“Come in,” Zoe calls out.
I enter her bedroom and find her lying in bed reading a book.
“Hey, you,” she says with a smile.
“You alone?” I ask.
“The boys are in Barcelona for work for the next couple of days.”
I join her on their bed and snuggle in beside her. “I have some news for you.”
Zoe waits for me to continue.
“I was sent a USB stick filled with everything they have found about the jewels on Dmitri and Nikolai’s cloud.”
“Really?” Zoe sits up and gives me her full attention.
“There are videos of us on there.”
Zoe’s face falls. “Bad?”
I nod.
“Shit. Fuck. Who has the videos?”
“I gave them to Sophie and her team.”
“Shit. What if Sophie watches? You know she will.”
“I think Brooks will stop her.”
“She can’t watch them. You didn’t, did you?” she asks in a panic.
“I saw a snippet of mine before closing the computer down. It’s fucked up.”
“I know we lived it. I don’t need to live it again,” she says, reaching out and squeezing my hand.
“There are notes on there with locations of some of the jewels.”
“No!” Zoe gasps.
“We’re going to find them,” I reassure her.
“Whoever this person is, will you thank them for me?”
“I will, I promise. I’m hoping one day soon you will be able to thank them in person.”
Her brows shoot up. “Are you ever going to tell me about him?”
“What do you want to know?”
Zoe chuckles. “Everything!”
24
MAXIM
It’s been a week since I’ve spoken to Grace. Sergei and I got called out on a job, and I don’t talk to anyone when I’m away. No distraction until I get back. It’s so fucking good to be getting back to my villa. I throw my bag in the corner of the room and lie down on my bed with my phone. It’s time to hear my woman’s voice again.