Page 10 of Never Again

“Well, I mean, not everyone,” Nathan said, clearing his throat awkwardly.

“And by not everyone, you mean me, right?” Bailey asked.

“There’s a good reason for that.”

“And I can’t wait to hear it,” she said, only to sigh when one of the women on the other side of the door said, “Neither can we!”

“Because I knew that you wouldn’t take it seriously,” Nathan said, ramming his fingers through his hair.

“You didn’t think that I would take someone trying to kill me seriously?” Bailey asked, shaking her head in disbelief, only to wince when Nathan narrowed his eyes on her as he bit out, “New Year’s Eve.”

Clearing her throat, Bailey reached up and rubbed the bridge of her nose as she tried to hide her wince. “That was an accident.”

“You got shoved in front of a fucking bus!” Nathan snapped.

“Someone accidentally tripped me,” Bailey said, shrugging it off only to turn a glare at the door when their audience said, “This is sad.”

“And getting locked on the roof and then the fire escape giving out when you were forced to use it to get down?” Nathan drawled.

“Was poor maintenance?” Bailey said with a hopeful smile.

“It had just passed inspection,” Nathan said, sighing heavily.

“Don’t forget about the fire in her office!” one of the women said as Quinn started getting a better understanding of why Nathan decided not to tell her everything.

“That was faulty wiring?” Bailey said, sounding more like a question.

“And your office door just happened to get jammed, trapping you inside?” Nathan drawled.

Nodding solemnly, Bailey said, “That’s it, exactly.”

“And that’s exactly why I didn’t tell you anything.”

She opened her mouth to argue only to close it, clear her throat, and mumble, “Fair enough.”

“Which is why I hired him to keep you safe,” Nathan said, making her frown in confusion.

“But Pam is-”

“Fired.”

CHAPTER5

“I’m sorry. What did you just say?” Bailey asked, sure that she’d misheard the man that she hadn’t seen since she was fourteen years old.

“She’s fired,” Quinn said, folding his massive arms over an equally massive chest and glared down at her in a way that didn’t exactly inspire hope that she was going to be able to talk some sense into him. Then again, she’d never been able to do that.

God, why did Nathan have to hire him? Bailey wondered as she threw her brother a pleading look only to find the traitor pressing the elevator call button with a satisfied sigh and a murmured, “Well, I’ll just let you two catch up for now.”

“Where are you going?” Bailey demanded, watching as the man who had some explaining to do pushed the gate open and walked into the elevator.

“Home,” Nathan said, closing the gate shut as she stood there, helplessly glancing from him to the man who was still glaring down at her for some reason.

Okay, so she knew why he was glaring at her. Still…

“Shouldn’t you stay and handle this?” Bailey asked, sending Nathan a hopeful look that he ignored as the elevator slowly descended.

“I think you’ve got it covered,” her brother said, shooting her a wink that wasn’t exactly helpful before she glanced back at Quinn and-

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