Page 71 of Devious Lies

Then, he’s averting his gaze, and it’s probably because the crazy fuck behind me is glaring at him.

“Like hell he will,” Luc says, and I gasp as he steps right up to me, pressing his hard body into mine.

My knees are positively weak, and my blood sizzles when I feel him, so hard and heavy, against me.

“Luc,” I say, and I lean my head back, hoping he will take the hint and kiss me.

His nostrils flare slightly, and I can feel the hum inside his throat as it reverberates through his chest.

He steps back, and I moan at the loss.

“We have things to talk about.”

I nod.

“After work?” I ask.

But Luc doesn’t answer, he walks away, leaving me to follow.

There is only one door, so it’s not like I have a choice.

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE-LUC

My blood is roaring inside my ears, and I can’t even fucking think, much less form words.

I feel like a wounded beast.

I just finished my meeting with Nico and Angel, and I am fucking two seconds from losing it.

I take in Maria’s sexy outfit.

Her dark almond eyes and thick black lashes.

That fucking honey lilac scent.

And I want to howl like an animal. But vipers don’t fucking howl. And I’m not just Luc here.

I’m the motherfucking Council.

I replay the last few minutes of the meeting as I lead the way to my office.

“Uh, Boss, there is something else.”

“What?” Nico asks.

“Maria. She’s been hiding something”

“And?”

“I don’t know, Nico. But that scuffle the other day? The guy I fucked up is a scout for Sanchez,” I tell him.

“So, you think Maria is working for Sanchez?”

“I don’t know,” I tell him, and it guts me.

“We had Maria vetted like everyone else,” Angel says.

I hear her boots padding behind me and I grit my teeth.

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