Alexi smirks and shakes his head at me.

“Calm down, feisty. No one is kidnapping you to throw you down the aisle with me. We’re here to see a casino and take a break from normal life while Mico does more digging on yesterday's events. Marriage will be a conversation for another time.” That shuts me up, and I continue to blink at him in stunned silence when he turns his attention to his brother and then checks his watch.

“I’ll take you upstairs, and you can go to bed ...