Business Deals

Chapter 62

Cephus' POV

It has been almost twenty-four hours since I checked on katie. I force myself to stay busy with business, but it does me no good. I barely slept last night, fighting with myself not to go downstairs and get her. I wanted her to sleep in my bed… where she belongs.

“She’s demanding that we release her,” Felix explains, entering my office. I don’t look up from my computer.

“Nothing new.” For the past few hours, she has done nothing but demand to be released, which lets me know she hasn’t learned anything yet. I’m not sure if she thought she would get away with what she did, but this will teach her otherwise.

“She screams and cries every time I go down there.” There is a sappiness to his words, and when I finally look up, he looks kind of heartbroken.

“When did you grow a heart?” I joke. This is not like him. Felix has been one of the most ruthless of my family friends. That’s why he is still here, and no one else is.

In this business, you can’t bless someone with