Page 204 of Playing Dirty

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And suddenly the crowd disappeared.

Not literally.

Just mentally.

All I could see was:

Luca’s hand on her waist.

Rowan noticing me noticing.

And neither of us looking away first.

Jace said something beside me.

Didn’t hear it.

Because Rowan stopped moving completely for half a second.

Like the moment hit her too.

Then Luca leaned closer to say something near her ear.

And I looked away first.

That pissed me off immediately.

LUCA

Okay.

Now it made sense.

Not fully.

Enough.

The guy across the rooftop wasn’t just “a guy.”

And Rowan definitely wasn’t unaffected either.

Interesting.

Very interesting.

I leaned slightly closer near her ear because the music demanded it.

“You want out?” I asked.

She blinked once like she’d forgotten where she was.

Then:

“Yeah,” she admitted.

Honest.

Good.

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