“Whatever, Brit,” Connor went on. “You’re not going to get your hands on Maisie or the resort, okay? Because I also have things I can make happen and make happen fast.” He leaned in close to Bryce again. “Trust me.”
“You’ve got nothing,” Bryce stated confidently.
Connor shrugged. “Hey, whatever you need to tell yourself to make you feel important, but that girl in Miami? And the one in Key West? Aruba? Cancun? Daytona? Vail?”
He continued to rattle off a list of locations that Maisie had no idea what he was talking about, but with each location, Bryce looked a little less confident.
“You didn’t get them all to sign NDAs, and you certainly didn’t offer them settlements. I believe your dad’s legal team was having a hard time keeping up on that spring break. You may not remember their names, but they all remember the name Bryce Chadsworth.”
“You’re lying,” Bryce countered. “We settled with every single one of those girls. All charges were dropped. There’s not one stitch of evidence out there.”
All Connor did was smile serenely. “If you say so.”
“Listen, Winslowe…”
“I don’t have to,” Connor interrupted. “It’s not just the women, Chadsworth. I also know about the gambling. Both yours and your father’s. I know you’re planning on latching onto the Quinnlands as a way of recouping your losses. But the real question is, does Maisie’s family know?”
“But…how?” Maisie asked, even though she wasn’t sure exactly what she was asking.
Before anyone could say anything, Milo walked in.
Great. More people to witness my humiliation…
Without a word, he placed a folder on the stainless-steel island. Then he stood on Connor’s other side.
Her head was spinning.
“You should leave, Bryce,” Connor said. “The report on your finances has gone to Maisie’s father.”
“It’s already been received and read,” Milo chimed in.
For a moment, Bryce’s jaw moved, but he didn’t utter a single word.
Then he looked at her and called her the one word all women hate before storming out.
It didn’t seem possible for it to be so quiet you could hear a pin drop, but it was until Connor, Walker, and Milo came to stand in front of her.
Axel kept his distance, and honestly, she couldn’t blame him.
“Are you okay?” Connor asked, concern lacing his voice.
“I…I honestly don’t know. You never mentioned having any information.” Her voice was shaking. “You said…”
“We were making sure we had enough information,” Connor explained. “It’s just a coincidence that Bryce showed up the same day we sent the information to your father.”
“And you never mentioned that you were going to share it with my father. I mean…what happens now?”
“Your father read the report,” Milo began.
“How do you even know that?”
“It was hand-delivered by one of the members of my legal team who also does business with your father. Small world, right?”
“And getting smaller,” she murmured, even though she was still confused. “So what happened when he read it?”
“Unfortunately, not much. Your father took the papers, looked them over, and asked my guy to leave. All I can safely say is that he read everything.” He paused before adding, “And if you ever need leverage against him…”
“Jeez, Milo,” Connor muttered.
