AllFreeNovel
Share Us
As ready as I’ll ever be. “Yes.”
“Good. Let’s go.”
I pull in one last breath to try to calm my mind before we leave.
Dad and I proceed down the corridor and head to the hall. When we enter, everyone cheers at the sight of me.
I smile back at each person as Dad leads me further inside, and I assume the role of the ecstatic bride-to-be.
Nathan meets us in the middle and beams at me with his Ken-doll smile and razor-sharp good looks. Like every other time I’ve seen him, he looks photo-shoot-ready.
When he plants a loving kiss on my forehead, I mentally give him credit. He really does know how to play the game. That kiss almost felt genuine.
A spark of interest lights up his eyes as he looks me over. He’s about to say something when the doors on the other side of the hall crash open and in storms a group of FBI agents.
An audible chorus of gasps—including mine—ripples throughout the room at the sight of them.
The sound of our astonishment grows louder when the agents march up to Conrad. One agent starts reading him his rights while another cuffs him the moment he protests and calls to Jennifer, Nathan’s mother, to call their lawyer.
The arresting agent says something about securities fraud and embezzlement. It’s then that it hits me he’s being arrested for serious shit.
My God.
Nathan’s father?
“You can’t do this!” Nathan demands, rushing over to the group.
That’s all he gets to say before two agents take hold of him and arrest him too.
A sinister part of my mind wonders if this is the universe intervening, until I feel eyes burning into me.
The feeling is so intense that I look straight up to the second floor, from where I feel the pull. Just like at the restaurant nights ago, my eyes lock with the Nordic blues of Knight Grayson.
He’s resting his hands on the stone balcony, gazing right at me.
Only me.
Dressed in a long black coat, he looks like the Grim Reaper coming to collect souls. The arched windows behind him are open, letting in a breeze which lifts his coat and hair, adding to that element of darkness and doom he’s exuding.
The sight of him stuns me, and I’m instantly taken back to the intimate, forbidden moment we shared when I would have given myself to him.
The memory is only fleeting, as common sense slams into me like a fifty-ton truck, along with reality, and the first question that hits me is,what is he doing here?
The question is followed by those last words that have haunted me.
The next time we meet may be different. We don’t know yet if we’ll be friends or foes.
Not even a second passes before something dark and twisted dawns on me.
This…what’s happening now. Nathan and Conrad being arrested.
This is what Knight Grayson is doing here.
And those words…
I think this was what he meant and why he’s standing in a position where he was sure I would see him.
Knight straightens, then turns and walks away, blending with the shadows.
