Chapter 45

“Yeah. It’s in an okay part of town, but the ballroom is small, and their food isn’t anything to write home about. It’s gonna be interesting to hear what the buzz is tomorrow. I don’t think there’ll be any joy in Muddville. This Le Roi is going cheap, and the boys have gotten used to Charlemagne’s way of doing things…Do you feel all right, babe?”

“Sure. Why?”

“You’ve been rubbing your chest since we got in the cab. You’re too young to have a heart attack.” I gave him a look. “You’d better be too young to have a heart attack. If you die on me, Matheson, I’ll kill you.”

“I’m not having a heart attack, Theo.” He gave that half grin that made me want to jump his bones.

“That’s good. So what’s with your chest? Indigestion?”

“Oh.” He smiled. “Is that what your anxiety is about? No. Actually, I wasn’t rubbing my chest. It was the pendant you gave me, Theo. I’ve been touching it all day to remind myself of how lucky I am to have found you.”