“This is my place of business, Thorne,” I hissed.
“So?”
“So, this is totally inappropriate.”
“Don’t give a shit,” he said, waving to my chair. “This won’t take long.”
“You are impossible,” I rasped, even as I took my seat.
He leaned forward, elbows on his knees and stared at me. “Was Snowcone at Nocturn?”
“Yes.”
“Are you sure?”
I frowned. “Yes, why?”
“Was he with anyone?”
“I’m not answering one more question until you tell me what’s going on,” I warned.
He dragged his hands through his hair. “Whatever I tell you cannot leave this room.”
“I’m not in the habit of gossiping,” I said. “I’m pretty sure you know that by now.”
He studied me for a few tense seconds, then he shared, “A rival club is fuckin’ with us. There’s a possible coup happenin’ and we’re tryin’ to shut it down, but Sonja’s been fuckin’ with shit, and she seems to be one step ahead of me at every turn.” He sat back and shook his head. “It’s possible we have a mole, and I think that mole is Snowcone.”
I gasped. “Are you sure?”
“No. But I don’t like that he was at Nocturn on a night you were there. Aero was your backup outside the club. Inside, you were covered by a couple of the servers. You wouldn’t know them. Snowcone doesn’t know them. They’re trusted women that me and the officers use on occasion for information. My thought is that if he was there, he was there at Sonja’s request.”
I sighed. “Look, you’re probably overreacting. I tell my clients all the time that sometimes things aren’t as they appear. You can drive yourself crazy looking for demons behind every corner. How would he know we were going to go from the restaurant to Nocturn?Ididn’t even know. Him being there was probably totally innocent.”
He raised an eyebrow. “No, it wasn’t innocent, but I’ll concede it might not have anything to do with Sonja.”
“Okay, great, we’ve solved part of your issue. I’ll invoice you for my time,” I said, standing.
“Sit down, Wyatt.”
“Sundance—”
“I love you.”
I nearly fell over at his words even though I wasn’t really sure I’d heard him right. “What?”
“You heard me.”
I rubbed my forehead. “I’m not sure I did, actually.”
“Need you to look at me, baby.”
I shook my head.
“You don’t look at me, I’m gonna come over there.”
I met his eyes immediately and he smiled.
“You need to leave,” I whispered.
