Aria's POV
He shrugged, his palms up, he was too relaxed for the storm brewing inside me. "Last time at the bar, a client bailed. I ran into you. This time? Another meeting in a different place."
His honesty, his annoying, unshaken confidence, threw me off balance. I studied him, searching for cracks, tells or lies.
I found nothing.
He'd never shown interest in me before.
Never chased me, never wanted me.
My body confirmed nothing happened tonight. There was no scent of him on me.
No remnants of physical contact beyond him carrying me.
So if it wasn't him…
Then who?
A cold shiver crept up my spine, raising tiny bumps along my arms. My wolf growled, restless, suddenly alert.
"If I hadn't been here," Nathan said, stepping slightly closer, "what would've happened to you?"
His voic
