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“We want to track down those accounts that are in her name and track them back to Edgar,” Jada said soothingly.

“I can’t believe she kept you in the dark about Angela being killed. That left you with a big target on your back, without you knowing about it. She’s not a good friend.” Brax squeezed her shoulder tighter.

“Neither of us knew that Edgar would think that I had anything to do with her or Angela,” Jenny protested.

“Bullshit,” Brax said. “It was obvious.”

Jenny cringed. Brax was right, and she really didn’t want to admit it to herself. She really liked Fiona.

“Look, we need to talk to Fiona so we can track down those accounts. We need some evidence against this bastard when we confront him,” Gideon said.

Brax’s head shot up and he glared at his friend. “We don’t need shit. Just give me two minutes alone with him, and I’ll find out everything we need to know. Then I want another two minutes alone with that fucking CEO.”

“Brax.” Gideon’s voice was one that Jenny hadn’t heard before. It must have been his commander voice. “We’re not out in the field. We’re here in the US dealing with two prominent men in a Fortune 100 corporation. We’ve got to have our ducks in a row.”

“One left Jenny hanging in the wind in Bangladesh on a maybe chance that she might know something about his lover, and the other one killed one woman in England and attempted to kill Jenny right here in Virginia.”

“Yeah, but we have no proof.”

“And I just said I can⁠—”

Jenny put her hand on Brax’s thigh and gently squeezed. He looked down at her and she mouthed the word, please.

Brax nodded.

“Okay. But we better have a plan of action by the time they get home from Paris,” Brax growled.

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“I don’t need a damn babysitter,” Jenny said, her hands on her hips. God, she looked good. This was the first time he’d seen her hair done, make-up on, dressed in a suit and heels. Right now, he’d give her about anything she’d ask for, except when it came to her safety.

“Jenny, you know Edgar and Ronald flew in on Cyber Tech’s jet early this morning. Gideon and Jada have found out all the information they needed to prove that Edgar funneled money out of Fiona and Angela’s shell corporations and put them into accounts that belong to him. They’ve got a tidy little report that they can give to authorities, but we want more. We want confessions, so we’re going to go visit Edgar, and when we do, I want you at Gideon’s house. That’s the safest place for you to be.”

“Brax, I have an interview this afternoon. Mr. Grant could only fit me in at four-thirty.”

“I’m sorry, Honey. You’re going to have to cancel it.”

“I don’t understand why you’ve got your undies in a bunch. You’ve just said that you know where Edgar and Mr. Lynch are going to be. I should be safe. Also, they shouldn’t know I’m at your house.”

“Did you send a resume with Cyber Tech as one of your jobs?” Brax asked.

Jenny nodded.

“Don’t you think the hiring manager called for references?”

Jenny tapped her foot. “No, I don’t. They only do that after they interview you and are interested in hiring you. So, no, big guy, Cyber Tech won’t know I’m there. Now you see why I don’t need to go to Gideon and Jada’s house.”

Brax rubbed the back of his neck. “Jenny,” he said softly. “Can you do it for me? I just don’t feel good about things. I want you safe.”

She stopped tapping her toe and took her hands off her hip. Her expression softened. “Why didn’t you say it that way from the start? I’ll put off interviewing until after this is over with.”

Brax stepped forward, and she met him in the middle. “I don’t deserve you,” he whispered into her sweet-smelling hair.

“You’ve got that the wrong way around,” she whispered into his chest.

At the last minute, Gideon was pulled back to Little Creek by Kostya to clear up a situation, and that put their operation timeline on hold. Brax felt even better about things. Confronting Edgar in the middle of the night was sure to have him shitting his pants. Especially how they intended to do it.

Edgar Travers lived in a plush condominium in downtown Richmond. Mateo would bypass the building’s security and put the camera feeds from Edgar’s floor on a repeating loop for one hour. Within that time, Gideon, Brax and Mateo would go up the delivery elevator with a laundry cart that contained their gear. Confronting Edgar with night-vision goggles, bulletproof vests, and assault rifles should capture his attention as they discussed his involvement with the death of Angela Polk.