25
Coiled
When Devon finally composed herself, she walked out of the back to find Reid fiddling with his empty drink while he talked to an enamored Hannah. This was going to go over well for her reputation, not that it even mattered. She didn’t know what she would even be doing after today.
“Hey,” Reid said. He watched her as she walked toward him, like a predator tracking his prey.
“Hey,” Devon responded.
His eyes searched her face. She knew that he could tell she had been crying. She never hid it well, but there was nothing she could do about it now.
Seemingly without thinking, he reached out and took her hand. “Are you ready to go?”
“Yeah,” she murmured.
“It was really nice meeting you, Hannah,” Reid said with that same award-winning smile. He placed two twenties on the bar and
