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“She looked like she wanted to eat you up.”
“Mm. I met her through Xander, when he tried to get close to Aster’s business.”
“What does she do for Aster?”
“She runs a business placing nannies and domestic staff,” he said. “Or rather, that’s the cover.”
“And those nannies really are…?”
“Sex slaves. Generally underage ones.”
I suppressed a shudder.
“Is your list growing longer? Do you think daddy would let you kill anyone else?” he asked me, and despite his mocking tone, there was a hard, serious edge beneath it.
I didn’t like the thought that he knew anything about Man. “I have broad discretion, Aiden. I’ll kill anyone I choose.”
“Delightful.”
“Not if you piss me off.” I smiled at him sweetly.
“Put away your murderous impulses for tonight,” Aiden said. “I need you to be on your best behavior when you’re around my father.”
He glanced at me as if he was debating whether it was a good idea to bring me into striking distance.
But I was increasingly convinced that Aiden was serious about why he wanted that peaceful transfer of power, and that as bad as he might be, he would do something good about the local skin trade.
“I’ll be on my very best behavior,” I promised.
The thought only made him look worried.
CHAPTER14
Aiden
My father was always working.He had an office in a building where he ran his import/export business, pretending he shipped out olives and not weapons for terrorists.
I didn’t like bringing Selena with me into his office because I knew she’d take the opportunity to memorize the interior, but I left her in the lobby with a warning to behave. She looked up at me innocently, which was as convincing as ever.
If she’d been a normal woman, I might’ve worried about leaving her here with my father’s thugs coming and going. I wished I had a cell phone to text Dominic to come watch over her. Cory and my other guys who had followed behind us would keep an eye on her, from a distance. But it wasn’t the same as having Dominic or Xander stand in my place.
Still, Selena was capable of taking care of herself.
“I’ll be good, Aiden,” she promised with a smile, misinterpreting my reluctance to leave her.
She bobbed up onto her toes and pressed a quick kiss to my cheek. The soft whisper of her lips across my skin had the same impact it had when she kissed me goodnight, a jolt that went straight to my heart instead of my dick for once. As I turned away, the two ladies at the reception desk were watching us with undisguised curiosity.
My reaction bothered me as I rode up the elevator. Selena had an unexpected impact on me, and she had since I first caught sight of her.
I walked past my father’s secretary, who just smiled at me, and stepped into his luxurious office. Enormous windows wrapped around the two walls since he had the corner, and the lights of the city shone bright below. The city looked so sparkling from a distance.
“What’s going on?” I asked him. “I was on a date with Selena.”
“Ah, yes.” My father cocked his head to one side. “That relationship has moved quickly.”
“You should meet her. You’ll like her.” That might or might not be true. More thoughtfully, I added, “Mom would’ve liked her.”
That was true, I was sure of it.
