Page 15 of Assassin

Zayn shook his head.

“I’m speechless,” he said. “What are you doing? Putting a waterglass to the wall to listen to us?”

She snorted.

“Hardly. You just worry about your business there.”

He shook his head.

“I don’t know what to even say about this.”

She didn’t miss a beat.

“Good. Let’s keep it that way. Is there anything I need to know?” she asked, done entertaining the jackassery that was her team.

Maura had one thing.

“Hey, Bestie, there is one thing.”

Elizabeth lifted a brow.

Uh-oh.

That wasn’t a good way to start a conversation.

“Yes?”

She gave her the bad news.

“Mr. Cantrell’s ex is lurking. Our cameras caught him on a bench across the street, and he’s called twice asking for him. I don’t want to be the bearer of bad news, but your husband is all over the media with his mouth pressed to a man who isn’t in his circle.”

Elizabeth knew there would be fallout.

How could there not be?

The breakup had been…ugly.

Now, Gene was moving on, and moving on rather easily thanks to his ex.

In fact, she, Callen, and Chris had talked about it. In the span of one night, they saw a change in Ethan.

With Gene living in Takoda’s room, at The Fort, she saw her husband come alive.

He smiled, he was happy, and she knew what that meant.

It was only a matter of time before Ethan somehow fucked this up by overthinking it.

That was how he rolled.

Also, they were taking bets on when he’d get the balls to just come to them and admit he was in love with the man, and wanted a relationship again.

She could see it when Ethan looked at his ex, and Gene was definitely doing more than leaning on Ethan as a crutch.

At that very moment, she was in their shared home office, and Ethan and Gene were swimming in the indoor pool with the kids.

She could hear the laughter and happiness from here, and that was very telling.

“What do you want me to say?” she asked.

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