AllFreeNovel
Share Us
Inside our bedroom, she curls up on the bed with a book. I bend down to kiss her and walk backward, taking her in. I already miss her when I drive to the compound. My phone rings and Sawyer says, “Couldn’t find anything on our men.”
“Then who got us, a fucking ghost?”
“I’ll move to check the files next.”
“Go home. You can do that from there.”
Cameron is already at the compound when I get to my seat at the table.
I glance at my watch, appreciating that Hayden’s a punctual man.
He steps inside, shaking my hand in a firm grip. I gesture to a chair and he unbuttons his jacket. “I hope your wife is all right?”
Cameron snaps his head from Hayden to me with an inquisitive look. “She’s doing better.” I gnash my teeth and ask, “Something to drink?”
“A glass of scotch.”
After pouring the drinks, I place mine on the desk and say, “What can I do for you?”
“The money I make on the markets is a lot more than I earn with real estate.”
Isn’t it always the same?
“How much are we talking?” Cameron baits him and his upper lip twitches in a smile.
“The exact amount you have on your report about me,” he says in a no-nonsense voice. He’s a bit too arrogant. It would be easy if he were stupidly arrogant. Because a cunning man is a dangerous one.
“We have to do our homework.”
“I did mine as well, on the banker, the mafia heir, and the star politician. Everyone knows about the three of you. Behind those masks hide the leaders of the most feared syndicate in the country.” There is not an ounce of fear in his voice though.
I take his file from my desktop. “Fifty million a month.”
“I am looking for a better interest rate as well.”
“That is a lot of money to move around.”
He nods, and after we settle the last details, I open a bank account for him.
“I heard your parties are legendary. Nights of sex and games and whatever tickles your fancy.”
He knows way too much for someone who was never invited. I stare at him and he raises his hands. “Word gets around.”
No, it doesn’t, but what better way to keep him under my thumb than having him as a client?
“Then tonight, you won’t be disappointed. But if you heard correctly, you know your phone stays off-limits.”
I press a button under the table and Max, one of the security guards, comes inside. Hayden hands it over and Max knows what he has to do. “We’ll keep it in a box for you, sir.”
I say my goodbyes and Hayden says, “Aren’t you staying tonight?”
“No.”
There is a glint of something in his eyes as he says, “She must be a lucky woman.” But the subtle derision seeping from his tone has me balling my hands into fists in my pockets.
“Enjoy yourself.”
Cameron follows me to my car and says, “I don’t like him.”
