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I clenched my jaw.

“Oh my God.”

I glanced at Chloe, whose gaze bounced from me to Luna. My muscles tightened. Did she suspect anything?

“You should go say hi to her,” she told me.

The gleam in her eyes put me on edge. “She’s having fun. I don’t want to disturb her.”

Chloe laughed. “This is a club, not a library. Trust me, you’re not going to disturb her.”

I ignored the compulsive need to look at Luna again. “Tell her I dropped by.”

“You can’t leave. You just got here!”

“This isn’t my scene.”

“We won’t report you, if you’re worried about that.”

I was more worried about what I might do if I saw Kai touch Luna.

It wouldn’t just be touching, either. Nothing would stop Luna from making out with him right on the dance floor if she wanted to.

Raising an eyebrow at Chloe, I said, “Don’t get her drunk.”

“Who’s going to stop us if you leave?”

Why couldn’t it have been Kriz who’d seen me? And speaking of Kriz, where was she? I could at least count on her to look out for Luna’s best interests.

Suddenly, Chloe’s grin stretched wider, signaling trouble.

I had a millisecond to brace myself before?—

“Gabe?”

That millisecond warning saved me from broadcasting my emotions in front of Chloe.

Keeping my professional face on, I turned to Luna and lost my breath.

It wasn’t because of the deep pink dress that clung to her body. Or the way her cheeks were flushed from dancing. It was the luminous joy that filled her face when she saw me.

My heart stopped. Or maybe it started beating for the first time.

I loved this woman. Unexpected or not, improper or not, I did.

“You came,” she mouthed to me.

I thought I’d experienced this emotion in high school, and I’d promised myself never again. It turned out what I’d felt then was nothing close to love.

Luna was the only woman I could see. The only one who mattered.

“Good thing you caught him.” Chloe spoke up from behind me. “He was about to leave.”

Luna’s eyes didn’t leave mine. “You have to stay till midnight, at least.”

Like I could leave her now.

chapter thirty-four

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