JEREMY. “Tell me you have something good,” Liam said, dropping into the chair across from my desk like the man of the hour, and wearing a charcoal suit and the easy arrogance I had come to tolerate so well. Watching my 'best friend' haunt a man I could give up in one sentence was a kind of thrill that could give me a hard-on. Not because I liked helping Liam. Fuck that. Because Elias Wilson was better kept than spent, and he's one of the most important pieces in this board game I'd spent years meticulously arranging. I leaned back. “Morning to you, too.” “f**k morning.” He dragged a hand through his hair and gave me that tired, polished smile women kept mistaking for sweetness. “I barely slept. Nadia brought up Elias last night.” I kept my face still. There it was. My stubborn,

