Chapter Seventeen
“What could you possibly know about that?”
“I’ve been keeping an eye on you, too, since your flubbed meet-up with Tamryn and her hoods at the research park.” She nodded when I opened my mouth and shut it. “I gathered she was not pleased you brought reinforcements. You ignored her terms and when the opportunity presented itself—meaning you separated yourself from the deal-breaker—she swooped in and whisked you off.”
The heat rose in my cheeks at the accuracy of my faux pas. “To the diner.”
She nodded. “I assume the man you were with at the park was the Martin you mentioned. If so, I don’t know what your plan was, but he’d lost you by the time he’d returned to his vehicle. As far as I could tell, no one followed you after that point.”
“Other than you.” My tone was a bi
