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“You’ve fucked this whole thing up,” he insisted in a low, o yourself”

Swiftly he whipped off his suit jacket, followed by his tie Before I could even react, he had my wrists bound with it and pulled my arms up and over my head as he secured the tie to the beam above us

“No,” I uttered on a harsh breath My throat felt raw and tight, my mouth dry

“I listened that night you were in your office with Dane,” he said in my ear “Before you talked about the rattlesnakes and scorpions”

He let out a gruff laugh My insides chilled

Continuing, he said, “I knew that day in the bar that you were going to be his downfall He’s never let a woave one the power or opportunity to screw up everything for hioal, dropped the ball—because of you”

“I’m not to blame for what’s happened at the Lux You already ad”

It was a wonder I could speak, but anger and fear propelled me forward, even as blood ran down the side ofand dripped intowith my tears My cheek burned and my breath was still scarce I’d never fatho froround

“How’d you do it?” I asked II wasn’t wholly sure, because I really couldn’t think straight It just seee he’d do to ed him anyway “All of it How?”

“I was there that day in the bar” He still re into my ear “I followed Dane to see who he’d meet with off-property It was Ethan Evans I knew I had to find out what they were planning Then you ca in and he lost all concentration He couldn’t take his eyes off you Fool”

A lump of emotion swelled in my throat

Dane

Maybe it was true;we felt for each other, had kept hi out all of his issues at the hotel I didn’t know I doubted I’d ever knoasn’t exactly convinced I was getting out of this mess alive

“Later on,” Vale continued, “when the two of you spoke at the restaurant in Tlaquepaque, I knew he’d offer you a job at the Lux I have soned you, because he took delivery of all the furniture and set it up It was easy for him to wire the place”

I had no idea why, but Wayne Horton’s voice cut through the ha in my head