Edge Security Box Set by Trish Loye

Author:Trish Loye
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9959678-0-9
Publisher: Trish Loye

14

Cat crossed her arms over her chest as she stared at the man who swayed under the streetlight in front of her. They stood on the blessedly empty sidewalk in front of the Chien Noir. “What planet are you from that makes you think I owe you an apology?” she asked.

“You embarrassed me.”

“Good,” Cat said. She didn’t walk away because she didn’t want this fool at her back.

“I could file an assault charge against you,” he said, lisping slightly from too many drinks. “I have witnesses.”

Cat sighed. This day really couldn’t get any worse. She’d just come back from one of the worst ‘successful’ missions she’d ever been on, then walked in on Rhys flirting with another woman-Cat still wanted to rip Tania’s fingers off, but she couldn’t because teammates didn’t do that to teammates’ lovers-and now her ex whatever-he-was was stopping her from getting home to her couch and TV.

“You won’t be getting an apology from me, Liam. I suggest you head home and sleep off those drinks you had.”

“You know I’ve been waiting at this bar every night for you.”

“Now that’s a bit creepy, even for you. It’s time you left.”

He took a deep breath and drew himself upright, as if bracing himself for something. Or getting ready to attack.

She almost rolled her eyes. So not my night.

Liam took a step toward her, his hands clenched into fists.

Someone came out of the bar. Someone tall, with sandy hair and eyes that widened.

Dammit. Why does he have to see all of my humiliating moments?

“Don’t do whatever it is you’re planning, Liam,” she said. “You won’t like the results and they’ll be much worse than last time. There are no witnesses now.”

“You fucking bitch,” he said, raising his fist. “I—”

She slammed her fist into his gut and his alcoholic breath whooshed out of him. The next punch struck his throat and he dropped to his knees gasping like a trout on dry land. “That is the second time tonight someone has called me that, and it’s the last,” Cat said quietly. “Don’t come near me again or I will put you in the hospital.”

Rhys came to stand behind her. “And again you’re being too lenient,” he said with false cheer. He put his face close to Liam’s. “Go near her again, asshole, and I will bury you.” He straightened. “Alive.”

“Now get the fuck out of here,” Cat said. “And don’t come back to this place. My friends and I come here.”

Liam scuttled off, wheezing.

What the hell had she seen in him? Cat shook her head, trying not to laugh. She looked at the anger etched onto Rhys’s face and that opened the dam. Giggles bubbled out.

Rhys frowned at her. “Are you okay?”

She clutched her sides and nodded, now unable to stop. How could she explain that she was laughing at her own love life? That bit of embarrassment only made the laughter come louder.

Rhys slowly smiled, as if unable to stop himself. “What is so funny?”

She shook her head as her laughter died down.

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