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Elle’s life.
    Elle…the name suited her. Simple and unique. He sought out Elle’s gaze to see how she would react to Bee’s ignorant manner. Elle gave Kevin another puzzling look that made him realize she knew no different and he resisted the urge to wipe Bee’s existence off of the street in question. Unfortunately, this was their world and he had no part in it. That didn’t stop him from continuing their conversation.
    “Elle? I’m Kevin Dreier.” He couldn’t resist keeping her there a moment longer. He held out his hand and patiently waited for her to take it. It took longer than a few seconds as her gaze went from his outstretched hand to his face, as if trying to find a reason for his politeness. Finally, her cold fingers slid into his. Her touch changed everything. “It’s nice to meet you.”
    “I’ll take that as a yes,” Connor said, his voice laced with wit as it cut through the memory.
    “She’s got it in her head that she can ask questions with results that I can’t get,” Kevin said, irritated that he got caught reminiscing. He rubbed his right knee to ease the ache. He wished it were that easy to do with other parts of his body. Elle had no idea the wreckage she left with every conversation they had. “By the way, I borrowed Jax’s security key to gain entrance to her apartment. Just grab it out of my jacket.”
    “Yeah, I heard you knocking on his door at some ungodly hour of the morning.” Connor made no attempt to reach inside Kevin’s coat, which was draped over Ethan’s chair. Probably not the smartest place to put it. “Let me just say that Lauren was not happy.”
    “Emily’s always up at that hour,” Kevin answered with a shrug. “I swear Jax gives us a play by play of her piss schedule.”
    Connor threw his head back and laughed. Kevin heard Jax mumble something from his cubicle, but couldn’t make it out. Whatever he said had Connor laughing even harder. Kevin wished he could join in but the thought of Elle on the street, asking questions that would only put her in danger pissed him the fuck off.
    “No worries about Lauren,” Connor said, his blue eyes hinting on what he was about to say. “She was happy when I left.”
    “I’m glad to hear that all is well with your sex life, Connor,” Crest said with a deadpan voice as he walked up behind him. Jax’s laughter rang out over the partition loud and clear. “It’ll make it easier to send you to Switzerland and check out the lead that Taryn has on Ryland.”
    “Wait. If Lauren gets pregnant, do I get a free pass like Jax does?”
    “Fuck you, boyo.” Jax’s muffled voice carried over the cubicle. “You have to marry her first.”
    “That’s not the order you did it in,” Connor called out.
    “When Lauren is in that state, we’ll talk about it.” Crest slid one hand into his trouser pocket while the other had his suit jacket slung over his shoulder. It was obvious that he was heading out of the office. “For now, Jessie’s making your travel arrangements.”
    “I’ve already made them.” Jessie seemed to materialize between Crest and Connor with her usual cheerful smile in place. She was technically Crest’s personal assistant, but she aided them all when needed. For such a young sprite, she was the most efficient person that Kevin ever had the privilege of working with and she had certainly saved his bacon a time or two. If she weren’t the type to worry about breaking a nail, she would have been great to have on the farm. “And it’s not called a state. A state is Minnesota. Pregnancy is much more than that and you should be careful. We seem to be gaining in numbers around here.”
    Crest gave her a sideways look, but didn’t speak. That was probably the route to go, considering it was a no-win situation. Jessie was obviously referring the word we to women . Jax mentioned months ago that the men seemed to be dropping like flies when it came to relationships. Jessie said it was the way the