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“This goes far beyond love.” My statement is more an observation than an answer to the words he won’t say. “I know everyone always thinks it, and no fucker is brave enough to ask, but it’s the truth. This all goes far beyond love. This isn’t about if I love her or not anymore.”
“So, what is it about?”
Well, it’s looking a little like war.
I laugh mirthlessly. “Seb, you know how business works, and this is why you’re more than a foot soldier to me. I want her found.”
It’s not a request. It’s an ultimatum.
“Beckett…”
His tone is a warning I don’t care for.
“Did I not make myself clear enough?” Casually, I reach for the coffee mug again. “I-want-her-found.”
“You’re expecting miracles now…”
“So what if I am?”
“Look, I’d be more than happy to bring you her head on a silver platter if I thought it would for one second make this situation better, but that’s just it. Your judgement is impaired.”
“My judgement is impaired?”
“Yeah. You’re not objective to this situation. Youarethe situation. If you want her found, fine, I’ll put our best men on it. I’ll have her found, but do you really think I’ve sat idly by not looking? Regardless of what he said, Nicolas had her well-hidden.”
“Nicolas is dead.”
“Yeah, he is, but she’s also just hit the jackpot, so disappearing for her just got bankrolled by daddy’s inheritance.”
I know Sebastian best, and he has only my best interests at heart, but sometimes it’s a fine line between business and pleasure.
Right now, he’s playing a good friend, but I’m not asking as a friend.
“She might have come into her own inheritance, but so have I.” I lean forward, coffee forgotten. “I want her found, and then I want to get reacquainted with her before I decide exactly what to do with her.”
“Your father won’t like this.”
They all think I’m going to turn into a hopeless romantic the moment our paths cross. I can’t wait to show them what’s actually going to happen.
“My father works for me now. You’d better start reminding yourself of that.”
