Chapter One Hundred and Thirty-One
"She's careful too," Cole said as if he had read his thoughts. "She would never tell anyone what she was doing… never even show that you were involved with her. Nobody knows what you two were doing. Asli would never let it show in her command. But I saw it."
He shifted his weight, then smiled, though it did not touch his eyes. "I had my suspensions but oh boy I laughed at myself for ever thinking you two could ever agree to even be in the same hall together. But hearing you set the whole Villa in a safe mode right before they arrived, I knew you were waiting. Waiting for her to show up. You did not panic when she showed up with as many men as she could find. You knew. Didn't you? I thought maybe a spy told you but thinking about it, no spy could ever give you the details. It can only be Asli herself. Why would she warn you ahead of time?"
