“What can I say? I’m multifaceted,” she brags, obviously still riding a high.
“I’ll make sure to keep that in mind for the future.” I continue to laugh.
Leaning sideways in her seat, with her cheek pressed to the leather, she asks, “So, are you going to tell me who that guy was?”
“Does it matter?” I counter, keeping my eyes on the road.
“Park the car, Kill,” she says in an authoritarian tone, her boisterous grin nowhere in sight.
“Why?”
“Just park the damn car.”
I mutter a curse and pull into a twenty-four-hour parking garage. I head up to the second level and stop in a secluded, barely lit corner.
“There. We’re parked.”
“Thank you,” she utters, pleased that I obeyed her demand. “Now spill it. Who did we just kill?”
“That’sBratvabusiness.”
Stella grabs my chin and forces me to face her. “Don’t give me thatBratva-business bullshit. I have a right to know who I just offed.”
“Ikilled him. Not you.”
“Really? So his bodyguards don’t count?”
“Not to me they don’t.”
“Fine.” She shoves me away. “Keep your secrets. See how far that’ll get you, you big hypocrite.”
“And what is that supposed to mean?” I bark back.
“Well, you said you wanted to get to know me. That road goes both ways, buddy! How am I supposed to get to know you if you don’t talk to me?”
“I talk to you plenty. In fact, that’s all we do. Talk.”
“Hey, you’re the one with all the rules,” she scolds.
“I’m aware.” I pinch the bridge of my nose. “I’m very fucking aware.”
“Good. Glad to hear it,” she says evenly, letting the silence push us further apart.
Though that’s not what I want. Being apart from her after what we just did is the last thing I want.
“Stella,” I open my mouth only to have her talk over me.
“I do enjoy dancing with you, though,” she says, her voice dipping a little.
I turn sideways in my seat just as she turns in hers. “Yeah? You enjoyed that?”
“It had its good moments.”
I run my fingers through her hair, my gaze fixed on hers. “You were phenomenal back there.”
“Oh, I know.” She flashes me a smile.
“Such a dangerous little thing,” I rasp, taking in every inch of her.
