Page 12 of Rhoni & Dreaux

“Not by force, you can leave whenever you’re ready.”

“When I’m ready?”

She narrowed her eyes on me again. “You know what I mean.”

“I know what you said.”

“If you want to stay, tell me what you did that’s sending you to jail.”

“I already told you, wire fraud.”

“That’s very vague.”

“Intentionally so.”

She narrowed her eyes, leaning forward slightly as she gripped the counter. “You’re already sentenced. Me knowing why can’t change what’s already been done.”

She was right.

“My ex, Shi, worked for a bank as a regional branch manager. I used her information to move money into dummy accounts.”

“That’s why she snitched? To save her job and stay out of prison?”

“Yeah but she didn’t have to do that shit. I told her to trust me. I had it all figured out. All she had to do was give me the time I asked for. One week. She didn’t so fuck her.”

“But you got caught? Maybe she thought you were going to set her up.”

“I would have never done that. I got caught because I left them an opportunity to know what I was doing. It was all a setup. The money I took that they charged me with was only a quarter of a million. I moved it from one account. The money they don’t know about is six point nine million that I moved from multiple accounts and still have. The charges were small enough to go unnoticed in seven-figure accounts. The transfers were anywhere from a hundred to a stack. Once it moved, the transfer was no longer traceable.”

Her eyes went wide. You stole six point nine million dollars?”

“I did.”

“How long did it take you?”

“A little over a month.”

“Fuck.”

“Are you like a genius or something?”

I grinned. “No but I’m good with tech shit and I’m connected to the dark web. The two-fifty was a distraction. I never touched it because the goal was to return it if I got caught. Returning the money and not having a previous record meant minimal time.”

“But why not hide the two-fifty to avoid getting caught at all?”

“That was the goal but it’s harder to hide larger amounts. I also needed something for them to focus on because there was really no way to hide that I’d used Shi to gain access to the money in the first place. They would have known about the hack. If they started digging too much, it would have complicated things.”

Understanding settled into her expression.

“And four years is nothing knowing that you’re coming home to that much money.”

“Exactly.”

I hopped off the counter, crossed the small space that separated us, and wedged my body between her legs, yanking Rhoni to the edge.

When my fingers brushed over her bare pussy, she moaned and caught my wrist. “You’re supposed to be leaving.”

“Am I?”

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