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But he was our type of insane.
And I certainly felt safer when he was around us.
”About Sofia,” I said. ”And tell me the truth. You don’t have to pretend you like her if you don’t.”
”I like her,” he replied, almost immediately. ”She’s smart, and she’s funny, and it’s nice to have a woman around. Particularly one who’s so easy on the eyes.”
”So you’re into her?” I asked, clenching my fists. I could feel waves of anger rolling through my body, the heat uncurling in the pit of my stomach. I’d worked hard to control my temper, but when it came to Sofia, I clearly became a fucking animal.
”I mean, I wouldn’t mind fucking her,” he said quietly, then met my gaze and shrugged. ”But I would never dream of touching your things.”
I clutched the side of the sofa so I would stop myself from standing up and socking him in the face.
”Victor?”
”Yes, boss?”
”Get the fuck out of my house.”
***
I stood in front of the mirror, getting myself ready before a date I definitely wanted to get out of. It wasn’t her; if this had just been a real date, I would’ve been excited. But itwasn’ta real date. A week had passed and now we needed to keep up appearances. I could’ve made her postpone dinner with her brother, but I knew she was going stir crazy, and I thought that getting to know him might give the Blades an advantage.
And, as much as I hated admitting it to myself, I wanted to go on a date with her.
Even if it was just a pretend date.
I looked closely at my reflection. There were bags under my eyes and, despite taking care of myself, I thought I looked worse than ever even after brushing my hair back and trimming my beard and eyebrows.
She knew I was on my way, so I didn’t bother to text the prepaid phone I had given her to let her know about it. She probably was excited, but not to go on a pretend date with me. Just to get the fuck out of the apartment.
HQ was nice, but I was sure she missed her freedom.
I told myself that she had to do this, that this had been her idea as I drove to the building and parked in the shade outside. I needed to get a grip, and I needed to remember who she was to me.
A means to an end. Absolutely, in no possible universe, in no way at all, a romantic prospect.
I walked purposefully up to HQ, then stopped as I looked at the hallway.
”Stop being a child,” I told myself. My voice echoed in the sterile walls of the building, and I looked around to make sure that none of my men were around.
I was lucky that they weren’t.
They would’ve given me endless shit for my little self-pep talk.
I padded softly toward HQ, wondering if I was going to find her there, already ready. When the lock clicked, I half-expected to see her on the couch with Grayson, talking about their day.
But I found her alone.
She sat on the couch with large headphones over her ears, typing quickly as she did. She was wearing a black shirt that hugged her curves and tiny shorts that showed off the length of her shapely legs, which she’d crossed underneath her. She must’ve noticed me walking in, because she picked up her head and her eyes widened as she moved her headphones down.
”Shit,” she said. ”What time is it?”
I tried to swallow, feeling foolish. I’d spent ages thinking about what to wear, what to do, how to approach her when I first arrived.
To her, this was just another day. Of course. A pretend date. I shouldn’t have gotten excited.
”It’s six thirty,” I said. ”We have a reservation for seven thirty.”
