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wasn’t thinking.”
    â€œWhat about your relationship with China Marquette?”
    He groaned. “Mistake. Big mistake. I’d never dated an actress and had no fuckin’ idea the media shitstorm I was in for when I broke up with her. The woman is psychotic.”
    All guys thought their exes were psycho. “She’s the wholesomegirl-next-door star on the Disney Channel’s most popular family show. How psychotic could she be?”
    Devin leaned forward. “She blew up my car.”
    Liberty’s jaw dropped.
    â€œThat incident didn’t make the papers. Neither did the one where she unloaded two hundred live chickens in my garage and let them die while I was away on tour for a month. Can you imagine the smell? Of course, there was no way to prove it. There were a dozen other things she did that no one would believe. She only ended her smear campaign when I threatened to release a sex tape we’d made. The raunchy things that girl begged me to do to her would’ve destroyed her career. And no, I don’t feel a damn bit guilty because she was out to destroy me.”
    â€œNice world you live in,” she mumbled. “Are the other incidents I read about easily explained away too?”
    He bristled. “Probably. To be honest, there’ve been so damn many I’ve forgotten some. But I won’t be a prisoner to fame, Liberty. I won’t let the couple of nut jobs out there have power over me and how I live my life.” He stood. “Anything else about me that you wanna pick apart?”
    Pick apart? He’d freely offered up the information. “I’m just preparing myself for what I might run into over the next few months.”
    â€œThere’s no way you can prepare for it because when the weird shit happens to me, I’m never prepared. Even if it’s similar to something I’ve faced before.” He disappeared down the hallway without another word.
    And he called her prickly? Sheesh.
    Looking out the window didn’t give her any idea where they were. She hit the intercom. “Reg? How far are we from Salt Lake City?”
    â€œAn hour and a half.”
    â€œCool. Thanks.”
    She watched another episode of
Dexter
. Then she checked to make sure she could get online so she could log onto
Call of Duty
during her downtime. She so rarely got to play during the day. It’d be interesting to see the difference between daytime and nighttime gamers.
    She ate a protein bar and double-checked her hair and makeup.Maintaining her new style hadn’t been as time-consuming as she’d imagined.Plus, she did look more professional. Just wearing a little lip color softened her mouth, which she’d always thought was too harsh looking. Spike and Zeke—Joe’s brothers who’d dropped her off—had even whistled upon seeing her feminine side. Of course, she’d immediately threatened to knock them on their asses if they believed girly clothes had changed her.
    The look on Devin’s face when he caught sight of her? Priceless.
    The bedroom door opened, and he walked past the bathroom and down the hall.
    After slipping her gun in her waistband holster, she went to the front of the bus.
    Devin had draped a suit bag across the bench seat.
    When she glanced over at him, he was blatantly checking her out. She could blush and ignore it or call him on it. “Do I pass inspection?”
    â€œMore than pass. Good enough that I’d make a pass at you, but I suspect you’re armed.” His dark gaze swept over her again. “You carrying right now?”
    â€œYes.”
    â€œWhere?”
    She lifted her blouse and showed him a modified holster that stayed snug against her body but gave her easy access to her weapon.
    â€œI’ll be damned. Sometime you’ll have to show me how fast you can pull.”
    Her gaze never wavered when she said, “I sincerely hope that’s something you’ll never