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“Arabella, stop

,” Hunter said, more forcefully this time

She ignored hi to the numbers above the elevator doors that indicated that so to the upper floors Feeling unsettled and anxious and upset, she decided she wasn’t going to wait around for the elevator to arrive when there was an alternate route that would get her to the lobby, then out to the main street, , she’d either catch a cab or call an Uber to take her to her father’s place in the city

Hearing Hunter’s footsteps behind her and not wanting to give hi, she darted down the side hallway and pushed out the e of curses hit her ears just as the door slammed shut behind her and she raced down the spiral of stairs until she burst free into the lobby, ran out the , and headed down the street toward the next block

Once and for all, Arabella wasn’t going to let up on her father until she knew everything, even if it was painful for her to hear—and dear God, she was expecting the worst Because when her relationship with her father flashed through her mind, she realized she’d spent so e What did she really know about him, his business, and what he did outside of the idyllic home life he’d created for the two of them?

She hadn’t known about her father’s ga addiction or the astronoly signed all his assets over to what had been the equivalent of a loan shark They’d been living a lie and she hadn’t even known, and the possibility that her father was cold and calculating enough to extort money from sa issue or fund their lavish lifestyle made her nauseous

Cars drove along the street, but there were no cabs to hail Keeping a fast walk, she unlocked her phone and pressed on the Uber app to request a ride, and right before she completed the process, a black Mercedes with tinted s ca the curb The back door opened right in front of where she alking, and before she could skirt around it, a rabbed her arm, and yanked her back into the vehicle with him

It all happened so fast she didn’t even have tiht before the door slaed back into the flow of traffic, leaving her sitting next to a scary-looking ed scar slashed across his face, and ice-cold fear running through her veins

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Considering the outstanding way his one with ethical law enforce fantastic nated spot in the underground parking structure and headed into the lobby of his building, dread settled like a ten-ton weight on his chest because his elation was co Arabella’s entire world apart

But there was no stopping the wheels that had been set into take place tomorrow, and as much as he’d come to care for Arabella—more than he’d ever believed was possible—he’d already disappointed his brother and sister once, and letting theain wasn’t an option He’d proht, and he refused to let this golden opportunity slip through his fingers when Theodore and Gavin deserved to rot in hell

Or in this case, in prison Possibly, for the rest of their lives

Maddux wearily scrubbed a hand along the light scrape of beard covering his jawline, honestly wishing that he’d met Arabella under better, e for her father’s debt Maybe things would have ended up differently for them, but he’d never know and he wouldn’t dwell on the recent past What was done was done, and after he sat doith her tonight and revealed as going to happen to her father touts and never want to see hiain He was sure of it

It was ti so she understood his reasons for going to the lengths he had to bring Theodore to his knees Securing her father’s debt and assets had only been a small preview to Theodore’s destruction What no one else knew, not even his brother or sister, was that Maddux had spent years and hundreds of thousands of dollars in resources trying to build a solid case against Theodore and Gavin for their criminal activities

What he hadn’t expected was all the corrupt political representatives and law enforceet the duo arrestedbecause as Maddux had uncovered, the case against Theodore and Gavin was er than just the two of the, he’d learned that Addingwell Financial—where they and anized crime