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Chapter 31

Tilda

I pullmy shoulder away from the light touch.

If there’s a bug on me…

I reach across my body and brush at my sleeve as I try to see what touched me.

Then I pause.

Because striding away from me is Ethan.

He’s dressed differently than I’ve seen before.

He has black gym shorts on, revealing more tattoos on his calves. And his thin white T-shirt clings to the bulging muscles in his back.

I can’t see his face.

Can only see the perfect shade of dark brown hair.

But it’s him. I know it is.

And he’s holding another man by the back of the shirt, manhandling him down the footpath toward the back of the building.

What the…?

Was Ethan in the gym?

I watch, mouth going dry, as I take in the transparency of his shirt.

Ethan is sweating like he just finished a workout.

He was totally in the gym.

And I didn’t see him.

I move my attention to the other guy’s back.

I purposely didn’t look at any of the people when I got here.

When I approached, I looked through the windows and decided which treadmill I wanted. Then, when I entered, I was able to walk straight to it without making eye contact with anyone.

So, I never saw Ethan.

But apparently, he saw me.

I watch, confused, as the two men—one dragging the other—round the back corner of the building and disappear.

Was that other guy following me?

Chapter 32

Ethan

“What the fuck?”Clark waits until no one can see or hear us before he starts to struggle. “Let me go.”

I don’t let go.

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