Chapter 103

103.

As they climbed the stairs to the box, he chatted amicably, and she

answered. Cormac was a smooth talker and charming. She briefly wondered

if the mafia trained guys how to behave, or if these two just happened to be

charmers that ended up in organized crime.

A few minutes after they were seated, the lights went down, and the

show began. Mia watched it, enchanted as always. Each time she glanced at

Shane, she caught him watching her instead of the performance. It should

have been discomfiting or creepy, but something in his gaze made the blood

rush in her veins and slicked the flesh between her thighs.

If Cormac hadn’t been in the seat beside her, she would have slid onto

Shane’s lap and let his hand slip under the slit in her dress to see just how

wet she was for him. Unfortunately, they weren’t alone, though their

companion’s eyes were always centered on the stage whenever she glanced

at him.

As the show progressed, Mia realized his attention specifically centered