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“Thank you,” she said tersely.
I paused in the doorway. “I’ll be back in a few hours.”
Her eyes narrowed. “Why?”
“I told you I want you to come with me tonight,” I said, stepping into the hall. I leaned against the doorframe and her eyes widened, but she didn’t shrink back. Instead, her chest rose in a quick breath. Her arms crossed over her chest.
I glanced down, I couldn’t help it. Her cleavage was perfect. As annoying as she was, I had to admit she had the prettiest cleavage I’d ever seen.
“What if I don’t,” she whispered.
“I can put you over my shoulder and take you,” I said. “I took you once, I don’t mind doing it again.”
Her breath hitched. I couldn’t tell if it was from indignation or something else.
“You’re not a good person,” she said wrathfully.
Surprised, I laughed aloud. For some reason, she’d thought that would hurt me and her eyes darkened at my reaction. Her hands balled and she clenched them behind her back. I leaned in, arms still crossed, towering over her until she shrank.
“Tell me something I don’t know,” I said.
Her temper flared in her eyes like I’d struck a match.
“Really? Okay. I faked the first orgasm I had with you,” she snapped.
“When we hooked up?”
“We didn’t hook up,” she said. “But yeah, I did.”
I couldn’t bite back my smirk. “No, you didn’t. I’m not stupid. Try again and try harder, princess. Next time go after my weaknesses, not my strengths.”
She huffed at that, but couldn’t answer because my phone rang again. I flipped the screen, shielding it from her eyes, and Cosimo’s name appeared. I frowned—I’d just talked to him. What could he possibly want?
“I have to take this,” I said. “Make sure you’re ready for tonight.”
I pivoted and began walking down the hall and she slammed the door hard. Jaw tensed, I swiped the phone and lifted it. “Hey.”
“Ahmed wants his boat back,” he said. “I just spoke with him.”
I cringed. He had to know I was out on the boat at this point. “Why were you talking with Ahmed? I thought he was taking Adriana to see his family in England this week.”
“He is, but I called him to ask where you were because you were being so fucking cagey on the phone. And you had all those questions about the Scavo girl,” he said. A door slammed in the background.
“Maybe…I’m just trying to help find her,” I said, knowing full well how dumb that sounded.
He gave a quiet sigh and I heard a car engine start. “Listen, we’ve been friends for a long time. You can be straight with me.”
“I always am,” I said.
“Do you have the missing Scavo girl with you?” he asked, his tone grim like he was gearing up to scold me.
“What?” I said, veering into my office. “No.”
“Duran,” he said. “ The security system is still hooked up to Ahmed’s phone. He has a video of her on his boat. Don’t believe me? I’ll have him send it to you right now.”
I closed my eyes, pinching the bridge of my nose. “Fuck. Okay, did you tell anyone?”
The engine of his sports car revved and I knew he was getting on the road. “No, I’m not a dick,” he said. “But you better have a good explanation because I’m on this weapons acquisition project with you so if you fuck it up, I have to answer to Lucien too. And the boss.”
