“I’ll wait for the security guard to make sure he’s capable.”
Lincoln cocks an eyebrow. “Since when are they anything butcapable?The guys from our team are built like machines. TheTerminatorcouldn’t bring them down.”
Kade stands and crosses his arms over his chest. “I’ll meet you at the club.”
Lincoln glances at me and grins like he knows something I don’t. Then winks at Kade. “Ash and I can handle things if you’d like a lot of time to interview the guard.”
“I won’t be long.”
When they’re gone, I rise from the couch. “Well, I better go and check on Natasha.”
“Is she okay?”
I stop. “A little shaken up. Not that she’ll admit it. Sally’s with her.”
He nods. “Good.”
Silence fills the room. After having the most amazing time in Las Vegas, conversation constantly flowing, we’ve come to acting like strangers. Even when we were strangers, we had more to say to one another.
“Okay, I might see you around,” I say, turning toward the door. I take two steps, stop and spin back around. “What’s going on?”
His brow creases. “What do you mean?”
“Why are you giving me the cold shoulder? You’re the one who left me alone in Las Vegas. I should be givingyouthe cold shoulder.”
He rubs his chin. “I left you a note. And I’m not giving you the cold shoulder.”
I toss my head back and give a mirthless laugh. “A note that barely had two words on it. And it’s so cold in here, I think it might snow.”
“What did you want? A fucking poem?”
“A little decency. I left LA to go with you. I forgot to call my father because you’d kept me up all night, and I slept in.”
“I didn’t force you to come with me, nor did I hear you complaining about the lack of sleep.”
He’s right. I wanted to go with him. And sleep was far from my mind.
I plant my hands on my hips. “That’s not the point.”
He mirrors my stance. “Then what is?”
“You didn’t have the decency to tell me you were leaving.” If I was five years old, I’d stamp my foot.
He takes two steps closer. “And I told you I left you anote.”
I close the distance a little more. “Not good enough.”
“It’s more than I’ve given to any woman.”
I roll my eyes and scoff. “Gee, thank you so much, kind sir. I feel so privileged.”
Another step and we’re nose to nose. “I told you not to expect anything from me. I fuck women. There’s no attachment. No ‘I’ll call you’. No ‘let’s do this again.’ I never fuck the same woman twice. Consider yourself lucky you had me multiple times and in multiple places.”
I burst out laughing. “Do you even hear yourself when you speak? You think you're God’s gift to women.”
“You called meGodmultiple times when I made you come.” He gives a crooked grin.
My face heats up. “That’s not what we’re talking about. The decent thing to do after asking me to go to Vegas with you was to be there the next morning or at least have left me a note that had some explanation as to why you had to leave.” I shouldn’t care so much about how he left me.
