Page 118 of Until You

He’d rounded the corner, and the store was in view halfway down the street.

“Here at this corner is good,” she said.

“Lanie, where do you work?” Tyler asked in a quiet voice as he pulled up to the curb.

She could see he was putting things together. Was he worried about the conflict of interest with his firm?

“Tyler, I know you must have a lot of questions, but…”

He put the car in park and turned to face her with worry in his eyes. “You’re not a time management consultant, are you?”

“No. It’s my cover,” she said. She gripped her hands in her lap to keep them from shaking. “I’m in charge of opening a new store for Montgomery Enterprises. My project is the opening.”

His eyes widened. “Yesterday…you were upset…Randy…he knew.”

“I know your firm represents the store trying to keep us closed. Randy had looked over my contract and asked me to keep it quiet. He didn’t know about your firm’s involvement when he reviewed it. But that night at Loose Park, when I talked to him after the shoot, he assured me you had nothing to do with the case.”

“Lanie.” He sounded like he was strangling.

She grabbed his hand. “I know you think I lied to you, but I couldn’t tell you. But now…”

“Lanie. It was me. I’m the one.”

She shook her head. “You’re the one what?”

“It was me, Lanie. I’m the one who shut you down.”

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