Chapter 145

The room is spacious and clean. Quite opulent. It’s like the designer transported the insides of an Italian villa-complete with marble and finely upholstered furniture, glass chandeliers and even a cozy, roaring fireplace-into this dockside commercial building.

The stark comparison to the vacant warehouse behind me has me doing a double take.

“That’s our shipping and receiving area,” he says easily. “This

room is for receiving our special guests.”

That sounds creepy and ominous. “Ryker.”

I recognize him immediately as the wolf from the restaurant.

His features are too remarkable to forget.

He sniffs a bit at the gun in my hand, like it’s some accessory

that he finds offensive.

Whatevs.

“My brother?”

holds out his hand. “Come. Sit.”

but I can’t kick the feeling that

papers. At a glance, I see my name on them and Roberts

pin me and

use his looks, this

sense that this

“Sign them.”

has to be at least a hundred pages long.

trying to read them, I’ll

let my brother d ie. I just can’t. Not after losing

my attorney

said the funniest thing. A few seconds later, his

they say?”

turning over everything.”

to skim, but really I’m just looking to buy time. My options

out. And

the call, I need to see my brother first.

can rebuild. Raise

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