Reid went still. "I told you already. I sold my apartment. My brownstone renovation was delayed. Mark offered me his place while he was out of town."
"That's not what I'm asking." She crossed her arms. "I'm asking why Mark offered. You two aren't exactly close. And why you took him up on it. Why didn't you stay at a hotel? Or is business that bad?"
"I sort of twisted Mark's arm to let me stay. Told him there was a conference of romance writers in town and I couldn't get a room. In a five-star hotel."
"Oh, God forbid a Callahan should stay in anything less than a five-star hotel. That still doesn't explain why. I thought Dom's place would be more your style, or are you deliberately avoiding the question?" She watched his face. Saw the muscle in his jaw tick. "So why would Mark suddenly b
