Page 37 of Virtue & Vengeance

I explained the situation, filling her in on the dirty fuck in the lobby and the way Eden had been acting lately. I even admitted to having her followed just in case.

“Does she know she’s being followed?”

“No.”

“Then maybe that’s why she’s acting strangely and seems afraid. Maybe she knows she’s being followed and doesn’t know you have something to do with it.”

I shook my head. “No. My guys are discreet.”

“That might be so, but everyone can sense when eyes are on them. If she’s already in some sort of danger, your guys watching her constantly could intensify that feeling.”

Shit.

She was right.

But that didn’t mean I was calling the men off.

“Well, she better get used to it because as long as I feel like she’s unsafe, they’re watching over her when I can’t.”

“I have a question for you, Zander. It’s a serious one.”

I turned, my eyes landing on her and giving her my full attention.

“Are you in love with this woman?”

I paused, feeling as though she had taken an ice pick to my heart.

Surely I’d misheard her.

“Excuse me?”

“It’s a perfectly logical question considering your actions lately. It’s a simple yes or no answer. Are you in love with her?”

I snorted, feeling anxious and itchy by her questions.

“Absolutely not. I don’t do love. Never have and never will. I care about Kennedy, and she’s Kennedy’s niece. That’s the only reason I give a shit. Once Kennedy’s back in town I’m done.”

“Are you sure about that?”

Was I sure?

Yes.

I was definitely sure.

“I’m fucking positive.”

Love?

I fucking think not.

AFTER HAULING ASS out of Dr. Dempsey’s office, I found myself at Kennedy’s door yet again. I was mad as fuck at myself for going there, but she had a pull that I could no longer deny.

It was the addict in me.

He couldn’t get enough.

She rolled her eyes when she opened the door and then walked away leaving the door open for me to enter.

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