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“Of course dear,” Chloe said, smirking in my face as she tried – and failed – to push me backward. “Move,” she insisted. “Let’s let her finish up.”

I let out a frustrated grunt, but followed what Chloe was saying and reluctantly left the room. As soon as the door was closed behind us, Chloe turned to me, clear mischief in her eyes.

“Well, he’squitehandsome, isn’t he?” she asked, and I shook my head as my hands clenched into fists.

“Chloe, what thefuckis this?” I hissed, trying to keep my voice down. “You didn’t say shit about naked massages and happy-endings and shit. You made it seem like… I don’t know.Notthis!”

She folded her arms. “I made it seem like exactly what my friend needed, and it was. Did you see the bliss on her face before you barged in there like a Neanderthal?”

“All I saw was the fact that the motherfucker was touching her, and neither of them have clothes on.”

Chloe shrugged. “Monica is a grown woman, it’s no business of yours. She needs to relax, and she needs to sleep, and I certainly don’t see you stepping up to do what needs to be done.”

“Excuse me?”

“You most certainly are.”

“What the fuck is happening right now?” I muttered to myself, and Chloe laughed.

“You’re jealous, is what’s happening right now. And it’s rather delicious.”

I shook my head. “So that’s your role now? Antagonizing me about your friend?”

“For as long as it’s amusing, yes,” she quipped, before a grin spread across her face.

“That’s not very nice.”

“And neither were you. Monica may be over it, but I don’t have to be.”

I sighed. “I thought, at the hospital, that I was back on your good side?”

“Oh, Chadwick. Youare,” she said, reaching up to cup my face in her hands. “But that doesn’t mean that I won’t still torture you.” She dropped her hands to prop them on her hips, shifting to business mode. “Now, tell me – are we any closer to knowing who is behind all of this?”

Scratching my head, I dropped back down into the chair. “Maybe? I know that Kim has been paid a hundred thousand dollars in the last six months, by a subsidiary ofCanvas Cosmetics. It still needs to be investigated further, but I’m pretty confident in assuming that she was being paid to help sabotage the company. I’d put good money on a bet that she was the one who put the virus on Monica’s computer, and made sure that it stayed covered up long enough to put their plan into action.”

“Canvas Cosmetics?Really? That seems… I don’t know. This is all a bit of overkill for a corporate takeover, is it not?” Chloe asked, and I nodded.

“That’s the same thing I thought. Which is why I say we need to keep investigating. Somehow, all of these crimes are connected, and it has to be deeper than somebody wanting to buyVivid Vixen. And I have every intention of figuring it out.”

Chloe smiled. “I have full confidence in you, Chadwick. If anyone can find an answer, I know it’s you. Are you going to tell Monica?”

I let out a heavy sigh. “I’d planned to, but… I don’t know. I feel like she’s gotten enough bad news today. I don’t want to add to it, but I also don’t want her feeling guilty about Kim when I’m pretty sure she has something to do with all of this.”

“Right. Monica said that she’d changed the combination on the safe in her office without mentioning it to anyone. Shealsosaid that Kim was pretty adamantly trying to get her out of the office that night. What if Monica getting attacked was simply a case of her being there at the wrong time? The detectives seemed certain that the safe was the target, but the contents were intact because only Monica knew the combination. If getting access to that safe was part of Kim’s job…”

“Maybe the beating was retaliation for the failure with the safe. I mean, a job like that… you really only get one shot. You fail, and your target adds another layer of security, moves what you’re looking for to another place, and so on.”

Chloe nodded. “Exactly. I just don’t understand why Kim would turn on Monica that way though. Certainly Monica expects a lot of her, but I know for a fact that she’s extremely well-compensated for her time.”

I shrugged. “Beats me. But whenever she wakes up… she has some questions to answer.”

Chloe and I both glanced behind us as the door to the guest room opened and the masseuse stepped out, back in his clothes, with his bag and table in tow.

“Oh, are you finished?” Chloe asked brightly, and the young man nodded, nervously creeping toward the staircase.

“Yes ma’am.”

“Wonderful. I’ll show you out,” she offered, stepping between us again and guiding him down the stairs. While Chloe handled that, I went straight for Monica’s room, looking in at exactly the right moment to catch a – glorious – glimpse of her ass cheeks peeking underneath boy short panties as she pulled her Blakewood hoodie over her head.

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