Leo's eyes narrowed instantly. He didn't move for several seconds. His jaw flexed once, and the air around him turned heavier, darker, as if the temperature had just dropped ten degrees.
"He's joking," Bella said quickly, her smile tight as she tried to defuse the sudden tension.
Across the table, Scarlett and Zeke exchanged helpless looks. Which friend digs a grave for his own buddy like that? Both of them silently agreed Jason and Dominic were professional backstabbers disguised as friends.
Meanwhile, Dominic, still pretending to sleep, was cursing Jason's entire family tree. Great. Just great. Leo probably didn't even know about the debt, but now he's going to see me as a rival and try to kill me.
"Joking?" Leo's voice was calm, but the kind of calm that made the hair on the back of Jason's neck stand up. His gray eyes lifted slowly, pinning Jason in place like a knife through glass.
