Knox grabs my elbow.
“Sullivan isn’t at the celebration,” he says.
“You just said he was,” I snap. “Or am I losing my hearing?”
“I was testing a theory,” he muses.
I reach for his throat to strangle him, but he just disappears using his powers. I spin to my right, when his chuckle gives him away, and my fist rams into a hard form. A choking sound fillsthe space along with a dull thud before Knox reappears flat on his back.
“That hurt,” he moans, rubbing his stomach. “I can taste my lunch.”
“Got you,” I say with a smile.
“I hate you,” he mumbles.
I offer him my hand, and he clasps it. I expect it when he pulls hard, attempting to throw me off balance, I just twist his wrist until he concedes.
“You win!” he exclaims.
“I always win.”
I pull him up, and he glares at me as he fixes his blazer.
“She’s not your wife, Ender,” Knox says. “I know you suspect her of duplicity, but if you’re wrong, then that means you are attracted to your wife’s sister. And that’s just bad, man.”
“Who is falling for their wife’s sister?” a familiar voice asks.
Great, the last person I’d ever want to hear a word of this just strolled down the hallway.Spider. He’s grinning ear to ear, brown eyes dancing between Knox and me.
“I want to know,” he says. “I promise I won’t tell anyone.”
“Ender,” Knox answers.
“What the hell, Fraser?” I say exasperated.
Everyone knowsnotto confide in Spider.
“I couldn’t resist.” Knox shrugs. He grabs Spider’s chin, tilting his face towards me. “Who can deny, sweet cheeks?”
Spider smiles, batting his lashes at me.
I fold my arms across my chest, not swayed by his charm.
“You called him an ugly little shit yesterday,” I say.
Spider gasps, turning on Knox.
“You did?”
“Sorry,” Knox says sheepishly.
“Forget what you think you heard or know,” I say to both Knox and Spider, but my gaze fixates on the latter. “And I swear,one word about this to anyone, including her, and I willslit your throat.”
I lock him in place with the full force of my glare.
“Do you understand?”
“Yes, sir.”
