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“Oh good god,” Laura groans.

I elbow George in the gut and he grunts. “Wipe your chin,” I whisper. “And this is Laura. She works with George at Castle and Games. She’s just come to pick my brain.”

“But you don’t work there,” he reminds me.

I roll my eyes. “I know. But I’m not going to say no to helping them.”

He crosses his arms over his chest and I hear George whimper. “They fired you, Imogen.”

“And it wasn’t personal, Dad. It was business. You should understand that running your own. I messed up. This is the consequence.”

“Zach messed up,” he argues.

I shrug. “Yeah, well. He wouldn’t have been there if it wasn’t for me.”

He leans down to give me a kiss on the cheek. “All right. I’ll drop it. Enjoy your lunch.”

I beam up at him. “Thank you, Dad.”

As I turn to leave, he calls me back. “Do you know why Ben wants a bunch of security equipment?”

I shake my head, wondering why he’s asking me.

Does he know something is going on between me and Ben?

I clear my throat. “You’d have to ask him.”

“He’s already left to install it.”

“Then I can’t help you, I’m sorry.”

But then our conversation from earlier comes back to me.

He’s been watching you.

“All right. I’ll be in my office if you need me.”

I turn to my guests. “Just go through that door there.”

“Everything okay?” George asks.

“Yeah, I’m just going to grab my bag.” I tell them. I don’t wait for them to reply before rushing down the centre of the room to my desk. My bag doesn’t look like it’s been touched, but this is what they are trained to do. They are meant to go unnoticed. I search through the contents, and my keys are nowhere in sight.

That sly mother fucker.

I grab my phone and fire off a quick text.

Imogen: You’d better not be anywhere near my house, Ben. I mean it. Leave it alone.

Dean holds his hand out with a piece of paper. “Give this to your hot friend.”

I snatch it off him, ball it up, and throw it at him. “No!”

“Why?” he whines.

“Because the last girl you slept with went psycho.”

“What does that have to do with me? I can’t be held accountable for her issues.”

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