Page 55 of The Wrong Guy

“What did she want?”

“She wanted to know if I knew who would hurt Derek.”

His fingers were lightly playing with my hair and then stops. “Do you?”

“Do I, what?”

“Do you know someone who would want to hurt him?”

“I don’t know much about anything,” I answer honestly.

He says something so quiet under his breath making it so I can’t make it out. I’m about to ask what he said when he asks his next question. “Audrina, if someone were to come up to you and ask you a question about our relationship, how would you respond?”

“Excuse me?”

I had hoped this talk would illuminate everything I was wondering about, but this is the opposite of what I expected. Stavros is being even vaguer than before, making me uncomfortable.

I place my hands on the tub to try and ease my way out. His strong hands reach out to my hips to hold me where I was. “It is a valid question, baby. How would you respond?”

“I would tell them my relationship is none of their business,” I retort. I’m baffled, hurt and a little bitter that I have been so open to Stavros and tried to let him in while I have been getting breadcrumbs.

“That is the answer I wanted to hear. I can’t tell you too much because it is important you only know what is safe for you to know.”

“Does my brother know?” I ask.

He nods against my back. “Yes, he knows, and he’s not pleased.”

“Is it something that could hurt me?”

He kisses the back of my neck just gently enough to send flutters throughout my body. “It could, and that is why you need to keep our relationship private.”

“Are you involved with something dangerous? Am I in danger?”

Tears well up in my eyes even as I will them to dissolve. I will them to leave me alone since I don’t want to seem weak in front of Stavros. I’m happy my back is turned so he can’t see me right now.

“You need to understand something, Audrina.”

His voice is severe and is making me want to cry but also making me want to burrow my face into his chest to make everything go away.

“Being with me isn’t going to be easy. I had to make a couple of deals to handle some business, and that’s all I can say right now.”

“Deals? What kind of deals?”

“Just deals.”

“Is there anything else I need to know right now?”

He kisses my shoulder. “Yes. Your brother is pissed off at me and doesn’t like our relationship.”

“How does that make you feel?”

He shrugs against me. “He’s not the one I’m interested in.”

I feel a warmth spread throughout my whole body. I love how he can alter my anxiety by bringing me off of the cliff.

Chapter Thirty-One

Stavros

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