"What secret?" Kieran asked, observing Lawless’ mysterious behavior.
The moment the words left his mouth, Kieran instantly regretted asking.
Someone had warned him to beware of Lawless when he was acting all mysterious and secretive. Kieran would rather have kept quiet.
That same person had described Lawless as ‘more than just BS, someone who likes to act mysterious and secretive, especially when someone wants to ask question’.
As soon as Kieran uttered the question, Lawless took a step back and sucked hard on his cigar, waiting for Kieran to ask more.
That was a typical characteristic of a despicable person.
Kieran’s informant was Blacksmith. Kieran recalled the comments she had made about Lawless when they’d chatted.
He decided to take Blacksmith’s advice and ignore Lawless whenever he acted like that. Instead, he turned his attention back to the auction. His second [WK-22] was currently accepting bids.
After a mere two seconds, though...