Page 34 of Devious Lies

I want to grab this thing for myself. For once in my life, I want to have a little control.

I want to be with someone.

Someone I choose.

I grab my bag and lock the safe, then I turn to face him.

I expect him to be on the phone or something. But he isn’t. He isn’t working or talking to anyone else.

Luc’s focus is on me.

He’s waiting patiently for me.

I really should run. I should tell him something about the real me. But I don’t.

His steel eyes watch every step I take towards him as I round the bar. His gaze drops to where flashes of leg peek through the slits on my pants and I bite my lip.

He hums that same growling sound I’ve heard him make a time or two, and it sends spikes of anticipation sizzling through me.

My pussy aches and I feel wet down there.

“Baby Girl?” He says the nickname like it is a question when I falter my next step.

This is it, Maria. Last chance to run.

I straighten my shoulders and meet his hungry gaze.

“I’m ready,” I lie.

CHAPTER TEN-LUC

Ihold the passenger door of my matte black muscle car and watch Maria slide into the seat.

Fuck. Me.

She is so fucking gorgeous.

This woman is going to be the goddamn death of me.

“Wow. This is beautiful,” she says, but she looks so stiff in her seat it takes me a minute to figure out what she’s talking about.

“The car? Thanks,” I murmur, shifting gears as we move into traffic.

“I thought you all had drivers.”

“When I travel with the boss, we have a driver. But I prefer to be in control,” I tell her.

I bite my lip, looking forward to being in charge of other things tonight.

“So, you went to law school, right?” she asks, surprising me.

I dip my chin.

“Why do you do this, then?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, you’re obviously smart and talented, I wonder why you don’t do your own thing. Be your own boss,” she says.

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