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He leaned in closer, his lips almost touching hers, his voice dropping into a dark, desperate, terrifyingly low whisper that made her pulse skip a beat.
"He's a viper, Lily," Kendrick warned, his gray eyes wide, dark, and intense as he stared straight into her soul. "If he catches even a millisecond of hesitation... if he sees us smile at each other even once tonight... they will kill the deal. They will burn the servers, and they will come after you."
Lily held his gaze, refusing to flinch, her fingers tightening around his hand.
Kendrick’s face softened by a fraction of a millimeter, a raw, agonizing question rising in his throat.