wrong?”
The need to protect her from whatever is going on with him is even stronger than the fiery jealousy I felt about him, Shep, or any other man having her.
What the hell has this woman done to me? I no longer recognize myself.
He bows his head in an arc and pulls a swell of air into his lungs, like he’s forcing himself to relax. “Sorry, Klein. What are you doing here?”
Tipping my head, I eye him skeptically from under my brows. “Do youreallywant to know?”
He immediately rolls his eyes. “She’s the one from the bar, isn’t she? With the shot?”
“Finally remembered that, did you?”
“I’ve had other shit on my mind.”
Some of the tension in the room fizzles as his posture sags.
He takes slow, deliberate breaths. “Shit, man, I’m sorry. I’m just… where is she?”
“Sit down, T. She’ll be right out. I’m sure she heard you. The entire neighborhood heard you.”
I direct him to the sofa, closing the lid of Mia’s laptop in the process, hoping to fuck he’s still too upset to have noticed the movement. There wasn’t a covert way for me to do it, but I can’t let him see what’s on there without having to loop him into the entire operation. And Mia made it explicitly clear that he can’t know about this one.
I wanted to press her for a reason but didn’t, figuring that when she told me who Violet was, it would make sense why Tomer wasn’t allowed to be privy to the rescue op.
Before I have time to step away from the big, angry one, Mia bounds into the room. My heart does a damn jig at the sight of her.
Her face is cleaned of her ruined makeup, with her skin sparkling and rosy from her fresh scrubbing. On the top of her head, her crimson hair rests in a loose bun, and curly locks swoop down both sides of her face.
She’s breathtaking.
And thankfully, her gorgeous nipples are hidden from Tomer’s gaze.
Mine.
She was in the other room for less than two minutes, but with her back by my side, it’s like a part of me has returned. I can breathe once more.
After flashing a warm grin at me, she glances over at our guest and places her fists on her hips. “What’s the problem, T-man? Are you stalking me? I don’t remember telling you where I lived.”
He casts her a harsh look of condemnation. “Hypocrite.”
She shrugs and rolls her eyes, totally unbothered by his dig. “Fair point. What’s up? You seem tense.”
He bolts abruptly from the couch, squares his shoulders, and flexes his fingers out stiffly at his sides. “What thefuckdo you want with Lettie?”
Oh shit.
Involuntarily, I shift closer to Mia, putting myself between them.
Her rosy face blanches. “How do you know h—”
“Doesn’t matter how I know her. It only matters that I do. Answer. The. Question.”
Instead of complying with his demand to answer, she fires back a question of her own. “When you say youknowher, does that mean youknowher know her, or you know who she is?” Mia raises her brows and tucks her chin.
Tomer’s silent for a beat before he finally grits out, “Both.”
