"Still running around playing adventurer I see." Victor sneered as sharp as sharp as the gleam in his eye, a familiar, needling challenge.
Her nostrils flared, fists clenching at her sides as her body stiffened. She met his gaze, the hint of a smirk tugging at her lips.
"And I see you're still sticking your nose where it doesn't belong,"
Her eyes darkening with something far from amusement. "I thought you'd have learned your lesson last time we met, Victor."
Victor's eyes narrowed, but his sneer didn't falter. Instead, it only grew, as if her defiance fueled his amusement.
"You mean the time you and your hired goons thought they could cheat me out of my money and wound up flat on the ground?"
Aria's jaw clenched, her eyes practically bloodshot and for a split second, in Kaleb's eyes, there seemed to be a spark of tension erupting between them, a standoff of unspoken threats. Neither moved, but the air between them felt charged, as if one wrong word would ignite it.
