The man lowered his voice into a conspiratorial whisper. His face bore a serious look as his lips began to move.
"I hear she's hanging out with a vampire," He furled his brows. "You know what that means."
Carlo Kennedy stared back at him in disbelief. He'd made a lot of wild suggestions in his heart but what his host had just said beat all of them. It had never crossed his mind that Vanessa Winthrop could be involved in something so scandalous.
"You mean Vlad Keddrick?" Carlo Kennedy asked. "Is that who Vanessa is hanging out with?"
The man shook his head vehemently.
"No! My sources tell me that the vampire is a commoner. But it gets only worse," He brought his voice a notch lower and said, "I heard the vampire is warming her bed."
This time, Carlo Kennedy gasped in surprise. His expression changed rapidly within the next couple of seconds. It went from surprise to disbelief and then ended in utter bewilderment.
