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There were no high school or college records. There was nothing that made her a living person. No parking tickets, car registered under her name, or loans.
“What does this mean?”
“It means that she has done a good job at keeping all records of herself concealed.” I shook my head, trying to understand the implications of it. “I’ve seen this level of anonymity in witness protection, but that’s it. She should have at least a bank account, but I can’t find anything on her. It takes a lot of effort to be off the record to this extent.”
“Could it be unintentional?” I asked.
He paused. The length of time between my question and his reply gave me hope, but when he finally spoke, my heart sank. “I can’t think of any way it would be unintentional. Unless she’s a recluse, but she has to have a job. She has to have at least one tax return in her life. Maybe a lease agreement orsomething.Dante, there’s nothing on a Sienna Rossi.”
I wondered how I could have misread her to such an extent. She wasn’t reclusive. That was something I knew for certain. She didn’t give off the impression of someone in witness protection, and if she were, it would have been something that would have come up in conversation.
My mind hovered in a state of fog after what we’d just experienced together. There were things I didn’t know about her—a lot of things—but I couldn’t bring myself to jump to conclusions when I felt like I knew her in a way I’d known so few other people in my life. There was more to this. There had to be.
Even through the haze or what we’d just explored together—even in knowing the way I felt about her—I knew this had to be further investigated, but I wouldn’t jump to conclusions. Not yet.
I’d have to figure it out.
“Well, I have a connection that I need you to look into. His name is Cameron Diaz. I don’t know the connection to her, but there’s one there. If you can use him to find out more about her, do it.”
“What kind of dig do you want me to do on him? Do you just want me to use him to find out more about her?”
I chuckled under my breath and stared at the office door, imagining the woman lying in my bed down the hall. “I want it all. I want to know where he lives, works, and drinks coffee. I want to know everything.”
“Let me see what surface-level stuff I can get first.”
I waited as Justin clicked his keyboard on his end of the line, making small noises of affirmation every few seconds. I envisioned the things I’d do to this Cameron Diaz. Maybe I’d learn what he’d done to Sienna, and then I’d make him relive it over and over again.
The thought sent a thrill through me.
“He’s underground deeper than most people, but I’ve got a few leads. Give me a couple of days, and I’ll email a full report once I get it.”
We ended the call, and I wondered what this information meant. I stared at the wall across the room and tapped my fingers across my desk. Justin would find something on both her and Cameron, and when he did, I’d be ready.
15
Sienna
I woke alone, and by the time I stood and looked around the room, all that had occurred the night before settled in my belly.
I should have felt immense regret or shame.
Logically, I knew I shouldn’t have allowed it to go so far.
But every part of me still hummed from what we’d done. I’d heard stories of losing your virginity being awkward and cumbersome. I never thought it would be a memorable experience, but as I ran my fingers across my lips and concentrated on the dull ache between my thighs, I knew it was a night I’d never forget.
Fuck,memorable was the only word I could use to describe it.
But now, I had work to do.
I dressed quickly and reached into the pocket of the dress I’d been wearing the night before. I winced as I held up a torn piece of fabric, but I moved past it and pulled the small phone from the pocket. I should have thought to better conceal it, but mercifully, Dante and I were both far too distracted to focus on a phone.
I exhaled deeply as I tried to shift my mind back to where it needed to be.
I was supposed to gather information and then kill Dante. I wasn’t supposed to open a line of communication with Valentino, but after what I’d heard, I couldn’t follow through on that plan. I needed to warn him that Dante waspissed,and we were running out of time.
I moved across the room and peeked out the doorway, looking in both directions and furrowing my brows.
No guards.
