Page 64 of Obeying Mr Kingsley
For both of us.
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“DID YOU KNOW aboutwhat the two of them were planning?”I ask Sebastian as we stand in line to get sushi a few hours later.
Harrow and his team are returning this afternoon to finalize and sign the contract, and all I’ve been thinking about is Lexi.
To be fair, Ezra is on top of this and going to get a huge bonus this year.
“No,” he replies, then orders for us both.
I grab napkins and a handful of sauces, then walk over to the table where Colt is sitting and waiting for us while smirking at his phone.
“What’s going on with him these days?”
“I don’t know,” Sebastian shoots me a concerned glance.“I’m worried.He doesn’t usually smile this much.”
I snort.
“You got a pen pal or something there, buddy?”I ask, sitting down.
Colt’s eyes shoot up, and his smile vanishes.“What?”
I nod at the phone.“Want to share the joke?”
He pockets his phone.“No.Let’s eat.What did you need us for?”
Dick.
“Friendship.Do you have time in your texting schedule to fit me in?If not, then why did you bother coming?”
That didn’t come out right.
“What’s going on?”he asks instead of telling me I’m sounding like a little sensitive bitch.
Because I am.
I know I am.
I’m not usually this abrupt with people, but the way I left things with Lexi was not good.I want to call her and see if she is okay, but the reality is everything about her has triggered me from the start.
Our reactions to Jack’s murder were all different.
They know I carry a heavy burden from defending Sandy and their relationship, then having to accept she was the person who killed him.Even if the authorities haven’t.
You should have fucking seen, that’s why.
“It appears Lexi got herself in some trouble back home in the UK,” Sebastian shares.
So, he knows.
“What sort of trouble?”Colt asks, glancing between us as Seb shrugs.
“I don’t know.That’s the problem.A client recognized her, and I’ve done enough digging to discover she used to work for him—”
“You didn’t—” Colt starts.
“Reference her?No, I didn’t.Yes, I know, I know.I can’t turn back time, so what the fuck do I do here?”
