elieve whatever I

sn't entirely wrong. She had come to prove, to him, to her

way she could peacefully do her job without t

her was the way E

w right th

he

he air as they came to a stop, still locked in

around them, Ethan leaned in, his v

on't, Ms

s words before he released her, steppin

g there, heart poun

ld be hard to convince Ethan that

just becom

need

ble floor as she made her way toward the balcony. The cool night ai

let Ethan get under

just a

l like something

r arms around herself, her mind spinning with the weight of Ethan's words, his t

hate

na B

was deep, edged with a qu

man she didn't recognize. He was tall, dressed

lse ki

you?" s

didn't reach his eyes.

n her body told

me?" she said, keep

ted. "And now, I'm her

sed. "F

d his head. "

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What if Ethan hears that?

on't work for my father," she said loudly such that

s the problem, Ms. Blake

omach

volved with Ethan Calloway," the man conti

s curled i

or my father tell

n didn't change. "T

hung heavy

aze, refusing to let him see the f

she said, stepping forward. "If my father has

or a long moment befo

your

disappeared into the shadows, leaving

suddenly f

was watc

sn't the

the soft creak of th

e to turn to k

ha

off to," he said, his voice s

't answer

g people to warn her off Ethan, that Liam had confronted her earlier, and that no matt

studie

ook sh

forcing a smi

ed. "Of c

em stretched, thick wi

, his breath warm agains

ve heard them. Elena he

it was

me reason,

my fath

xpression

l smooth confidence repl

tec

't expec

y?" Ethan asked

. "That I should w

d in his jaw.

dn't a

e first time,

ur enemy's daughter" she asked with since

ser, his body just a

Your father can't sc

n't quite reach her eyes

air between them was thick, and charged

an reached f

ushed over her

nside," he s

hesi

se she wa

she took his hand, she'd be cros

to be caught in whatever

ure she could wa

ly, she slipped he

they stepped

ack inside, the world around

e room seemed t

us. Some c

pies lurking in the shadows, sha

nough to remind her she wasn't alone in this. The wa

t afford to

for

or an

l away, Ethan leaned in, his li

asing her skin. "Unless you want t

stif

r? If he was, she can't afford to make

s spies wer

uld look like a retrea

lifted her chin, and met

ng away," she

mirk played at h

nd-guess her decision, he led h

lled into a slow,

the polished floor. But the moment Ethan pulled Elena i

k, his other hand capturing hers with a

Mr Calloway" she questioned as sh

pun her effortlessly, their bo

of her dress, the way his fingers pressed just a little firmer

ht but laced with warning. "People

ich sound that sent somet

hat they want," h

breath

e almost forgot

a move in the dangerous chess match

the dark figures watching f

ather

sent ice thro

here to e

rove she wasn't h

t slightly against Ethan's cheek as she whispered