The news has the same impact as a bomb detonating. “Are you serious?”
“I couldn’t believe it myself, but some of those emails are pretty explicit and leave nothing to the imagination,” Niels says. “It was there in black-and-white.”
“What about her lover?”
“Yeah, what about him?” I piggyback on Slate’s question.
“Thana was sleeping with multiple men at the same time, Phoenix.”
My eyebrows shoot to my forehead, my eyes widening in shock.
“I should say she wasprostitutingherself,” Niels says.
I frown. “You’re going to have to translate that.”
“These key men needed favors or information. Thana had a price. According to numerous exchanges—I would prefer to still be oblivious to—the financial kickbacks were a given. The sex was to seal the deal and because… I wasn’t adventurous enough in bed.” He lets out a sarcastic laugh. “The things she let those men do to her… disgusting. Adventurous, my ass. Thana is into twisted kinks I wanted no part of.”
Good God.“Un-fucking-believable.”
“Oh, but there’s more,” Niels says, bitterness lacing his words.
“What more?”
“She was sleeping with a third man.”
I flinch. “Three men?”
“Probably four,” he says. “She was courting this vendor for God knows what reason.”
I’m incredulous. “What the fuck?”
“From the emails I read, it seems she tried to lure Brock, but he reminded her numerous times he was married. And faithful.”
“How honorable?” I sneer. “The backstabber decided not to cheat on his cheater wife.”
“Among the men, Thana was sleeping with––”
A knock at the door interrupts Niels in midsentence.
Dammit.
“Give me a sec, Niels,” I say.
“No problem.”
I swing my gaze to the door. “Come in.”
Lydia pokes her face through the door. “I’m sorry to interrupt.”
“How can I help you?”
“Bryce Van Der Linden is calling on the landline. He’s been trying to reach you, but it goes straight to voicemail. It’s urgent.”
Chapter 34
Michaela
Istep out of the elevator and my phone rings.
