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"Then why are you here?" Her lips trereen eyes They pierced her, had her throat thickening with the gentleness in them

"Can we sit down?" He motioned to the chairs

Kia sat doarily, watching as he took the chair across fro and heavy as he watched her

"Drew told you about the club," he finally stated softly

Kia flinched and looked away Like the bastard had a choice

She licked her lips nervously and turned back to him

"Did he tell you what he did, too?"

"He didn't, but others have I'll tell you, hisit, as well as a hefty deposit he paid But there's more at risk here than the deposit he could lose, or his ossip, which cah Alexandria "

She tightened her lips "Do you think I wanted that daer "It seems I can't trust my husband, nor the few friends I believed I had And now, you're here?" She waved her hand at the roo to do, Chase? Kill me for it?"

According to Drew the secret of the club had been maintained for more than a century Until she told a friend what he had told her the night he and his friend tried to rape her

She pushed her fingers through her shoulder-length blond hair before shaking her head wearily at his patient look Chase was never ruffled He was always calm

"You're not denying the gossip," he pointed out

Hell no she hadn't She had thought she could let her husband strangle beneath the weight of it, hoping he twisted in agony as all eyes turned to hi she had been

"Two of your members tried to rape me, in my own home, Chase," she informed him bitterly "And you're here to what? Berate me because I told a friend and she spread the rumor of all those little perverts you protect?"

He sat back in his chair, his ar comfortably on the heavily cushioned arms as he stared back at her Those eyes, they seemed to sink into a woerous talent for a man's eyes to possess