Chapter 69

“He touched you?” Dash asked.

The deadly softness of his voice warned her that she had phrased that very badly. She spun in her chair to face him and regretted the action at once. First and foremost because it made her dizzy, but secondly because his expression was frightening. He looked like he wanted to kill someone and she thought that person might be Dean. She didn’t want to cause any problems between the two men, especially when the younger one had been so nice to her.

She glared at Dash. “Not like that. I’m not like your other girlfriend, Olivia. I don’t go about kissing men in public places.” She said,

Dash ignored the reference to Olivia. “How did he touch you, Tess? Tell me.” His voice was deadly soft.

“He kissed my hand and he called me beautiful. If you want the truth, it made me feel nice.” She replied.

A lot nicer than having Dash dump the suntan lotion in his sister’s lap and leave with the speed of an Olympic athlete when Stefan signaled