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Ayesha obviously didn’t understand the depth of his recent descent into the realm offucking insaneif she thought talking to her little ex-lover in secret was even close to being a good idea.
“Adrían’s a Fed?” he asked.
“That’sAdrían?” Dez flipped his camera back around. “That’s the ‘FBI agent’ who interrogated Larke after the break-in at her office. Said his name was Martin. Ryan Martin.”
Joel stood. “Julien, you want me to get Thandie?”
“I’ve got her,” Julien called after him. “I’ll get Theo and Josiah too. You have more pressing shit to deal with. Call me if you need bail money.”
CHAPTER25
“Adrían, what are you talking about?” Ayesha asked. “And why are you at my son’s school?”
Adrían searched her face, his gaze lingering on her mouth before their eyes met again. “I came here to see you, Ayesha. I’m serious. You’re being followed.”
“By who? Because you appear to be following me, and I don’t appreciate that.”
Joel would appreciate it even less.
“It’s about Curtis.”
The blood in her veins stopped flowing. Behind her, she heard the faint noise of children screaming on a playground. A cold breeze blew, and she wanted to blame the goosebumps on her arms on the slight nip in the air whenever a strong breeze blew, but this wasn’t one of those moments where she could find comfort in suspended disbelief.
This next question she was about to ask, it was imperative that he answered in a certain way. She didn’t have sex with the man who killed her husband. She hadn’t found herself caring for the man who stole half of her soul. This man, who played with, fed, and cuddled Theo as an infant, wasn’t responsible for Theo being fatherless in the first place.
“Whatabout Curtis?” she asked.
“The men following you? One of them is tied to his death.”
She took a step back. “Is it you?”
“Ayesha—”
“Answer me.”
His dark eyes remained fixed on hers. “No, I’m not responsible.”
“Adrían, I need to believe you’re telling the truth. Because if I don’t, I’ll be torn in half. You do understand that, right? You understand why something like that would…destroy me, right?”
“Let’s go somewhere and talk.” He scanned the entire length of her body. “Did you eat? Let me take you to brunch.”
“No.”
“What about later? We can—”
“No, Adrían.” She pointed to one of the picnic tables in the school’s front yard. “I’ll talk to you there, but I’m not going anywhere with you. I can’t. You know that. I’m with someone, and it’s not okay for you to keep dropping in on me like this.”
“Do you love him?” he asked.
“Yes.”
“Does he love you?”
“Yes.”
“More than I do?”
Her stomach twisted. “It doesn’t really matter, does it?”
