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“After you,bow

Ignoring hirid looked back at the rest of them “Please don’t wait on us to continue with your dessert”

After that she swept through the door Rolf closed it behind both of them

Lucas let go of her hand “Thank God I didn’t think Osborne’s latest invention was going to work”

“Was it the alcohol voluold tube of lipstick and a sold compact out of her bra

“Yes The enius” Lucas vaulted up from his seat and made a beeline toward Rolf’s vacant seat

Lucas, Jasper, and Talia moved in concert to her stepfather’s empty spot at the head of the table while Ruby sat frozen in her seat trying to process what in the hell was going on While she’d been stuck looking at irlfriend, and Lucas had been up to so This was bullshit Her ass was on the line as much as theirs, if not more, and yet they left her in the dark

“Watch the door,” Lucas said as he picked up Rolf’s phone

Jasper snorted “You watch the fucking door”

“I’ brother”

“Who is working with the Americans,”

Jasper grumbled as he stalked to the door

Talia uncapped the lipstick, revealing a USB drive instead of the pale-pink shade she wore on her lips She handed it to Lucas along with hercompact mirror

“How long?” He slipped off the back of Rolf’s phone and then pushed the co that he fit into the phone’s exposed inner-workings

“Forty-five seconds,” Talia said