Chapter 694

"Do you remember who it was?" Ron pressed again.

"I think you need to focus on healing and getting back to work," I said lightly, dodging. "Your daily check-ins are the highlight of my day." Then I hung up with a laugh.

Wayne stepped inside as I set my phone down, placing the bouquet on my desk. He studied me for a moment. "It's been a long time since I've seen you smile like that."

"It was our boss," I said, using Ron as my cover story. "He got scratched up by his girlfriend and was complaining to me about it."

"Let me guess-he went to a club," Wayne said, casually. saw him there."

My pulse stuttered. He saw Ron? And Ron mentioned seeing someone who looked like Derni. If Ron wasn't mistaken, then... did Wayne see Demi too?

And if she really was in Seavora, what about the person she was so terrified of?

I'd always had my suspicions. That person might just be Wayne.

"Is that so? Seems like all you men have a thing for places like that," I teased, watching for a reaction.

almost amused. "I was there for

girlfriend wasn't buying it. Made a whole scene," I said, lifting the bouquet he'd brought and taking a sniff. The sweetness was cloying, almost too much. Wayne's tone

chill crept up my

the strings. If Xander hadn't shared that recording, I might've fallen for it.

out, so I decided to keep up the charade." It's fine. I handled it myself, so I

gave him a faint smile.

Don't take risks like that. People like that are dangerous. What if

I had gotten hurt, you'd make him pay with half his life, wouldn't you?" I asked,

then, even his life wouldn't be enough," Wayne said, his voice softening as his gaze rested on me. "Rea, nothing is more important than your

the way he could feign such

barely had time to think. I clamped a

scrape of Wayne's chair as he got

restroom, I gripped the sink, staring at my reflection in the mirror as I tried to steady my breathing.

me-truly hating someone could

Drago family's dirty dealings, I had to suck it up.

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