“If this is what I get when you take me out,” I murmured, sliding a hand along her hip, “I’m happy to let you kick my ass all day, every day.”
Her laughter softened, and she dipped her head to kiss me.Slow, lingering, the kind of kiss that made me want to forget about Victor Kane entirely.
This was the effect Ariana had on me.She made me want to shut out the world and focus on her and her alone.
But we couldn’t.
Not until she was finally free from her past.
Suddenly, the gym door swung open, startling both of us.
I snapped my head in its direction as Blake came to an abrupt stop.
“Shit.Sorry.”He looked between Ariana and me.“Didn’t realize I’d be walking in on…anything.”
“You didn’t.Just me kicking Henry’s ass.”Ariana smirked as she rolled off me.
I loved Blake like a brother.But right now, I wanted to kill him for interrupting us.
“He needs a good ass-kicking every now and then.I’m Blake, by the way.”He extended his hand toward her.
“Nice to finally put a face to the name,” she said as they shook.“I’m Ariana.”
“I know.”He winked at her before turning to me.The lightness left his face instantly.“We need to talk.”
I got to my feet and grabbed a towel, wiping the sweat from my brow.“Did you find something?”
“I did.”
I shot Ariana a look.“We’ll pick this up later?”
She nodded.“Go.”
I pressed a quick kiss to her temple before following Blake out of the gym and into my office.
He dropped into the chair beside the monitors and tapped a key.Footage popped up of a man standing next to a pickup truck, pumping gas.
“What am I looking at?”I asked.
“Victor Kane,” Blake said.
My pulse slowed, sharpened.“Where?”
“Near Lake Okeechobee.Used his credit card this morning.I got an alert, so I hacked into the system at the station to check the footage.It’s not great and I can’t make out his face, but he has the same height and build.”
“I’ve never known Victor Kane to wear anything but designer suits.Certainly not jeans and a flannel.”
“He’s probably hoping no one recognizes him.”
I considered this for a moment, then asked, “Do we know where he is now?”
He hit another button, and footage of a cabin on a lake popped up with the same truck from the gas station parked in the driveway.
“He also turned on his cell phone this morning to make a phone call to an electrician.I was able to track it to this cabin.”
Relief punched through me so fast I had to brace a hand on the desk.We wouldn’t need Ariana as bait.We could end this without putting her at risk.
“What do you want to do?”Blake pressed.
