What did this mean? There were more King heirs? I recalled now what Theo’s assistant had said about the lawyers being there. Oh, these wily Kings. Was Chloe accepting the shares? When did the baby appear? She didn’t have a baby with her when I found her in that cabin.
Sato and the rest of the bodyguards were waiting for us outside. When I was inside the vehicle, I immediately whipped out my phone and scrolled to my last exchange with Trevor.
After finding out the root cause of Kirill’s jealousy, I’d been mindful about randomly texting Trevor, but this was urgent.
Me
I saw Chloe with a baby. Anything you want to tell me?
Trevor
No
I gasped in outrage.
Excuse me? Does this have to do with the eight months you couldn’t pinpoint her whereabouts?
Leave it alone.
You’ve changed loyalties?
A text came from my brother.
Dom
Stay out of this, sis
I didn’t respond. I was not keeping secrets from Kirill.
I’m serious.
Grr…
Aralina and I were silent on the ride home. Sato noticed our silence and kept looking at the rearview mirror, but he didn’t say anything. We dropped Aralina off first before we headed home.
My heart skipped when I saw Kirill’s Porsche in the driveway. It was a rare occasion when my husband was home first, and I hadn’t outgrown the tiny spikes of excitement whenever I spotted his car parked in front of the house knowing he was inside.
I found him in the office with Kolya.
He rose from behind his desk to greet me with a kiss. “So how did it go?”
Kolya scoffed. He was still pissed that he didn’t get to burn down the mansion with the Kings inside of it.
“It went well. Theo saw us for a few minutes. He’s busy calming down the investors. By the way…Jeremiah is stable.”
“I know,” Kirill said. “I’ve also received word that they’re prepping to move him to a psychiatric hospital owned by the Kings.”
I didn’t question his sources. As far as the press knew, Jeremiah King had suffered a catastrophic skiing accident. They didn’t want any eyes on the Montauk property at all. “I hope he stays there for the rest of his life.”
“He got away too easily,” Kolya said.
“Give me an alternative,” Kirill said tiredly. “One that won’t send you back to prison.”
“If they catch me.”
“What did Maksim say? Stay low. Which reminds me, you have fan mail at the Zahkarov Holdings offices.”
“Jesus Christ,” Kolya muttered.
