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Deacon studied me just as I was staring at him. His gravelly voice rumbled over me. “How did you know?”
“Know what?”
“That he wouldn’t hurt you?”
“I didn’t.”
He arched an eyebrow.
“I wasn’t scared,” I reached out and fixed Reid’s shirt, “because you said you wouldn’t let anything happen to me.”
He blinked rapidly, as if my confession had stunned him, as if he didn’t know what to do with himself now that I trusted him.
A little.
There was still that tiny niggling in my chest when I thought of the way he’d clamored Peter, but Deacon had made it clear he had no intentions of hurting me or seeing me hurt. His anxiety as I faced Peter alone made that loud and clear.
Deacon raised his hand and stroked his thumb over my cheek. It was the softest touch and my chest started aching again. Like crazy.
Instead of backing away, I gravitated to him, safe in the fact that Reid was there and we were in too public a place for things to get crazy.
Suddenly, a voice boomed down the street. “Get away from my woman!”
I stiffened.
Pulled away from Deacon.
Whirled around.
Standing in the middle of the road, legs spread apart like a cowboy in an old Western, was Humphries.
And he looked pissed.
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I was beginning to lose count of the men I wanted to kill today. The idiot yelling at me could join the list.
“Oh no,” Angel murmured, pulling away.
I moved forward as if to capture her again but restrained myself at the last minute and dropped my hand. Gritting my teeth, I turned to face the newcomer.
Whoever had interrupted us would pay for it.
A large man stomped down the street. Rolls jiggled beneath the tent of his oversized shirt. Swimming trunks revealed wide legs. Bushy eyebrows slanted over black eyes.
“Friend of yours?” I murmured, holding Reid tightly.
“Colleague.” Angel ducked her head.
If I knew her better, I would be able to interpret the cause of that sheepish expression. Since we’d only met an hour ago, I could only assume that her sudden shyness and the flicker of guilt in her eyes hinted at a history with this man.
And I didn’t like that thought.
At all.
As Angel’s colleague stormed toward us, pedestrians stopped and took notice.
