“What about the footage from inside the office?”I ask, and in response, Ethan pulls up another video.On hitting play, it shows the man entering the office and pointing something towards the camera.The screen turns dark.
“What the hell was that?”
“I don’t know,” Ethan says, his voice tight.“I already asked the janitorial staff.According to them, the floor was scheduled to be cleaned at eleven.Whoever this person was, he knew of the schedule.”
Silence fills the room after his words, and I let out a gust of air.“He definitely took something.We have so much crucial information, guest lists, vendor lists.Everything is locked up under passwords, but I have a feeling it’s not as safe as we thought.”
Ethan gives me a grim look.“The launch is in three months.I want it to be smooth, Caleb.”
“I know.”
“What is going on here?”Natalie’s voice breaks the tension just as the door opens.
Ethan immediately minimizes the screen, and I realise he doesn’t want Natalie to know of this.I wonder why.
“Ethan?”She gives him a curious look.
I immediately turn to her, putting on my most pitiful expression.“Ethan’s trying to get me in trouble with our father.He’s got a video.”
“Oh, the Ferrari video?”Natalie chuckles.“I can’t believe you crashed it into the garage door.How drunk were you two?”
“I wasn’t the one driving,” Jake points out lazily.“Caleb wanted to get more beer.”
“You know about the video?”I gape at Natalie.
“Of course.I was the one who told him it could be good leverage against you two.”
Ethan gets to his feet, his hands in his pockets.“Well, I suppose complaining to my fiancée is no longer an option.”
Natalie glances at him, looking surprised.“You’re actually blackmailing them with it?I was just joking.”
He grazes her cheek with his knuckles, his voice lowering several octaves.“Your word is law.”
I watch my brother and gag loudly.“Get a room.”
“You get out,” is Ethan’s retort.
Natalie bats his hand away, her cheeks a pinkish hue.“I’m not here to flirt.I wanted to give you the list of candidates for the new finance head.We also have a prenatal checkup in the evening, so we need to leave early.”
Ethan is about to say something when Jake jumps at the opportunity.“I can take you, Natalie.I mean, as the Godfather of your and Ethan’s kid, I should be helping out?—”
“You’re not the Godfather.”Natalie blinks.“Who told you you are?”
Jake grins.“I dare you to name a better candidate than me.”
“Nick.”Natalie doesn’t skip a beat.“You and Caleb are out of the running.I’m not having lunatics who crash cars into garage doors looking after my baby.”
Jake sighs.“I told you I wasn’t driving.”
She just rolls her eyes at him.“You let Caleb get behind the wheel.Besides, I know all about your little bet with Ethan.Not happening.”
“You tattled?”Jake hisses at his twin, offended.Ethan shrugs.
“Anyway.”Natalie looks at me.“How’s your investigation going?”
I make a face and sprawl into the chair across from Ethan’s desk, deliberately casual.“The investigation’s going fine.I got assigned to the Serastra 70 project with Eve Lopez, so whoever tries to leak the campaign data will have to go through both of us.”
“Who’s Eve Lopez?”Jake asks when Natalie raises her brows.
