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Mikael’s POV

“Oh? Do you think?” I couldn’t stop myself from asking as my chuckles faded. She appears so innocent that one wouldn’t think she was trying to keep the kids from us even when they ate dinner. “Then what was that action from you at the dinner table?”

“Maybe if you hadn’t drunk four glasses of wine I wouldn’t have acted that way. You should know better, Mikael,” she turned on me, her tone firm.

“Anyway,” Madden was quick to cut in as though he knew my argument with Alicia could stretch on for hours if he didn’t do anything to stop it. “That went as well as it could have.”

“I think so too,” she nodded, beaming at Acker with approval. I rolled my eyes and sipped the rest of my whiskey quietly. “I want to hear what the next step is in handling Cross.”

Her statement was loaded; not only because Cross was an enemy to all of us, but because of how difficult it was becoming to handle hi

“Cross is slippery to catch,” I stated, dropping the crystal tumbler which was now empty with a