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“You don’t know?”
He smirked. “Never got the pleasure before I had him thrown out.”
I stared at him again. I didn’t want to tell him Vinny’s name because I feared if Sebastian knew his real name, he would hurt him.
He spoke as he pressed buttons on the screen of my cell phone. “We can either do this the easy way or the hard way, Tessa Baby. The easy way is for you tell me his name, and I—” He stopped talking, and my heart stopped too. “Never mind—found it. So, you did have plans with him last night.” His blue eyes met mine. “Lucky for me, you’re nosy.”
“Just hand me my phone, and I’ll call him.” I reached my hand out.
He started to do just that but stopped. “When Vinny answers the phone, you will say that you’re here with me on your own. You will tell him everything hedoesn’twant to hear. You will make sure he stops trying to get to you, or I will send Mateo to find him and pick him up so I can kill him.”
“You don’t need to kill him.”
“Then you better fucking convince him.”
Sebastian handed me my phone, and I hesitated. What was I going to say to Vinny? I hated having to lie to him, but I did this to myself, and I had never wanted to rewind time more than right now.
“Do it,” he ordered.
“I’m going,” I hissed.
“On speaker.”
I sighed and pressed the call button and then the speaker button as I silently prayed that Vinny wouldn’t answer. But of course, he did.
“Tessa! Oh my God. Are you okay?”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
“Really?”
My gaze moved to Sebastian. “Yes.”
“Where are you?”
“My boss’s house.”
“Why?”
I hesitated, and Sebastian cocked his head to the side as he glared at me. “Because I want to be.”
“Really?”
No.“Yes.”
“Tessa.” Vinny sighed on the other end. “What the fuck is going on?”
I sighed too. “Look, Vinny. It was nice while it lasted—”
“While it lasted?” he yelled. “We barely got started.”
“I know. It was a mistake.”
“Bull-fucking-shit, Tessa. Just tell me what’s going on.”
I can’t.“I’m sorry. We’ll always have the Dodgers.”
Sebastian ripped the phone out of my hand and pressed the end button before Vinny could reply. “You’ll always have the Dodgers?”
