Joe King.I swallowed hard.Kaden's scary gang leader uncle.I slid off the stool I was on, standing up ram rod straight.I cleared my throat feeling more nervous than I ever had. "Uhm, hi. I'm Mia."But he knew that already. According to Nick. He knew everything.His presence alone was enough to make my skin prickle with unease.It was the same as it had been back at the club. That effortless authority that you couldn't ignore even if you wanted to. He didn't need to raise his voice or make a scene. He just had to exist in the room, and suddenly it felt like the oxygen in the room only belonged to him.I felt completely cornered, like prey that had realized too late I had been closed in.The older man was watching me, an amused smirk pulling at his mouth. His eyes dragged slowly from the top of my head all the way down to my feet, unhurried and deliberate. It wasn't just looking. it was an assessing. The kind that made me feel like he already knew every secret I'd ever tried to bury,
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