"I think she thought if she confronted him at the gala, he wouldn't deny it because he didn't want to start a bunch of drama. Instead, he kissed Newt, who was his executive assistant at the time, and then announced to the world that they were engaged."
"What happened to the woman?"
"Brittany? She got locked up in a loony bin."
"For trying to get Knox to marry her?"
"No, for shooting Newt."
My eyes rounded. "Oh damn."
"Right?" Andrew chuckled. "Getting you away from Brasov is small potatoes compared to the lives of my bosses. If you thought being a lawyer was boring, you've never worked for the owners of Silver Spoons Inc."
"I'll take your word for it."
Maybe we all needed to visit the loony bin.
Chapter Fourteen
~ Andrew ~
The bedroom door flew open.
I yanked the blankets up and rolled to hover over the top of Dalton. I didn't relax until I realized it was Newt rushing into the room. "Newt, do you mind?"
"No," Newt replied before hurrying over to Dalton's side of the bed. He set a stack of clothes down on the bed then held his hand out. "Here, put this on."
"A ring?" Dalton asked as he took it. "You want me to put on a ring?"
"It's an engagement ring."
I almost growled. "You're already married."
"Yes, I am," Newt replied, "and you're about to be."
My eyebrows shot up to the top of my forehead. "Come again?"
Surely I hadn't heard that right.
"Brasov somehow convinced the police that you kidnapped Dalton. They're here with a warrant to search the place. We need to convince them that Dalton is here of his own free will. Taking a page out of our book, we decided you two would be engaged. That gives you a better leg to stand on with the authorities."
"What about Cam and Clarke?" Dalton asked. "Andrew can't be engaged to all of us."
"Ivan had them taken down to Jerome's apartment until this is over. He has some of his guys watching over them."
"Then why can't I go there?"
"Because the warrant is only for you. The police need to see you face to face so they know we're not holding you here against your will. They need to hear you say this is where you want to be. It'll mean Brasov doesn't have a leg to stand on, and it will look very bad for him to be messing with one of our employees."
"How did they even know where I was?"
Newt shook his head. "I don't know, but that's not important right now. You need to put on that ring, get dressed, and then get out there and act like an engaged couple." He glanced at his watch. "You've got about five minutes."
I chuckled when Dalton grabbed the clothes and raced for the bathroom, but my amusement quickly faded away when I realized I needed to do the same.
"Engaged?" I asked as I glanced at Newton.
He shrugged. "Seemed like a good idea. Even if the police want to take Dalton downtown to question him, as his fiancé, he can ask that you go along. If you're just a friend, they can make you wait in the waiting room."
