Page 28 of Crowned By the Mafia Billionaires

I laugh.

She presses a quick kiss to my cheek and then does the same to Bennett before walking out of the kitchen. Both of us watch her go.

As soon as we hear her footsteps on the stairs, I look at Bennett. “We can’t lose her.”

His gaze stays on the doorway. “I know.”

I shake my head. “No, I mean it. Last night was the best night of my life.” I take a deep breath and let it out. “I don’t want to go back to what it was before her.”

Bennett looks at me. “Neither do I.”

I barely got any sleep last night, but I feel alert now. “We need to find Victor and finish this.”

His expression hardens immediately. “We will.”

I shake my head. Bennett doesn’t get it. “I mean now.”

Bennett nods. “I know.”

I lean forward. “As long as he’s out there, she’s going to keep looking over her shoulder.”

Bennett looks toward the stairs and lowers his voice. “We need Victor in custody.”

We talk strategy for a few minutes, brainstorming ideas on how to draw Victor out.

We’re in the middle of discussing all the options when Bennett’s phone starts ringing. He pulls it from his pocket and looks at the screen. His eyebrows lift as he answers. “What?” There’s a long pause, and then he says, “Send it to me.”

He hangs up, and I blurt out, “What happened?”

Bennett looks at me. “We got a message.”

I straighten. “From Victor?”

“I don’t know yet.”

His phone buzzes, and when he opens the message and reads it, his jaw tightens. He turns his phone to show me.

It’s a picture of Audrey leaving the office yesterday. The men are surrounding her, but there is a target drawn around her head.

Underneath the picture is one sentence. You can’t protect her forever.

“Son of a bitch.” I grunt and stand up. “Who sent it?”

He keeps staring at the picture. “The number is blocked, but we know exactly who it was.”

I stand. “She can’t go into work today.”

“I know.” Bennett looks at me and shakes his head. “And she’s not going to like it.”

His phone rings again. Bennett answers it and puts it on speaker. Paul, one of the Kingstons’ men, is on the other end. “Grant Sterling is looking for Audrey.”

Every muscle in my body tightens.

Bennett asks, “How do you know?”

“He walked straight up to security at the club last night and told them.”

Footsteps sound from the hallway, and I look up just as Audrey walks back into the kitchen.