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“When you arrive at the hotel, I’ll wire $500,000 into your account.”
“You will? Why?”
“As I said, I want you out of his life.”
“I don’t believe you.”
“You have my word. Send me your bank details, and I’ll organise it while you pack.”
My eyes widen in shock. Is he really going to give her the money?
“I swear to God, if you fuck me over, Bennett, I’ll make your life a living hell.”
“You don’t scare me,” he says, his voice turning eerily calm.
“You have no idea what I’m capable of,” she threatens.
He chuckles, but his features quickly harden. “I have more power than you could ever imagine, so I’d be very careful if I were you. Oh, and Amanda …”
“What?”
“A word of warning, if you take one thing out of that house that doesn’t belong to you, I’ll have you charged and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
“What about the things he’s given me. The jewellery, designer bags and clothes …”
“Take it all. I don’t want any part of you left in that house when he returns.”
With that, he ends the call and quickly makes another.
“Marcus, it’s Bennett. I need you to head over to my brother’s house. His ex is moving out. I’ve given her two hours to pack her shit. I want you to drop her off at the seediest hotel you can find when she’s done.”
“Wasn’t Nolan supposed to be getting married this weekend?”
“Change of plans,” Bennett replies, giving nothing else away. “Can you do this for me?”
“How seedy are we talking?”
“Something cheap and nasty with bedbugs.”
I can’t help but snicker at his last request.
“So she did him dirty?”
“You could say that.”
“On it, boss.”
The second he ends the call, I pounce. “Why would you give her half a million dollars? She cheated on your brother,” I shriek. “She deserves nothing after what she did.”
“Because she’s a gold digger. For women like her, money talks. Besides, I did it for Nolan. That fucking nightmare needs to disappear from his life once and for all.”
My eyes almost bug out of my head. “But it’s half a million dollars, Bennett.”
He lifts one shoulder in a casual shrug, like it’s no big deal, but when his gaze locks on mine, his expression turns serious. “I can afford it, Poppy. By the time she blows through that kind of money, he’ll be well and truly over her. Besides, there’s nothing I wouldn’t do for the people I love.”
The people I love.
The words hit me square in the chest.
