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“Tonight’s party was to keep the guys happy, keep theile tiht now, because if we lose too many, we deal with Herrin and an ar his head as he studies me

My lips purse as confusion settles in, pushing anger to the corner at thefor him to elaborate

“We’re broke Herrin took everything It’s going to take a while to figure out which guys are double agents and which ones are truly loyal to us”

He ainst it as I sit up and pull my knees to my chest

“Our sources are co processis in disarray right now We’ve decided on a naan show of unity and pledge yourself to a brotherhood, the consequences for playing both sides suddenly doubles It feels like twice the betrayal”

“You’re explaining why tonight was i shit that was stuck to your shoe”

The bastard smiles This is what makes him smile?

Oh, but it’s a daood smile One that transforms his entire face

“Because,” he says as he wipes the so If I treated you too good, people would assuile time for us No weakness allowed”

“I don’t see Drex treating Eve like dog shit, and he’s the president, right?”

He rabs ht When he jerks s so he can come down on top of me, I let him

He braces his weight with his elbows on either side of my head as he stares down at me The soft fabric of his shirt tickles the insides ofme all too aware of how intimate this is

I’m not sure why my breaths are so shaky It’s not like it’s the first tiuy