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I opened ers spread wide, backing away "No more than five minutes, I swear"

I shouldn’t have believed her, but I did

When would I learn?

She disappeared inside, and I stood there for a moment, torn on whether I should follow her, just in case she ran into trouble

In the end, I figured I didn’t need to She had the staff in her pocket, and she’d sworn she’d only be five minutes

I was almost to my car when all hell broke loose

The breath whooshed out ofround My hands met the pavement a split second before the rest of, hard body pressed againstinto my terowled at rowled back

For so at hiun down at his side, at least, but I illing to bet he could raise and shoot before I could do much about it

I tried to lie It wasn’t clean and neat "No clue Haven’t seen her"

His expression was an entertaining cousted and amused "You really think I’ll believe that you were here on your own? This a nor for you, Masters?"

"I like to dance," I tried

He snarled at ive even one ounce of a fk about her, you’ll call ain" He reached into his pocket, then thrust his fist aton it but a phone nu likely, but I didn’t even have ti away, towards the club, a man clearly on ahours, running into a furious Heath several times while we both searched the area

Neither of us found her I figured she’d bolted the second she caught wind of him

I went home as the sun rose in the sky, still covered in body paint

Shirtless, Irisless, I walked into reet ain

CHAPTER TEN

It was three days later, and I was calling the nuain

I didn’t have o on

Heath answered with his usual hostility "You better have fking found her this time, or so help me God," he snarled

I cleared my throat He really was a scaryin to see if you have"

"Fuck off," he snapped and hung up