These people had chained her up, tried to bomb Atlas, attempted to drown her, and smashed her car.
Who knew what horrors awaited her next.
Cold, wide fingers moved her hair from her cheek. She shuddered with revulsion.
The grip bit into her chin and swiveled her head, forcing her onto her back.
Light coming from outside the room illuminated his face. One she’d known for several months. One that’d been kind. Welcoming.
“Mr. Dunne?” she wheezed. “How— Why?”
He jerked away his hand. “You should’ve kept your nose out of my business.”
She launched into a sitting position again, fury crackling along her nerve endings. “You tried to kill me.”
Energy rushed through her veins. If it weren’t for the handcuffs, she’d have gone for his eyes.
Willy’s face darkened. “I know you gave information to Rex Younge. That’s why he let you go.”
“I-I didn’t tell him anything. I didn’t know anything. I still don’t.”
He stepped forward, looming over her. Her once-caring boss glared with menace. “I’m not stupid. I know Rex. He wouldn’t have let you out alive.”
“I was rescued, you moron,” she snapped, her temper flaring.
His lip curled, lifting his salt-and-pepper mustache. “You were poking around my shipments. Calling companies about weight overages and file investigations. Either you were working with Rex from the get-go, or he found out you were involved.”
“I wasn’t involved in anything!” she cried, her voice rising to a shriek. “I was doing my job. Making sure there weren’t discrepancies that were costing the company money.”
“That wasn’t your job. I told you to leave it.”
She swallowed. The weight of her error filtered through the angry fog circling her vision.
When she’d discovered the mis-weights from the logistics files, she’d immediately brought them to Willy’s attention. Hell, she’d even been proud of herself for catching a mistake that would’ve cost the company tens of thousands over the course of a few months.
He’d looked at the paper blankly then dropped it onto his desk before waving her off, saying, ‘Leave it be. I’ll look into it.’
Only he hadn’t looked into it. She’d continued to spot mistakes—or what she’d thought were mistakes.
She dragged her bottom lip between her teeth. “What were you hiding? Drugs?”
His smirk turned devilish. “If you haven’t figured it out yet, Rex is my biggest competitor. He’s been trying to steal my clients for years.”
She shook her head. “I don’t understand.”
Willy laughed. “Did you really think I only sold produce?” His lip curled again. “You snooped around enough to know what companies I was working with. I know you told him in an attempt to save your life. I’ve lost over a million dollars in revenue since Rex took you. Don’t try to fool me, sweetheart.”
She hiked up her shoulders. “Sorry, the job description didn’t warn you were into illegal activity.”
He whipped his hand against her cheek. Her head flew to the side, and pain seared her tender flesh.
She stared back at him through a veil of tears. She hadn’t asked for this. Hadn’t intentionally tried to expose their operation.
“If I were you, I’d watch your damn mouth.”
Hate engulfed her. “What exactly do you plan to do with me anyway?” She lifted her chained arm. “Hold me prisoner forever? You won’t get away with it. You have no idea who you’ve angered.”
Atlas would come for her. She’d seen his team’s resources and the lengths they could go to in order to find someone who didn’t want to be found. If they could locate Rex in a matter of days, they could find her here—wherever the hell here was.
