Chapter 33

Megan was caught off guard.

Due to some business with Victoria Leach, Bennett hadn’t exactly been Mr. Congeniality with her lately, and just the other night, he’d given her a hard time.

And now he was offering her a ride

Instinctively, Megen felt there was an ulterior motive. She took a step back, her tone distant. “Bennett, you said you’d stop giving me a

hard time.”

Benisett just looked at her, assessing. Finally, he let out a few words, almost carelessly, “I did say that.”

And with that, he drove off, his black Land Rover leaving twin trails of exhaust in its wake.

Megan thought the Bennett issue was settled.

But that evening, she saw him again on the 56th floor of Regal Bolt, sitting at a card table with Timothy and a few others, conspicuously without the usual entourage of starlets or models.

When Megan took the stage, Bennett glanced up.

seemingly inconsequential gesture didn’t escape Timothy’s notice.

a winning pair with a flourish, “Bennett, you’re not exactly a regular here. What brings you by tonight? What wind blew you this

was indifferent,

wish you would come by every

curved in a slight smirk…

in a crisp black shirt and slacks beneath a navy peacoat, his tall and

flicked back to Bennett.

his seat, his expression growing more detached.

“Sullivan’s here too! What’s this… coming to pick Megan up after her set?”

from Timothy pulled out a pack of cigarettes from his coat pocket, and casually placed it on the coffee table before speaking. Tm taking

smile widened, “Sounds

still in a position to ask Megan for favors? I heard through the grapevine from Lucia that you two

his marital woes. He lit a cigarette, took an indifferent drag, and exhaled

noticed Bennett in attendance, and while Bennett’s face remained impassive sometimes a man’s intuition is particularly sharp, especially

was here because

Sullivan’s gaze deepened as he watched

her bare shoulders tantalizing. Her legs were a work of art–slender, straight porcelain, and delicate.

and

hand?”

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