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That left Gideon and me with two very vicious enemies to contend with

I explained as much as I could "The Lucases have this whole twisted history thing with Gideon that I can’t get into, but it’s no coincidence that you two ended up together that night She planned it that way"

"Why?"

"Because she’s nuts and she knows it’ll fuck with le with?"

"Cary … I always care" I heardtone toldI stood "But in this case, it’s the calculation behind it You weren’t just soeted you specifically because you’rehow that acco the bird at Gideon Getting his attention is what she wantssounds loopy, but whatever I ran into her again not too long ago"

"What? When?"

"Last week, ed "I’d just wrapped up a shoot andout of a café with a girlfriend at the same time It was totally out of the blue"

I shook"No way Did she say anything to you?"

"Sure She kinda flirted a little, which isn’t surprising considering the last ti on a relationship She was cool about it Wished ain for a fun time She took off down the street End of story"

My phone started ringing again "If you ever see her, walk the other way and call h for this to make any sense"

"Let me talk with Gideon" I hurried toward my phone and answered it "Hey"

"Were you in the shower?" Gideon purred "Are you naked and wet, angel?"

"Oh, God Hang on a minute" I dropped the phone towhen you saw her?"

Cary’s brows shot up "How the hell would I know?"

"Was it long like when you first rimly Anne wore her hair cropped and I’d never seen a picture of her otherwise She’d worn a hen she pursued Cary at the dinner, which had thrown me off and hidden her from Gideon

Maybe it was a new style for her

Or maybe it was another indication that she had special plans when it came to Cary

I put the phone to us up with you"

So in my tone must have relayed us and Raúl I opened the door and found the threethe hallway,hiht of them intense would be an understatement

Gideon had loosened his tie and unbuttoned his collar and vest but was otherwise dressed as he’d been e parted earlier The slight dishevelle of arousal through my blood It was a te off those expensive, elegant layers and reveal the powerful, pri hot as Gideon ith clothes on, there was nothing like the sight of hiave ed brow arched upward, and the corner of his mouth lifted in amusement

"Hello to you, too," he teased, in reply to my heated look

The two men behind him stood in contrast with their bespoke but starkly basic black suits, white shirts, and uneed

I’d never really noticed before how superfluous Angus and Raúl appeared when standing beside Gideon, a e a hand-to-hand confrontation without any help

Raúl stood stone-faced, as per his usual Angus, too, was stoic, but the htback and out of the way, I let the roo back with el, but you wanted Angus with h, which was just what I needed to break the tension "How can I help it when it looks like you were stripping when I called you?"

"I can finish here"

"You realize IYou should always be naked"