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Victor straightens and I’m certain I’ve landed on the right name.

“What does Skylar Cameron have to do with my husband? I know she has a residency here. God damn it. Did Finn fuck her too?”

Victor laughs. “No. You don’t have anything to worry about there. She was a significant witness against two of the Russians who went to prison in Nevada.”

“Oh. That makes his irrational hatred of her songs make a lot more sense. What does that have to do with your business with Finn?”

Victor shakes his head. “I’m not at liberty to disclose those details, but this has been helpful.”

“Is he making more noise than just visiting the casino?”

Victor shakes his head. “Not that we’ve heard, and we’ve got eyes and ears everywhere.”

“So does Finn. Your questions about Skylar remind me he was ranting about her being a whore and having a secret boyfriend that would piss Hunter Novak off. Apparently, she used to be engaged to Hunter? It was weird that my husband was up on popstar gossip, but I was too busy trying not to piss him off, so I paid little attention to it.”

My stomach is in knots just talking about all of this, and now I want to understand how the popstar relates to everything. Is it really just that she was a witness that put some of Finn’s friends away? Or is there more to that story? Something tells me there is more to it. But I’m not going to get answers out of Victor, I can already tell.

“Thank you, Liliana. This has been enlightening. I’ll make sure someone brings you dinner, and we’ll be moving you to my house as soon as tomorrow evening.”

I give a nod of acknowledgment, but my mind is spinning too fast to say anything else. Though the idea of seeing Victor’s house sparks something in me that is both inappropriate and exciting.

Chapter 26

Victor

“Whowasonthephone?”

“Sabrina. She was informing me she’s staying with Tyson tonight.”

“We’re staying here tonight, Mariposa. It was good of her to tell you, though.”

“I like the idea of a sleepover,” Grace says with a soft smile.

I kiss her temple. “Very good. Pick out the room you want to stay in and make yourself comfortable. I’ll join you when I’m done here. I’m expecting one more call.”

Matteo calls again after Grace is gone, and I settle into my office chair. “Owen thinks moving might be the best choice. But only if we can get Lili out of the building unseen. Luke has suggested we drive one of the linen trucks and wheel her out in a linen cart.”

I laugh at the idea of putting Lili in a linen cart.

“Will it draw suspicion if the linen truck comes early?”

“That’s what I said, and the next pickup and delivery isn’t for two more days. Can you sit tight there until then?”

“If they are watching us, it will draw more attention if we don’t come and go as normal.”

“Perhaps. But I don’t want to put anyone at risk, and you’re safer inside the club than you are elsewhere. Especially with the sabotage to Grace’s car and the mysterious flower deliveries you still haven’t addressed.”

Matteo is right. I don’t want Grace out of my sight for a moment when we don’t know if recent events are connected to what is going on with the rest of us.

“OK. We’ll stay put until morning at least. It wouldn’t be the first time one or more of us have crashed here because we didn’t want to drive all the way home at the end of the night.”

“I’m worried that Draven will start taking bold risks if he doesn’t get his wife back soon. Word is he’s looking to get an audience with Novak to find out what happened when she left his casino, and that’s going to mean the boss is breathing down our necks, especially Owen’s and possibly even yours since you were on duty that night.”

Getting Hunter involved is the last thing we want, but it may be unavoidable at this point. “It’s a mess. I’ll grant you that. But let’s not worry about that until we have to.”

Matteo agrees to table the issue of moving or staying until morning, and I go in search of Grace. I find her in the Queen’s suite, and I step inside, closing the door behind me.

“Are you OK, butterfly?”

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