“The introduction,” I repeat.
“Mm-hmm.”
“You’re going to engineer a meet-cute.”
“Obviously.”
“When?”
She tilts her head. “Soon. He’s stressed. Vulnerable. Oksana’s squeezing him. He needs to know there’s a way out.”
“And you’re the way out,” Orion says.
“I’m the way in,” Juliet corrects. She taps the board. “Once he’s ours, he’s safe. Protected. We handle Oksana together.”
“After you seduce him,” Callum says.
“After I introduce myself,” Juliet says primly.
Noah sighs. “You’re going to break into his house again, aren’t you?”
“Maybe.”
“Juliet.”
“What? It worked with you.”
“You manipulated me.”
“And look how well that turned out,” she says sweetly.
Orion laughs.
“Fine,” I say. “You handle Vitaly. We handle Oksana. But we coordinate. No one moves without telling the group. Understood?”
“Understood,” Orion says.
“Sure,” Callum says.
“Yes, sir,” Noah says.
Juliet just smiles.
Which means she’s already planning something.
Something I won’t know about until it’s done.
Par for the course.
“So,” Callum says, leaning back in his chair, grin returning. “Who’s the new guy? Think he’ll be any help with this?”
Juliet glances up from her tea. “What new guy?”
“The one you were eye-fucking at the mall,” Callum says.
Juliet waves a hand. “I haven’t run his plates yet.”
“Yet,” Noah repeats, smiling softly. “So he’s pending approval?”
