Chapter 69

Nathan’s POV

I watch her walking down the hall, the sway of her hips as confident as ever, like she doesn’t realize she just set a fire in a man who rarely lets himself feel anything at all.

“You’re going the wrong way, baby girl,” I say, catching her shoulder gently and steering her back. “Come on. This way.”

She follows without protest, her footsteps light behind mine. Mason falls in behind her, still smirking to himself. We need to talk. Not later, now.

She’s playing with something far more dangerous than she realizes, and as much as I enjoy the show, I also know Theo better than she does. And she’s pushing him past the line he’s drawn for himself.

The plan was always that tonight would belong to them. She knows that. But before anything happens, we need to make sure she understan