Chapter 0266

Where could I hide? Behind the desk? But wouldn’t that be the first place someone would go to if they came to this room? There weren’t many other spots to hide. A couple of high–back chairs were dotted around, but they wouldn’t provide much cover.

“Piper?”

My thoughts came to a screeching halt.

That was Nicholas’s voice.

I rushed back to the door. “Nicholas?”

“Oh, thank God,” came Nicholas’s voice, muffled with the barrier between us.

“How did you know I was in here?”

“I was snooping around. When I didn’t see you with the tour group, I came looking for you.”

“Did they move on without me?” I asked. If they had, Terry likely immediately noticed my absence.

“The servants were taking them back, from what I could tell,” Nicholas said. “Terry wasn’t with them.”

A pit opened in my stomach. Did that mean he was looking for me too?

“I want to get out of here,” I said, fear apparent in my voice, even to me.

“Step back, Piper.‘

“What are you going to do?”

to get you out of there.”

door! I rushed away at once, moving behind the

“Three…” Nicholas said.

“Two…”

hell do you

I’m getting

it clear we’ve snooped through the room. Stop. Just stop. Let a professional handle this.”

in

to the door

person,” Julian said back. “Just one

The lock clicked.

we go. No brute

“Whatever,” Nicholas grumbled.

pushed open. Suddenly,

down,

message, Piper. The GPS works.”

was palpable. I had been even more scared

found me first…

to. For a long, special moment we

his absence, Nicholas wrapped both arms around me,

get going,” I

office,” Julian said, looking around.

anything

Julian held up a finger. “But did you look in the

and I stepped away from each other. I followed Julian toward the

the drawers,” I said. “Everything seemed

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