Page 163 of Their Arrangement

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Still in the safe.

I didn’t have a chance to grab it.

Barron came in. Almost saw me.

I can’t risk that again so soon.

… Three dots.

She was typing.

And typing.

I didn’t respond.

Not yet.

I closed the thread. Swiped to Wolfe’s name. Hovered. I thought about texting him. Just one line.

I opened the safe. I’m scared.

But I didn’t. Because he’d come. And I didn’t know what was worse?—

Facing Selene alone, or facing Wolfe with the truth.

I locked the screen. Reopened Selene’s thread.

Typed.

SELENE:

You’ve had weeks.

CLOE:

You want it clean, right?

No flags. No audits.

You want out, and I can give it to you.

SELENE:

You have 48 hours.

CLOE:

I need 72.

He’s watching me too closely.

All of them are.

SELENE:

60.

Make it look like an accident.

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