Page 42 of Affair
H.
Christ.
For a bunch of rich-y riches, the Sevilles were a pain in his ass. Honestly, Von should have just stolen all of the money from the freaking Duke, and he would have had the same amount of money. Unfortunately, his ego was at play here.
When they divided up, the one group opened the door, and a mangy dog came lunging out, trying to protect the house.
“Grab that mutt, and tie it to the fence. We’ll deal with it later,” he said, kicking Rufus hard in the leg, and making the dog yep when he hurt him.
One of the guys grabbed the dog by the back of his neck, and picked it up from the ground as the dog was screaming in pain.
“I need that crypto key, or we’re fucked. Like end up in a ditch, fucked. Mr. Donore will call out some of his other ex-military guys to handle us.”
And no one wanted that.
Heading into the house, they tore it apart.
Because somewhere here…
There was fifty million dollars waiting to be found.
And they’d make sure they found it.
Chapter Two
A Car
Heading Into NOLA
Wednesday Morning
Same Time
The flight to the city was an incredibly quiet one, and Elizabeth completely understood why. Sometimes, coming back here was difficult, and not always for just her—for others too.
In fact, someone she loved was going to have to face down some demons.
BIG.
ONES.
What kind of demons?
Nothing less than the personal kind.
When Elizabeth was given the dossier from the CIA bureau chief, and Axelle wanted a situation handled in NOLA, she’d had to be tough.
How?
Well, when Ethan wanted to join her and the man beside her, she had to basically tell him that it wasn’t happening.
It caught Ethan off-guard that she was taking someone else, and not in the customary way that she liked to keep the men in her life on their toes either.
The man beside her needed to come back here to vanquish the demon that just wouldn’t stop poking the hive. It was a long time coming.
Oh, and Ethan wasn’t happy.
Honestly, she couldn’t blame him.
