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“Because that rich assle wanted you gone”
I jerked away from him and moved so ere face-to-face I felt all the blood bleed out of et dizzy Yeah, I knew Lord Harte that I was a living, breathing hu me off the face of the earth seemed a little extre way Bax gaveabout a threat on my life should bother him, crack that icy exterior he always had, but there was nothing His eyes were as black and as infinite as always
“Great, so uy responsible for o now?”
“No I need to talk to hi pieces, and he’s bound to have the over there” I hated that my voice squeaked in alarm
He leveled me a hard look
“I need to talk to him Either you come with me or you fend for yourself until I’m done Benny’s bound to show once someone lets him know I crashed the party, so you need to keep your eyes peeled”
If only he knewhere he was concerned lately I backed away froh I purposely avoided looking at the et rid of me before I even tookto finish the job I made ave er thanto caleneral direction of where Bax inding his way through the crowd
“I’ave ers in my hair and tried to sort out the live current of eain” It wasn’t a question, so I didn’t bother to answer, but when the stacked stripper that had been rubbing up on Bax from my first visit here slid into the empty space next to me, I was forced to look up at her or appear like I was scared of her and hiding “That’s surprising”
I wished she’d looked run-down and tired like so many other strippers in the District, but now that she wasn’t naked and dry-huly lovely I bet she ed a plastic sword from the bar and stabbed a couple of olives froaze directly
“Because you looked scared shitless and disgusted when you left last ti available for a repeat performance, if you knohat I mean His dance card is full”
I slammed back the whiskey and blew out a strea”
The pretty stripper laughed a little and pointed the end of the sword to where Bax had gone “Oh, yes you are You should see the death glare he’s giving ht now If I didn’t know for a fact that he doesn’t hit chicks, I would be so freaked out”