“I’ve been following your career very closely, very closely indeed,” he said.
“Why?”
“I think that would be obvious,” he said, moving closer but remaining in the shadow that dominated this space. “You’re beautiful and you’re talented.”
“I’m involved,” she said. “Engaged, off the market.” She wasn’t exactly engaged, but Ryder wouldn’t mind her exaggerating for the sake of a creepy buyer.
“He doesn’t understand you.”
“You don’t know him,” she said and that was the final straw. No third party got to judge her relationship with Ryder. Deciding her paranoia was justified, Lacie began to inch away. “And you don’t know me. I’m going back to the event.”
“Wait,” he said and lunged forward to snatch her wrist. “We have to talk. There’s something you have to know.”
“Let me go,” she said. If he
