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Ishouldn’tandcan’tgo there with Aurora for many reasons. The first is that even a devil like me knows she deserves better. After meeting her tonight and realizing she’s just a regular girl with dreams, I know she’s not the kind of girl you fuck and leave after as if nothing happened.
That leads to the other reason: I can’t be the guy who would stay.
The goddess might have managed to throw me off balance, but in all my years, there has only ever been one real exception, and that’s not a path I’ll be traveling again.Ever.
Aurora Wright is a means to a very profitable end, so I’m just going to have to exert better control of my dick.
Jericho’s sinister chuckle interrupts my thoughts. “And it looks as if she was as pretty as her pictures.”
Those pictures were good, but they were nothing in comparison to the real-life Aurora Wright. The woman holds the kind of rare beauty that inspires art and forbidden fantasies.
“Orbetter,” he adds in a melodical voice upon seeing my reaction and added silence. A cunning smile spreads across his face. “This is going to be very interesting.”
“Jericho, stop pussyfooting around shit and playing with me. What did you find?”
That smile of his grows wider. “Everythingyou need.”
I straighten, this key piece of news sending euphoria surging through me. “Everything?”
He nods, displaying the proud smile of the exceptional MIT graduate he is. “You were right. Everyone, even William Wright, has their secrets. And I found them.Allof them.”
Jericho never fails me, and I always have his back. That’s what makes us a good team.
I go in for the kill when we want something, and he digs deep for all the tools I need to get that something. He’s the best financial analyst on this side of the planet and a world-class hacker who can get whatever intel you need. From what a person ate for dinner to who they’ve fucked.
Name it, Jericho can do it.
It was he who told me Aurora would be at No.11 earlier, and he helped me sow the seeds for my plan. Now, I can take it to the next level.
He leans over the arm of the chair and picks up a manila envelope from the floor. I walk over to take it when he holds it out to me.
It’s heavy. Heavy is always good.
“Thank you. What kind of secrets am I up against?”
“Serious shit. Believe me when I say you have this in the bag all six ways to Sunday.”
Jesus.
Which means all I have to do now is name the price.
I gaze at Jericho, grateful for his help, but since Grandfather unleashed this new path for us, I’ve been curious about what Jericho wants too.
I filled him in on my task within minutes of my private meeting with Grandfather, and all he said was, “What do you need me to do?”
That was days ago. Every time I try to talk to him about it, he changes the subject. I know he spoke briefly with Grandfather today, but he hasn’t told me anything yet.
“You helped me,” I point out.
“Don’t I always?” He raises a brow, but the smile he gives me suggests he knows what I mean.
“Don’t you want the chance to lead the company?”
His smile widens. “Do you want the short or the long answer?”
“Obviously, the long version because it includes the short.”
He swivels his legs off the table and sits straighter, staring at me head-on. “I’d love a company of my own. I’d love to take the lead, but on this occasion, I do believe this position is for you. You want it. Iknowyou want it, and I’m not going up against you. We planned to leave and start our own company anyway. You were going to take the lead on that, too.”
