Devious Eyes (A Cane Novel Book 2) by Charlotte E Hart & Rachel De Lune

Author:Charlotte E Hart & Rachel De Lune [Hart, Charlotte E]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chicago passes by as we swerve the roads towards home, and I look at her on occasion, watching the way she stares at all the buildings. She seems engrossed in the place, or maybe she’s just trying to avoid the conversations we need to have.

“You know what the Cane name means at all?” I ask, ready to give her a little of myself so she can understand what’s happening. She shakes her head, still looking out of the window. “You still want to?” She turns her head at that, the quirky look I adore coming into place.

“Of course. If it’s part of you then it’s relevant to me, isn’t it?” More than she knows. “And you got all of me last night, so…”

“It’s not pretty, Gabby. I’m not the guy I was in Bora.”

“What does that mean. You’re an accountant, right?”

I sigh and pull off the freeway, accelerating us hard through the back streets so that I can get us to where I need to be for this conversation. She won’t understand until she sees it, no matter how much she’s worth herself. “Nate?”

“I work numbers, yes.” She tilts her head, expectancy making her twist in her seat to lean towards me.

“That sounds a little secretive.”

I nod as the gates come into view, both of them swinging open as the Jag approaches along the street, and then I brake before I enter and look at her. I’ve never brought a woman here before. Never cared enough to try that on for size. Whatever I might think of the place, this is home to me, somewhere I come to for an element of solace from my life. No guns. No threats.

“Everything you’re about to see is stolen, taken, or manipulated from someone.” She looks surprised as two guards walk around the front of the car, one of them nodding at me as he goes on by and stows his gun. “Cane has been one corrupt son of a bitch for a long time, Gabby. My job has been,” I snort, “still is, to counter that corruption in the eyes of the feds, make us seem lawful to the outside world.”

She stares until I feel a certain amount of guilt addling inside. I don’t know why. Guilt is never something I’ve felt before regarding my work, no matter how unethical some of the shit has been. Quinn does the really dirty work. I just orchestrate the numbers after the event.

And she’s a damn thief for Christ’s sake.

I frown.

“You’re not then? Lawful, I mean.”

“No. Not at all.” Her brow raises at the brashness of the statement as I keep staring and begin tentatively putting pressure on the accelerator. “A little more these days, but it’s still all there, haunting us.”

I gaze back, ready to turn this car around and take her somewhere other than here if she makes one comment that threatens Cane safety. She doesn’t. Not one word as she keeps frowning. So I look up the main drive and carry on

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