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The thought chills me to the bone.

Victor’s fingers clench, his gaze still on the couple.

His whole body is tense.

“Hey,” I say softly, placing my hand over his.

He blinks at me, and as he stares into my eyes, I feel him relax.

I want to ask him what’s going on, but I decide to wait.

We can’t talk about stuff like that in here.

Chapter 13

“ICAN’T BELIEVE ALEXliked that place,” Paola says once we’re in the car.

I can’t believe Rodrigo liked it either.

No matter how much I try to shake the images out of my head, I can’t.

It makes me want to go back inside, find the asshole who clearly brought his sex slave to the club, and punch him to a bloody pulp.

“Are you okay?” Paola asks.

It distracts me from my thoughts.

“Yeah, why?”

“I’m just asking, because you seemed a little... tense in there.”

I watch her carefully.

No one ever notices.

How did she?