Shared In Tangled Sheets
Around them, murmurs swelled like rising water.
“Did he punch him? What happened? Oh my God, the Moores are fighting… with their employee.”
Ava pushed her chair back, heart pounding. “Stop. Both of you. People are staring.”
Xander didn’t look away from Tristan, not once.
“You’re lucky,” he said, voice thick with barely contained fury, “that table got in the way.”
Tristan raised an eyebrow, cool but not careless.
“No,” he replied softly, “you’re lucky you aimed for the table.”