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“I swear, I won’t tell a soul.”
“Saint doesn’t own Morgan Tech IT.” I scrunch my face in confusion, trying to read between the lines of what he’s saying.
“I don’t understand, he did the hostile takeover and pushed his father out.”
Crue nods. “Yes. He put the company in a trust so that technically he doesn’t run it. As long as he doesn’t run it or own it as such, Devon can’t touch his inheritance. He never took over the company and ran it once Devon was out. He changed the name and shut down all the illegal shit his dad was doing, but he left it to be run by the board until after he turned twenty-one.”
“Crue, I’m not following,” I say honestly.
“If Saint took over the company now, before he turned twenty-one, Devon would get half of everything that was left to Saint by his mother. He needs to wait till after he turns twenty-one to claim the company as the owner, then be able to run it as he sees fit.”
I’m missing something here, I see it in his eyes. Crue would never betray Saint by telling me his secrets, he’s giving me enough information to try and piece it together myself. I take a moment to mull over everything he’s said and try to piece it all together. The moment I understand his meaning, I gasp and stare at him with wide eyes. Crue smiles encouragingly telling me without words to say it aloud.
“Saint can’t sign over ownership of Morgan Tech to Devon because he doesn’t own it… you do.”
“Morgan Tech isn’t just owned by me.” I frown and cock my head to the side. “We knew Devon would come after Saint, we didn’t know how or when, we just knew it would be before his birthday so we needed a fail-safe.” His gaze bores into mine with an intensity I’ve never seen. “Saint knew if Devon hurt him or tried to harm him in any way, I would sign the company over without thought.” My eyes widen.
“Oh my God.” The smile he wears falters slightly.
“You have to understand, we didn’t have a choice and had planned to tell you… eventually.”
“I own half of Saint’s company,” I breathe out.
“Yes. It was the only way to ensure Devon could never get us to sign it over.”
“He took my fucking daughter, Crue! How could he not know?” His gaze hardens.
“He thinks he can use her to manipulate Saint into signing everything over to him. Even if Saint wanted to, he can’t. You and I own Morgan Tech IT. Devon will never be able to touch what is rightfully Saint’s. I think Saint is going to announce this at court, which is why he sent us a warning.”
“I’m not following.”
“Devon is going to try to come after us, we need to make sure that he doesn’t leave that courtroom. We need to meet with the others and come up with a plan to have him charged. I need you to help me find the proof that he was the one who leaked the video of Leah and the pictures of Alexa.”
A whoosh of air escapes me. “I can do that.” He smiles but I’m about to wipe that off his face. “We need someone to back up that he did do it though, you won’t like this but we need Gary to back up what we are saying.”
“Oh fuck no. Darius will kill us.”
“We don’t have a choice. You need to make Darius understand that his brother is the only one who can help us get rid of Saint’s father for good.”
Crue
We didn’t get in till late last night, and decided that it would be best if we all got a good night’s rest before coming up with a plan. I still haven’t told Darius about Katie’s plan to bring Gary in to help lock Devon’s ass up. Katie spent the morning checking out the house, she nearly fainted when I told her I bought the house for the three of us. She shouted and screamed for a good ten minutes before finally calming down enough to register the fact that she has a home here, with us. I know shit is all up in the air with where the three of us stand with each other, and right now I don’t have the emotional or mental capacity to deal with that. All I know is, I love them both and want—no, need them with me.
“Leah just text, they’re all on their way over.” I place my mug in the sink and turn to face her. She stands there nervously wringing her hands in front of herself. Sighing, I make my way over to her and wrap my arms around her, holding her close.
“We have a couple days to get everything set up before we have to go to court. We can do this, Katie baby.” She pulls back and cranes her neck back so she can meet my gaze.
“Promise me, that no matter what happens, we don’t leave without Saint and our baby.” Gripping her face between my hands I bend until we are eye-to-eye.
“You have my fucking word that Saint and our daughter will be coming home with us on Friday, even if I have to murder every cunt in that courtroom.” Relief shines in her eyes before she meshes her mouth to mine. I grip the back of her neck and try to deepen the kiss but the fucking front door opens.
“Oh, should we come back?” Katie pushes away from me and faces our friends with a shy smile and shakes her head. Leah shoots her a wink as she makes her way toward us and fails miserably at whispering, “I want every detail.”
“I can hear you,” I deadpan.
“So can I!” Darius grits out from a few feet behind her. I motion for everyone to take a seat in the living room. Beck pulls Val onto his lap while Darius and Leah opt to sit on the floor and play with Dawson. Nathan keeps his head down as he follows the others into the living room and opts to lean against the back wall instead of sitting. Alexa walks through the front door looking thoroughly disheveled, her hair a mess and her face is flushed. I’m about to ask if she’s okay until I see Corv saunter in behind her. He shoots me a wink.
“You dirty fucker,” I tease. He laughs as he makes his way over to give me a hug and then joins Lexi on the couch opposite Beck and Val. I lead Katie over to the other single seat and pull her onto my lap. I look around the room at our friends and smile, but it’s forced. It feels wrong him not being here with us. My gaze strays to Dawson and a pang of longing hits me in the chest as my mind begins to wander to my own daughter. What does she look like now? Does she smile often? Would she cry if I held her?
