“I haven’t decided, but trust goes both ways.”
A knock sounds at the door, and another attractive guy enters the office.
“We’ve got a problem. There’s some dickhead at the door claiming he’s a cop.”
Oh God.
“Tell him to come back with a warrant.”
“It’s fine. I’ll go.”
“No.”
“What do you mean, no?”
His goon, or whatever, glances between us. “What’s going on?”
“Shaw, meet Ruby. Ruby, meet Shaw.”
“If I don’t talk to him, he will make both of our lives hell. And trust me, you don’t want him poking around.”
“Fuck. She’s the chick from the alley,” his friend says, rubbing a palm over his face.
“You told him about me?”
“I’m his right hand it’s my job to know everything and to remove threats.”
“Hey dude, I’m not a threat. I’m not anything. Let me deal with Alex. And you.” I point at Theo. “Stay out of my way and I will stay out of yours, got it?”
He grins at me. “Sweetheart, it’s real cute you think you have a say. Get rid of him, Shaw.”
“No one is getting rid of anyone. That’s why we are in this mess.”
“Fucking hell,” Shaw grumbles, leaving us alone once more.
“I should get back to my friends.”
“You mean the bitches we established aren’t your friends.”
“You’re not any better.”
“I’m not a cheater and I’m not a liar.”
“But you are a killer.” I challenge.
“Yes.”
His honesty hits me square in the chest like a bullet.
“You’re exactly who you say you are, aren’t you?”
“Yeah, Ruby. You can trust me to lay it out straight. What you see is what you get.”
I offer him a weak smile as my legs turn to jelly. “I think I need to sit down.” How is it that Theo, a criminal, has been more honest with me in a day than Alex, a police officer, was the entirety of our relationship? I drop onto his couch, and he grabs me a bottle of water from his mini-fridge behind his desk.
“Drink this. You’re looking a little pale.”
I stare at this gorgeous yet deadly man. Dark swirls of ink cover his hands, arms, and neck. He’s devastatingly beautiful with those steely eyes that pierce straight through me. He’s not going to let me go. Not unless I give him something.
