Page 44 of Charming But Reckless

I logged off a few minutes later trying to keep my emotions in check so as to not draw attention to myself. It didn't work though because Orion was up and out of his chair leaning on the desk I had set up near Memphis before I could even pull up anything about this Jackie guy.

"What's bothering you? I can tell something is off,” he demanded.

I chuckled then shook my head. "It's really creepy how you're able to do that. It's not like we're twins or married or something."

His eyes sparkled. "I can't fix the twins part but that second one doesn't sound that bad. Worked really well for Takeshi."

My mouth dropped open. I didn’t get a chance to answer since Cohen pounded a fist on the table where he and Godric were sitting. "No one else gets married before me and Big G. That's the rule.”

Several laughs rang out across the room and Orion shook his head. “I don't know why those two just don't go get married in Vegas or something. It's ridiculous to make us all wait.”

If I didn't know he was teasing, I might have believed he was being serious about the marriage part.

It was far too soon for that. Plus, he had promised to give us a trial run. Though even I had stopped thinking of it as that already.

“I really think Memphis should hear this too.” As I spoke to the other man looking over the side of this cubicle.

"What's up?"

I bit my lip then connected my computer system to the big screen. The conversation with my contact showed up there for them all to read. I’d made sure to save it before deleting everything to hide the evidence.

Memphis cursed loudly, then jumped back into his chair and started clicking away at the keys.

Ronan whistled softly. “This is really fucked up. Varr of all people?"

I raised my brows. "You know him?"

Orion came around and put a hand on my shoulder. “Everyone in the city knows him. He owns an entire chain of grocery stores across the state. It may be bigger than that now, but the guy has millions, maybe billions, of dollars because the grocery store chains also have gas stations and then there are alcohol stores. It's a whole thing.”

I nodded aimlessly. “And he's into buying children.”

Memphis shouted in victory. My screen disappeared from the wall, his own replacing it. I saw a photo of a man who had to be somewhere in his 50s looking at the camera. He was wearing a business professional smile and standing in front of a grocery store.

“Jackie Varr, 58 years old, has lived in the city his entire life, frequently gives to charities and political organizations,” Memphis spouted. “He's also a widower and has a daughter who is married. She is set to inherit the family fortune should something happen to Jackie.”

Memphis paused dramatically as we all took in that information.

"Do you think the daughter knows?" I asked.

Godric wrapped his knuckles on the table. "Highly doubtful considering she's got children your son's age."

I whipped my head in his direction. "What!?"

Memphis pulled up another image on the screen, this time a family photo. Varr, the woman I presumed was his late wife, the daughter who looked just like the woman, her husband, and three small children filled the wall.

"This photo is from two years ago," Memphis said.

Ronan grumbled, "I would be willing to bet anything that the daughter has no idea her father's is a fucking pervert. Who wants to tell her?"

Orion raised his hand. "I would love nothing more. It would be an honor."

He was far too exuberant about it. There was sarcasm in his tone, but his gaze was pure fire. I should have been scared. Instead, my body reacted as a bolt of lust had torn through me.

Takeshi pulled out his phone and started typing on it, effectively pulling me from my dirty thoughts. The group chat everyone had with him went off where he said, "Arick and Sol should be the ones to lure her into a conversation somewhere public like the park."

Memphis snapped his fingers. "I can pull up a schedule, find out what they do when. She's definitely one of those women who has an online calendar. Those super moms.”

Everyone looked at me, their gazes curious.

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