Total pages in book: 27
Estimated words: 24894 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 124(@200wpm)___ 100(@250wpm)___ 83(@300wpm)
Estimated words: 24894 (not accurate)
Estimated Reading Time in minutes: 124(@200wpm)___ 100(@250wpm)___ 83(@300wpm)
“What do you want?”
“Why did you hire Elsy Harbor?”
“She’s the best.” He shrugs and doesn’t give any further explanation.
“I could almost believe it if it wasn’t for the other night on her birthday. You know what she means to me, and you have some kind of vendetta against my father.”
“The issues I have with your father don’t concern you.” He moves around his desk and puts his hands in his pocket. He’s careful with how close he gets to me, and his eyes don’t miss a thing.
“That’s where you’re wrong.” I move so that the desk is between us, and it’s probably for the best. “Anything with my father or Elsy concerns me. In fact, I checked into your story.”
“And did you find anything interesting?”
“I saw that your company has been working on some less than savory projects.”
“Which isn’t your concern.” I see his jaw flex at the angry statement. “Did your father tell you that before my father died they were working on experimental drugs together?”
“He mentioned they had business together at some point.”
Gray laughs, but there’s no humor behind it. “They were creating performance-enhancing drugs for the military. Sound familiar? Maybe you found that in your research.” When I don’t say anything, he keeps going. “Did you know that you weren't the first one to have an accident in Dr. Nash Lone’s lab?”
The hair on the back of my neck rises as he places his hands on his desk and leans forward. It’s then I notice that his size is so similar to mine that we could be mistaken for brothers. His hands push down on the desk so hard I hear the wood groaning. Then his eyes flash a bright blue that I’m all too familiar with, and I stand there frozen.
“Nash Lone isn’t going to get away with what he’s done.”
“What?” The one word comes out of me in a quiet breath, but he blinks and his eyes turn back to a deep brown.
An alarm on his desk goes off, and he straightens. “If you’ll excuse me, I’ve got a meeting with Japan.” He adjusts his tie and pretends that nothing has happened.
“I don’t believe you. My father would never hurt anyone.” I think about my accident and wonder why the hell my father would be working on those experimental drugs. Did he know that Gray had been exposed to it too? Now there are more questions than answers.
“Ask him.” Gray shrugs like he doesn’t care if I believe him. “You’ll know if he’s telling the truth.”
I press my lips together as I storm out of his office and back to the elevator. Gray doesn’t say a word to stop me, and when the door closes, I look at the buttons and see the basement level is the lab. Without thinking, I push the button, and the elevator descends.
A moment later, I’m surrounded by glass and lights as I look around to all of the people in the lab. I scan one room after another as I walk down the long hall, and then I see her.
Elsy is wearing a lab coat and holding an iPad as someone goes over notes with a group of people. This isn’t how I wanted today to go, but I’m so close to the edge, and I need her. I have to calm down before I go back upstairs and rip Gray Malice apart.
“Elsy!” I call out and slam my hand on the glass. It’s a miracle I don’t shatter it. I think if I hadn’t had my eyes on her it would have. She’d given me a sliver of control.
The entire lab turns around to face me, and I see her eyes widen in shock when she realizes it’s me. She comes running out of the room to where I’m standing, and I grab her.
“Key, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”
I’m vibrating with the need to lose control, but I have to keep it together. “I need you,” I say and pull her against my body. “We have to go.”
“Okay,” she says without hesitating. “Let me get my bag.”
I’m hesitant to release her, but eventually I do. I see her walk into the lab and say something to a woman nearby, who glances at me and then nods. Elsy takes off her coat and grabs her bag before rushing out to me again.
“I’m ready,” she says, and together we leave JM Technologies.
Chapter Thirteen
ELSY
“Key.” I lean into his side and try to calm him.
I’m not sure what happened, but something is wrong. It can’t be because we were separated and it’s driven him to this point. He left me at my apartment last night and didn’t lose it. I was only at work for a little over four hours, I think. I’m not completely sure since it’s easy for time to flash by when I get wrapped up in a project.