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“Are you going to tell me why out of all the security options you kept that guy around?”
“I’m still alive.” Her stare was hard. “That should be enough for you to know.”
“Fair enough.” Maybe later she would tell me about the things that had happened while I was gone.
I strolled to the foyer table and walked back through the suite with her phone.
“We are going to have breakfast.” I eyed her.
“I need my phone.”
“Breakfast?”
She sighed. “Yes, breakfast.” She smiled slyly.
I handed her her purse and walked to the bathroom while she checked in with her bodyguard. I brushed my teeth and started the shower.
I cracked the door. “Join me?”
She nodded. The phone was pressed to her ear. “Just a few more minutes,” she mouthed.
“I’ll start without you.” I winked, closing the door so the steam could collect inside.
I stepped inside the shower. The water felt good. So did the bath last night. We had talked for hours. Had tub sex. More sex. Talked again until we fell asleep.
I lathered the soap between my palms. I kept watching the door, waiting for Kennedy. I thought I heard the outside door slam. I turned off the water and grabbed a towel.
I stepped from the glass enclosure and wrapped the towel around my waist. “Kennedy, what’s taking so long?”
I stared at the bed. It was empty. I wandered to the kitchen. She wasn’t in the suite. I spotted the brass key on the table by the front door. Next to it was the necklace. I lifted it in the air. The diamonds sparkled around the pearl. The inscription swung back and forth.Carpe Noctem. We had done that last night. More than once.
There was a note scribbled on the hotel stationery, pinned to the hotel latch on the door. What was going on? I yanked it off the lock.
I know it’s you.You’re BONO.
That was all it said.I clasped the pearl in my hand. Shit. How did she find out? Paul had combined a shell company on top of shell company to protect the PAC’s identity.
The water from the shower puddled at my feet. I closed my eyes. She wasn’t coming back to the suite. That note might as well have been a death threat. She was going to come after me with everything she had.
I had to be ready.
I needed a plan to get her back.
