Page 69 of Indiscreet

“You think so?” I murmured.

“I do,” Elliott answered. “He wouldn’t leave you.”

I bit my lip. “Will you Elliott? Now that you’ve finished with The Agency?” I couldn’t ask if he was finished with me. I didn’t know where I stood with him most of the time, but what I was sure of was that we shared something more than friendship.

“The Agency case isn’t over and done yet,” Elliott said as he took my hand. “I’m here now. How are you feeling? I hate that I couldn’t stop him from hitting you, but I needed his confession—”

“You did the right thing. I’m fine,” I said then cleared my throat. “Whatever can stop what happened from happening again is worth living through a few bruises. Where are the other women? Liz?”

“Vincent convinced the first officer on scene to let the women leave with the men,” Elliott told me. “But with all we know now, they won’t get far.”

I appreciated his optimism. Then again, most of the men would probably want to distance themselves from this scandal once it became public.

Elliott took the envelope Dane had given me from my shaky hands. “We’ll fly back to Seattle together as soon as the doc says you’re free to go.”

I was free to return to the life I’d known, but now I was more than miles away from cosmetic samples and Christmas-tinis.