Page 94 of Risky Obsession

“Just relax. Smile and try to laugh at some of my comments. Nobody suspects a gorgeous woman who smiles.”

“Really? That’s your theory?” I forced a laugh.

“Now you’re getting the hang of it.” He sipped his champagne.

Kane had balls of steel.

Gunter nodded at the other men at his table, then tugging down his jacket, he strode away, weaving through the twirling couples on the dancefloor.

“Here we go.” Kane pressed his hand to my lower back again and we followed Gunter.

As we crossed the room, I smiled and said hello to people I didn’t know, and my stomach twisted into tight little knots. Keeping up my charade, I glanced back to see if the guards had caught our movements, but they weren’t where I last saw them.

“Shit.” I tugged Kane’s arm. “The guards are gone.”

“Yes. They moved to the other side of the room. Keep on Gunter’s tail.”

The pressure of being caught clawed at my chest, but the touch of Kane’s hand on my back was more comforting than I anticipated.

Gunter reached the far end of the ballroom, and his black coat disappeared from view as he stepped into the passage.

“He’s going to the restrooms,” I said.

“Yep, this is our chance.”

We stepped into the dimly lit corridor. At least a dozen elegantly dressed women and men in stiff suits mingled in thehallway.

“Dammit,” Kane hissed. “We’re not going to bail up Gunter in this area.”

“I have an idea.”

Kane’s eye twinkled. “I’m listening.”

“When he comes out, you need to block him from walking away.”

“Roger that.”

As we waited outside the men’s restroom door, trying not to look conspicuous, I peered farther down the hallway at several closed doors. Hopefully, we could get Gunter into one of them.

I fished into my bag for my lipstick. My heart pounded as I removed the lid and glided lipstick onto my lips.

Gunter emerged from the restroom.

Kane strode right into him, just about bowling him over. “Sorry about that.”

I jabbed my capped lipstick into Gunter’s lower back and leaned into his ear. “I have a gun aimed at your kidney.”

Gunter gasped and tried to look at me.

“Keep your eyes straight,” I hissed, surprised and equally terrified by how convincing I was. “If you draw attention to us, I will shoot you. Nod if you understand.”

Gunter wildly nodded.

“Good. We’re going to walk together down this passage.” I nudged the lipstick into his back.

“What do you want?” he asked, voice low.

I shoved him. “Move.”