Chapter 0267

“You said you would tell him,” I said.

“”

“I was getting around to it.” Julian shrugged. “The right moment just hadn’t come up yet.‘

“You gave her that necklace to help her out specifically in this place,” Nicholas said. “I highly doubt that you couldn’t find a moment to tell me about it.”

“That’s the truth,” Julian said. “Besides, so long as one of us gets the message to help her out, does it matter which one?”

“Then switch it to me,” Nicholas said.

an argument they

I gave Nicholas a flat look. He wasn’t helping deescalate this argument shouldn’t even be having in the middle of Terry’s office while searching for secret compartments in his desk.

Nicholas deflated a little, under my look, though he didn’t uncross his arms. The moment his eyes returned to Julian, they hardened again.

“I wanted both,” I said.

I will set it to both,” Julian said. “The

it will take you two minutes on your phone,”

think we’re doing something vastly

Nicholas was firm.

searching, Piper.” He retrieved his phone from his

current drawer I looked through didn’t have a compartment along the top, but when I traced my hand along the side, I felt a small catch. I pressed down and

pulled the letter from the secret compartment and

eyes were

opened the letter then nearly dropped it.

Nicholas asked, more to himself than anyone else. “It even says to burn

scooched closer to me to peer at the letter over my shoulder.

“Hubris,” I said.

so… This…” Nicholas was at

whistled. “It’s damn incriminating.”

a letter addressed to Terry, welcoming

years, long enough

over to the

hatred swirled in my

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