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We were just inside when he spoke. “What now?”

“Now we go home,” I said, a little disappointed. “And we start all over again tomorrow night.”

Ethan started the engine and pulled out before he said more. “You know most of Max Skinner’s job for Danny Sullivan was hiding shit. I have a bad feeling we may never find what he doesn’t want us to know about.”

“I was just thinking the same thing,” I admitted. “I think Rick should be our new target. He’s not trained, as far as we know, and he didn’t work for Sullivan, so he might be the only person who can lead us to what we need without even knowing he is.”

“I don’t have a good feeling about this case,” he stated, and I could hear the worry in his tone.

“Me either,” I acknowledged, hoping we were both wrong.

6

ETHAN

I'd barely sat in my chair in the conference room before Nick came through the door with two cup carriers filled with to-go cups from Joe’s. He set them on the table and tossed a bag beside them. “Picked up some coffee. They’re all black, but the bag has creamer cups.”

Mila smiled and reached for a coffee before digging into the bag. “What did we do to deserve this?”

“Did you miss us while you were gone last week?” Kyle teased.

Nick shook his head and smirked while he slid into his seat. “This is the shit I get for doing something nice.”

Jax grabbed a coffee and took his seat at the head of the table. “Looks like we’re all here.”

“Aren’t we missing some?” Mila asked while looking around the room.

Jax grabbed the last coffee and took off the lid. “Landon has a meeting this morning with the club owner at Crush. I sent Chris with him since Pike is on his honeymoon.”

Pike’s wedding was this past Saturday, and every single employee at Elite attended.

Including Mila.

Wearing the slinkiest blue dress I’d ever seen.

After seeing that, I congratulated Pike and his wife, Bella, before I got out of there. I thought I’d get a reprieve on Sunday, but then Brody called and said he was sending Kyle and me shopping with Mila and Beth. The goal was to get Beth out in the open to see if we could force Max Skinner to react in any way. That all made sense, and in any other situation, I’d be happy to go, but I needed a break, and it didn’t look like I was getting one any time soon.

Needing to stop talking about the wedding so I could hopefully stop picturing her in that dress, I changed the subject. “I thought we pulled out of Crush.”

“No.” Jax gestured toward Brody. “We met with him last week and told him we were out if he didn’t quit blocking our recommendations. He didn’t seem to care until the police were called this past weekend and found drugs on-site.”

“Fastest way to lose your place is to let drugs in.”

“Exactly,” Brody agreed.

“Speaking of Pike’s wedding…” Kyle leaned forward and put his elbows on the table.

“We weren’t.” Jax spoke up quickly, but he had to know he wasn’t going to shut Kyle down.

Kyle smirked and tipped his chin in Mila’s direction. “You have a good time, Mila?”

She tried to hide her grin before she answered him, but we all saw it. “I did.”

“That was one hell of a dress.”

“Thank you,” she answered while lifting her cup of coffee to her lips.

He clicked his tongue and shook his head. “Between that dress and the stores you dragged us to while Ethan and I were shopping with you?—”

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