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She couldn’t trust her father. Couldn’t trust Hudson. Couldn’t trust anyone.
She was completely alone in this.
“Jake will stay here and look for clues,” Hudson continued. “But we should go.”
“Fine.” The resolve in her voice deepened. “Let’s get back to the office. I’ll figure out what to do from there.”
CHAPTER
THIRTY-FIVE
Natalie climbedinto Hudson’s Lexus, her hands shaking as she slammed the door shut.
Strangers had been in her house. In her bedroom. Going through her things.
Looking for what?
Hudson started the engine, and they pulled out of the driveway and onto the road leading back to the office. Her mind continued to race.
Should she tell her father? Should she call the police? Should she?—
She glanced at Hudson and saw the tension in his jaw, the way his eyes kept flicking to his mirrors.
“What’s wrong?” she murmured.
She glanced behind them.
Then she saw it. A black sedan followed them.
Natalie’s pulse spiked.
Were these the same men from the marina? The ones that had run her off the road and into the ditch? Had they found her house, broken in, and now were following her?
“It’s going to be okay,” Hudson murmured. “We just need to stay calm.”
Stay calm.Easy for him to say. He did this kind of thing for a living.
Natalie forced herself to breathe steadily.
The drive back to Ravenscroft International felt like it took hours instead of minutes. The black sedan stayed three cars back, professional and patient. Hudson kept his cool, never even breaking a sweat.
But she saw how he kept glancing in the rearview mirror.
They pulled into the parking garage, the black sedan following still.
Her heart pounded harder.
She needed to trust Hudson, to trust that he had a plan.
But coming in here seemed like a terrible idea.
Those men could draw their guns and shoot them—and no one would be the wiser.
Not to mention the fact that whoever was in that car had followed them deliberately, openly.
That meant either they wanted to be seen, or they didn’t care about being noticed.
Neither option was good.
