“Which one?” Sin asks from the front seat.
“The one Oscar liked to do meetings in. It’s a little smaller, and I did some digging on it at one point and saw that it was actually in Nico’s name.”
“On it.” Woodcroft peels out and drives half an hour to the warehouse.
“You need to stay here,” Stone tells me, but I’m already rolling my eyes.
“Like hell.”
“Look, I’m not banning you, but stay behind us,” Woodcroft says, looking at me in the rearview mirror.
He’s trying to protect me from what we find.The thought makes my stomach convulse, almost gagging again.
“Flank out, cover all exits. Ready?”
The team nods and moves into position before we move to the door.
“One, two, three.”
Chapter 35
Claire
Nico’s strong grip tosses me into the dingy bathroom that’s on the loft level. That’s going to leave bruises.
Nothing has hit me yet. Not that Nico is alive, not that he’s taken me to a place I’ll probably never be found. Not that my stomach keeps tightening periodically since he shoved me in the car.
Shit.I need to find a way out of here.
Looking around, I don’t find anything that could help. Nothing sharp, no windows.
I’m stuck.
God dammit, it was so fucking stupid to leave my door unlocked. I know better. I got too comfortable, and it gave this psycho the perfect opportunity to snatch me.
“Get up.” His voice from the door I didn’t even hear opening startles me.
“How are you alive?” I ask the first thing that comes to my mind. I struggle to stand, yet Nico offers zero help.
“Well, that was quite easy. Cano thought he was working his way up, but in reality, I was a sort of mole for the LP Group.” He nudges me down the stairs.
“What?” I don’t even know what group he’s talking about.
“Do try to keep up.” His voice is completely different, more sophisticated. “I work for Lorentz and Page. Well, them and others.” He smirks.
“Then why am I here? I know nothing.” My hand goes to my stomach as a cramp hits me hard.
“You know far more than you think. And you are surprisingly smart. I was given the directive to bring you in so we could use you in the research department. We’ll call it justice that I get to rip you from Chris, or should I sayAdam?Taking something from him is just a cherry on top of the sundae. And to find out you’re pregnant? Ha!” He claps his hands. “I couldn’t have planned it better if I tried.” He gestures for me to sit at the lone table with a computer on it.
Okay, so he’s not going to kill me because they intend to put me to work?
“And how am I supposed to have this baby?” I ask, knowing it’s stupid to even ask. My stomach tightens again, stretching to my lower back. I wince but try desperately to hide it from the man who tricked all of us.
“Not my problem. I’m to hold you here until Hunter gets back into town.”
Those fuckers. They got off on bail and are allowed to just galivant around like nothing happened.
“And when is that supposed to be?” I snark.
