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“Just me. None of the capos would catch on to this sort of thing.” When I remain silent, she groans. “You’re seriously not going to tell me anything?”
For some reason, I feel a stab of guilt at that. If nothing else, I suppose giving me a ride earns her some level of honesty.
“There’s nothing to tell,” I say. “I can barely stand being in the same room as him.”
“He takes some getting used to.”
“I don’t plan on sticking around long enough to get used to anything.”
“The contract is for three months, right?”
I shrug. “Technically, but it won’t take me that long.”
She laughs, and the sound is melodic. “It’s making more sense now.”
Don’t take the bait.
Do nottake the bait.
“What?”
“You and Logan,” she says, a smile pulling her lips. “You’re both egomaniacs.”
“I don’t have an ego—I have skill. Your brother is nothing without his army behind him.”
“And what are you without your laptop?”
The jab lands, but all it does is piss me off.
She must see that because she backtracks. “All I’m saying is there’s more to Logan than you’ve seen.”
The statement is absurd enough to make me smile, even if sardonically.
“I’m sure deep, deep,deep, down Logan is a swell guy, but that doesn’t change anything. I’m not interested in him like that.”
“And how are you interested in him?”
How do you tell a girl you want a no-strings-attached fling with her hot brother—without sounding like a shallow slut?
It’s a challenge I avoid.
“As a paying customer,” I tell her.
With that, the conversation is over—but Elise’s knowing half-smile lingers for the rest of the drive.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Logan
The victory I felt over my stunt in the office was short-lived.
When I realized Kasey’s retaliation was flirting with my men, I ordered Damon to keep her away from all of them. He assured me she only does it when I’m around, but that doesn’t make it any better.
I would have stopped her antics already, but more important things have come up.
A routine meeting with one of the officers on my payroll was leaked to the authorities, and now I have three men behind bars, and my main resource for getting them out happens to be one of them.
We haven’t been sabotaged in nearly four weeks, but I have no doubt that’s what this is.
