“I was asleep,” I grouch, hitting the accept button to open the door. “What the hell were you doing hacking my phone, and how on earth did you get up to this floor?”
She sweeps past me and into the space behind me, shooting me one of herdon’t be ridiculouslooks as she goes. I know for a fact she’s not on my accepted visitors list. She sometimes visits Lottie, but I would have been consulted before her name was added. It’s never been necessary. Yes, we’ve worked on projects together. Her hardware designs are some of the best on the market, but she comes with her designers to the office for meetings with Todd, myself, and the team. However, she’s never here and never alone.
“Well?” I ask, turning to face her, only to find she’s moved further into the apartment.
I shut and lock the door before following her.
“Pen?” I say, finding her by the window, staring out over the city.
“Quite the view you have here, although I’m surprised you moved from Hampshire. You always loved the greenery.”
I move to stand next to her.
“I do, but then needs must. It’s easier to live here,” I say as if that explains everything.
Pen turns to me.
I sigh. “Darra was there. Itwaseasier to live here.”
Pen shakes her head as she stares at me.
“What the hell went wrong?” she asks.
I’m not going there, especially with her.
Only Gabriel and Leah know the truth.
“You didn’t answer my question,” I say, trying to distract her.
“You first,” she says.
“No way. I asked first.”
Pen pulls a face.
“My contact came back. I have a list of names I want to run past you. As for the other. Hacking is my thing if you haven’t realised by now, and getting up here was child’s play.”
I’m instantly awake.
“A list of names?”
I ignore the rest of her statement, which I’ll focus on later.
“You must have been in a deep sleep,” she mutters. “Keep up.”
I take the list she has in her hand, my eyes scanning over it.
“What are these names?”
“These are employees with unusually large transactions in their accounts or those of family members.”
I grab a pen and move to the table.
Five names are present.
The first three I can disregard immediately.
“Won the lottery.”
