TWENTY-FOUR
Merchant began to retreat, opening up her view of the room and giving the new entrants an unobstructed view of her. As much as she wanted to win the stare down, Tulsi had more important things to worry about. Just as she’d suspected, Baines had brought Wreck to the office. Not only him, Styx was there too.
Merchant was still watching her, so she couldn’t give too much away.
“Now it’s a party,” she said and sighed. “Should we have another discussion on male pride?”
“Beautiful, isn’t she?” Merchant asked, propping himself against the desk to continue checking her out.
Baines was a few steps ahead of the duo he’d brought in. Tulsi had to be careful of what she gave away with her expression, but Wreck’s anger was easy to spot. Damnit, he had to calm himself down. His jaw shift
