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."In the Company of ShadowsInterludesHarriet stopped for a moment and looked at him fully."Anyway, I saw you there everysingle time."Understanding dawned on Kassian and he felt equal parts annoyed with having beenwatched and uncomfortable with the idea of what she could have witnessed.But herexpression was merely thoughtful and curious with no condemnation for whatever she'dseen."And?" he asked impatiently, not even knowing if he wanted her to go on.Jake &Janet's wasn't exclusively a heterosexual club and if she'd been there one of the timeswhen.He cut the thought off quickly and grabbed a glass, pouring himself a drinkwhich was likely an incredibly stupid idea considering the fact that he was alreadyfeeling off his game."And.your ability to pick someone up within the span of fifteen minutes for a one night stand would probably leave you with a valentine status if the Marshal ever got wind ofit," she said with a half-smile.Pick someone up, not specifying gender."From what I've seen of Emilio he has the same talent, although your technique isconsiderably less obvious than his."Kassian turned away and busied himself with putting the frozen pizza on a flat pan andshoving it into the oven.The discomfort was steadily growing within him but the naggingcuriosity wouldn't go away."Why'd you go there the third time?""To see if you'd be there."Kassian froze slightly before shaking it off and looking at her over his shoulder.She wasstaring at him steadily, obviously waiting for a reaction."Why?""Because over the past several years I'd convinced myself that I was in love with youand at that point, it'd reached its most pathetic and embarrassing pique." The disgust at her own actions was clear in her tone."I'm sure you noticed at some point, Kassian.You're not oblivious or stupid and even if I wasn't exactly putting it out there for you on aplatter, it was no secret from just about anyone in the division that I treated you differentthan everyone else."In the Company of ShadowsInterludesKassian turned slowly and stared at her, repeating the words in his head.He wasn'tsurprised by the information but her use of the past tense stung when it shouldn't havebothered him at all."So, what changed?"Stupid question.He was making himself look overly interested.Stupid alcohol made himtalk too much.Harriet threaded her fingers together and dropped her gaze to the glass door of theoven, watching the pizza cook."Mostly it was during the level 10 training.It had a lot to do with Boyd."" What?" How many disturbed exclamations did that make now? Two? Three? "I mean--why?""I'd watch how he interacted with you and how you responded.He was always socasual, never seemed to take your status seriously or show you what was, in my view,proper respect.It pissed me the hell off at first and irritated me a lot because you werenever that at ease hanging around me.But after awhile I just realized that you weremore comfortable around someone who didn't see you as Senior Agent Trovosky andPerfect Agent Trovosky."Harriet shrugged, shifting again to look him in the eye as she arched an eyebrow."Andthen I realized how uncomfortable it probably makes you to have people alwaysexpecting the very best from you and how unlikely it was that you'd ever hook up withsomeone who perpetuated that expectation in every way." She gestured to herself."So I gave up.""Just like that?" The question was out of his mouth before he could stop it and he hoped the disappointment wasn't as obvious to her as it was to him.What the hell was hisproblem? He hadn't even realized how hot she was until today."Well, Jon helped some too," she replied with a smirk."Him relentlessly asking me out made me appreciate how it felt to be wanted again.Made me realize I was wasting mytime running after someone with no interest in me.""Jon?" Kassian stared at her incredulously."You're fucking Logan?"Her expression switched from good-natured to irritated within the blink of an eye."I'mseeing Jon."In the Company of ShadowsInterludesHe gave her an unimpressed look."Like I said."The irritation began to slide into a narrow-eyed, pissed off, take-no-shit Stevens glare."He wants it to turn into a serious thing.""A regular fuck?" He was antagonizing her on purpose but he couldn't help himself.The combination of her obvious disgust over her past alleged love for him and herapparently more serious thing with Logan irked Kassian.Harriet's full lips curled down into a scowl."Some people are actually emotionallymature enough to want something other than an endless stream of one night standsand don't want to settle for a lonely, pointless existence that revolves around thenearest warm body's open legs."Kassian opened his mouth to reply, found himself at a loss, and then found himselfgetting defensive and pissed off at the same time.The comment stung more than hewould have expected and his hands closed into fists as his eyes narrowed.He foughtthe urge to lash out, to say something cruel and hateful, something that he knew wouldturn her self-righteous attitude into a puddle of self-conscious insecurity.He swallowed the anger, turned around, and threw back the drink he'd poured,immediately refilling the glass.The silence between them was heavy and more than alittle uncomfortable.He could feel her eyes boring into his back and as his body warmed from the alcoholand his thoughts got more incoherent, he found himself replaying the final fight withKelly in his mind [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]