Page 332 of Dark Love

Destroyed

Vex

At least this DJ showed up on time. No one else has today. If one more person comes into my office with a problem, I’m going to stab them.

“Vex.” Payne steps into my office.

“You must have a death wish,” I mutter under my breath.

“Who’s going to die tonight?” Payne has the nerve to laugh.

Someone. Maybe you. Though probably not Payne, since he’s my best friend. I’ll just break his nose again if he keeps irritating me. “What do you want?”

“One of the bartenders had a problem.”

“Then fix it.” Why is he making this my problem?

“I can’t. Seems there’s someone at the bar looking for you.”

“Well, I’m not in the mood. Get ridof them.”

“Will do.” He moves to the door. “Drey thought this woman was strange.”

“Woman?” It can’t be. She wouldn’t dare come back here after I threw her out.

“There’s always a woman trying to hook up with you. Drey knows better than to bother you.”

She does. “What woman?”

Payne turns around, raising a pierced eyebrow at me.

“Answer me.” Before I stab you for real.

“Drey said she’s an odd one. Doesn’t even know how she got in. Are we expecting an audit or something? The woman was wearing a cardigan.”

It’s her. She’s here. I dash over to the window, trying to find her in the crowd. “She looks like a sexy librarian?”

“That wasn’t how Drey described her. More like a nerdy accountant. That tips really well.”

Accountants don’t tip. Where is she? There are too many people here tonight. “Did you stash her at my table?”

“No. You wanted me to kick her out a second ago.” Payne moves over to stand next to me. “What’s going on? Wait, is this about the woman from last week? Is she why you’ve been a nightmare to deal with?”

“I have not.”

“You whapped the new bus boy upside the head so hard I had to send him to the doctors.”

“That kid is an idiot.” Where is she? She can’t be that hard to find. She sticks out like a sore thumb in this place.

“He is, but aren’t all kids dumb?”

“We weren’t. Where was she at the bar?”

“True enough. Don’t know. You know how Drey works. She’s all over the place.”

“Not helping.”

“I can get the guys to find her.”

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