Page 32 of Dichotomy

“My gut says the offer is genuine. He could have just told me about not being at the office tonight, but he gave me a key too. If it was a trap, I think he wouldn’t have given me a key to just walk in. There would be more evidence against me if I had to break in.”

“And we think that key is for the FIA’s office here? An actual key and not a key card?” Izzy questioned. Her messy bun was the only indication she was feeling the pressure without me there.

“It checks out,” Liam said. “We know where the office is, and I checked the building’s schematics. It’s one of the few in the area that haven’t updated to electronic locks yet, so it likely is.”

“There will still be cameras.” Marcus said.

“Please, what do you take me for?” Liam said, offended. “I hacked those as soon as we knew where the office was last week.”

Marcus rolled his eyes, but there was a smile playing on my grumpy boyfriend’s lips. I couldn’t help my grin.

“Okay, so we go in tonight,” I said, getting us back on track.

“Who’s we?” Grace said. “Because you can’t go.”

“With the FIA agents at the bar, why not?” I argued. “The risk is minimal.”

“Unless it’s a trap,” Izzy pointed out. “And then we played right into it. Danny and Grace should go.”

“I can go,” Sebastian said.

Izzy shook her head. “No, you shouldn’t go either. For the same reasons Eve can’t go. The five of you are too visible right now.”

“I don’t like this.” I frowned at Izzy.

“I know. But you’re still not going,” Izzy shot back. “We can’t lose you, boss.”

“I can’t lose any of you,” I fired right back.

“Okay, how about this…” Adrian cut in. “Danny and Grace go to the office. Maya and Izzy go to the bar to keep eyes on the FIA agents. They won’t be out of place there. Sebastian, Liam, and Evelyn can stay in the van and be eyes and ears, while Marcus, Alexander, and I patrol the perimeter?”

I stared at him as I thought that through. “That’s not a bad plan, actually,” I said slowly.

He smiled. “Well, I did do this for a living for Uncle Sam for a decade or so.”

I wrinkled my nose at him, and he laughed.

“Okay, so we have a plan,” Alexander said.

“We don’t have a ton of time to prepare,” Marcus pointed out.

Alexander nodded. “We’ll have to clear our afternoon as much as we can. Evelyn, can you get started on that? I can help.”

Danny straightened. “Grace and I will scope out the place and report back.”

Adrian nodded. “I can join you. We can take separate cars and then share what we see.”

“Sounds good. We can leave in an hour, if that works for you?”

Adrian nodded. He crossed the room and pressed a kiss to my forehead. I sucked in a breath at the intimate gesture, my cheeks on fire even as warmth spread through my stomach.

“See you later,” he murmured.

I avoided looking at the TV screen after he left, but Danny didn’t let it go. “Glad to see things are going well,” he teased.

I glared at him, but there was no heat in it. “Don’t you have a job to do?”

“You got it, boss.” He saluted me, and Grace rolled her eyes.