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“It’s all right,” Ivan replies, shrugging it off. “We all have our trauma. He was a good guy.” He gives me a little smirk as he looksme in the eye. “He'd have liked you, though, for sure. He loved redheads.”
“Yes, well, we're quite irresistible,” | murmur, flipping my hair back over my shoulder and pretending a haughtiness | don’t reallyfeel. I’m rewarded with a laugh and | grin back at Ivan.
“Irresistible for sure,” he says, always the flirt as he looks down at the table and reaches for another taco. “But also, apparently, awoman of mercurial affections.”
My breath hitches a little at this - what does he mean by that?
Suddenly, I’m terrified that he knows, somehow, about me and
Kent — about the plans | have for later - commands, really — to
meet him after midnight.
“What do you mean?” | ask, anxious but trying to keep my voice
nonchalant.
Ivan glances up at me as he brings a plate of shrimp tacos into his lap, totally at ease. Then, he raises his left hand and wiggleshis fingers at me. “No ring,” he says, and | glance down at my own
hand to realize that he’s right — I’m actually not wearing Daniel’sring tonight. “Everything all right with you two?”
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| hesitate, wondering how to play this. | actually hadn’t left the ring at home on purpose — | just...hadn’t remembered to put it onafter my shower. But could | use this to my advantage? Do | want Ivan to know that I’m free? | hesitate inwardly, wondering whatJaneen
would do.
“Sorry,” Ivan says, and | look up into his face to see that he really means it. “I didn’t mean to touch a sore subject.”“No, it’s okay,” | respond breezily, giving him a little smile. “It’s just...Daniel is having a little...trouble. Being faithful.”| mean, it wasn’t a lie. And Janeen said to stick to the truth as
much as | can.
“Oh,” Ivan says, his eyebrows going up in genuine surprise. Then he puts his plate of tacos back down and pushes all of the foodto the back of the table so that he can scootch closer to me. “His loss,” he murmurs, his eyes drifting down to my mouth.
Suddenly anxious, | turn my head away from him and lift my beer to my lips, taking a sip. lvan takes the note and leans back alittle. “I actually don’t know a lot about Daniel,” he says casually. “I know he’s in school, but he keeps a low profile as far as mobheirs go. He doesn’t seem as...involved, as other sons might be.”
“Yeah, well,” | reply with a little bitter smile. “Apparently he’s got other things on his mind besides Kent's work and marrying me.”Chapter 163
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“Oh?” Ivan pushes. “And what’s his style there? Does he have
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information. Simultaneously, | grasp that | actually do have
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