Page 62 of Wolf Roulette

Beep.

I hung up. “Fuck.”

Maybe his phone really was dead. Was I freaking out over nothing?

Dialling Wade, I listened to the ring tone.

“Baby girl?”

“Hey. Could you block my number for ten minutes?”

“Thought you’d never ask.” He ended the call.

I waited a minute and then texted.

I’m very attracted to you.

There was no way Wade could resist answering that.

I studied my phone.

Thedeliverednotification didn’t appear beneath the message.

My jaw dropped. “He didn’t.”

I dialled Wade again. The call went straight to voicemail.

He did.

Sascha blocked my number.

“What the fuck?” I whispered. It wasn’t anything I hadn’t done to him in the past, but this wasn’t his style.Jesus.He must be hurting bad.

More to the point, if he refused to speak with me, this really complicated my plans for Grids.

We have a plan B,Booker said.

Yeah. I know.I had to forge on. The moment Sascha and Greyson cooperated, I could abandon the far more complicated back-up plan.

Speaking of…

I listened to the first sounds of the crowd gathering outside, then checked my phone display. Still time for another call.

Opening the importer details folder, I scanned the list of names, stopping at L.

I plugged in the number and listened to the phone ring.

“Good evening, this is Mrs Le Spyre’s phone. You’re speaking with Evie.”

“Evie, hey. This is Andie Thana, CEO of Deception Valley Exports. I was hoping to speak with Basilia.”

“Mrs Le Spyre is out for the evening,” the cheerful young woman said. “If you’d like to leave a message, I’ll make sure that reaches her when she’s back in the office.”

Drat.“Okay, please tell her that I’m ready for the chat she offered.”

The young woman paused. “Can I get your number, please?”

I recited my details and ended the phone call.

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