Chapter 10

• Alina
• “Dinner has been served,” he whispered into my ears, his eyes on the couple in front of us as the male fed a piece of stake to his girlfriend. “I came to get you.” He released his hold on me but lightly placed his palm on my lower back to guide me towards the office.
• When we entered, both Ryan and Rainelle looked up at us and at the hand he had on my back. I felt a strange sense of satisfaction upon seeing Rainelle’s frown deepen. Ryan waved me over as he was putting all his equipment back into the bag he brought them in, so I broke contact with Erick to hand him over my camera. Ryan took advantage of the contact and held on a second longer than necessary, no doubt trying to make a claim in front of Erick. I really didn’t have the energy for this right now.