Chapter 268

James isn’t happy, but he also doesn’t have a better idea.

So I finally convince him later that evening to drive me to the

luxury hotel where I know Ryker has been staying.

We don’t say much to each other during the long drive.

I can tell James wants to convince me not to do this, while I

want to ask about Jessica.

However, I know that puts James in an awkward position, she

his sister, after all. It wouldn’t be fair to expect him to not respect her privacy or whatever.

So we sit there in strained silence with the weight of all the things we’re not saying hanging between us.

Instead of using the valet service at the front of the hotel, James insists on parking the car himself nearby, which leaves us about half a block away to walk.

As we’re approaching the hotel, a woman steps out through the revolving doors and gets into the back of a black town–car waiting for her.

I stop dead in my tracks as I realize it’s Karolina.

is she

just stepped out of the same hotel where

so I suppose it’s possible she was just meeting someone and

do with the fact that Ryker is staying

me

else is going on here, and I wonder if

Aaron and the

now a

of all this,

determination, I march into the

where Ryker is staying.

makes me wonder about the kind of life he lives where he can’t even

the outside of the room.

speaks into

nod and let us in, since apparently

penthouse has a spectacular view over the city and out toward the

is standing by the bar to one side of the sitting

says with a smile that doesn’t quite reach his eyes. “Can I get

up a stance near the inside of the door.

you’re drinking,” I tell him

cross the room.

see,” Ryker teases, before pouring a measure of expensive

says as he brings the drink over to hand to

I’m

mate?” I ask, ignoring the sharp pang in my chest I get whenever anyone mentions Aaron and

expression sobering.

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