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Hmm. Hayes wasn’t so sure.

“It’s possible,” he said.

“What?” Donovan sat up. “But she’s a sweetheart.”

He really needed to stop calling her that. And what was he doing noticing her? He shouldn’t even be looking at her. Let alone talking about her.

“She was mad at me the other day for something I said,” he explained. “The next time I saw her she put salt in my americano.”

“Got a flair for revenge,” Zeke said with a grin. “I admire that.”

Hayes shot him a look.

“Look into her, Liam,” Kent ordered.

Fuck.

Why had he told them that?

“If she did do this, we won’t be telling the cops,” Hayes told them suddenly.

“We won’t?” Kent asked, eyeing him with caution. “What do you want to do? Just let her away with it?”

“No. I’ll be dealing with her myself.”

He swore he heard May laugh as he said those words.

Yeah, he was definitely fucking losing his mind.

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They ended the call and Hayes turned to Donovan with a scowl. “My business is private.”

Donovan held up his hands. “Sorry, man, didn’t mean to upset you.”

“I’m not upset.” Irritated, bordering on angry, yes.

Upset, no.

“You didn’t tell me about the salt in the coffee thing,” Donovan complained. “When did that happen?”

Hayes just shot him a look.

“What? I thought we were partners,” Donovan said as Hayes stood and walked to the door. They’d decided to meet in the basement of Stein’s house since they were still technically on bodyguard duty. This room was soundproof and they’d checked for bugs.

Well, he had.

Donovan thought he was overly paranoid. Hayes had learned that you could never be too careful. That paranoia was what had kept him alive in some hairy situations.

“You don’t really think Devi could be sending these messages, right? Just because she put salt in your coffee? Wait. What didyoudo that resulted in her putting salt in your coffee?”

“I saved her,” he said shortly. “Some asshole attacked her.”

Donovan’s eyes widened. Then his face filled with anger. “Who the fuck would hurt Devi?”

“Dumb drunk fucker. Been arrested.” Although he needed to follow up and find out what was happening with him. He didn’t want him getting off too easily.

“That girl doesn’t seem to have good luck, does she?” Donovan commented.