Dane presses a kiss between my shoulder blades. “You okay, baby?”
I move my head, meaning to nod, but my cheek is stuck to the desk now. I might even leave a drool mark, and I can’t find it in me to care.
“You sure?”
I nod again. “Never been better.”
Dane chuckles as he pulls free from my body, and I decide it’s my new favorite sound as we clean up.
It’s definitely better than the sound of the woman’s voice who speaks from the doorway when I slip on my second boot.
“I hope I’m not interrupting.”
Chapter 46
Dane
Ijerk my head up to see Arianna standing in the doorway, her gun leveled at Kat where she stands directly in front of me.
What the hell?
“Actually, I don’t care if I am interrupting.”
Rome tracked her to Israel and had a local operator going after her. There’s no way she should be in the States right now.
“Surprised to see me, boss?” She glances at Kat. “He never used his desk for anything this exciting before. I guess near-death experiences really do change people. Too bad this one won’t benear.”
“Why’d you do it, Ari? Money? Blackmail?”
She knows exactly what I’m talking about.
“Why did I contact Vargas and let him know there was a perfect opportunity to get revenge?”
That takes the blackmail option off the table.
I nod.
“You don’t even know, do you?”
“Know what?”
“It was my turn to take everything from you since you did it to me.”
“What the hell are you talking about?”
She steps forward, her gun held steadily at Kat’s head. “Luis.”
Like it has a hundred times, the memory of watching him fall to his death plays through my head. Arianna would have seen it too, working at the Central American ops headquarters. Where they worked.Together.
The pieces come together.
“You and Luis?”
She nods. “We were going to get married. Have a family.”
“Rome’s non-fraternization policy wasn’t going to stop you, I take it?”
“I was going to quit as soon as I found another job. Luis would stay, and there would be no problem.But we never got the chance because you killed him.”