They’d been at the party for an hour and she’d barely seen Tuck. He’d done his duty and got her drinks, but he’d found a spot in the corner of the room and had avoided talking to anyone. Kadie watched him sulk, but deflected questions from Gwen and her friends about his mood. Most of them didn’t know how close she and Tuck were and tonight she was fine with that.
The next time she glanced up, Tuck was wearing the earpiece again, and his lips were moving. The group of people she stood with were chatting and laughing, but she was trying to read his lips, even though the low lighting and flashing lights made that next to impossible.
“What’s eating him?” Dempsey asked at her shoulder. Her cousin hadn’t missed their separation, despite his presence.
If only she knew the answer. “It’s complic
