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CHAPTER 142

Author: Proscovia
last update Last Updated: 2023-10-03 19:42:22

Zy glanced down the hall. Laila’s light was still on. “Should I encourage her to go to sleep?”

“You can try, but she won’t.”

With a grim press of his lips, Zy shook his head, made two cups of coffee, and headed back to the table where Trees furiously scribbled notes, peering at the screen, then his list of chicken scratchings growing longer.

Zy was on the last swallow of his java—along with his last nerve—when Trees finally looked up. His friend’s grave expression told Zy he wasn’t going to like whatever Trees had to say.

Fuck. His heart nose-dived to his belly. His throat tightened. “What?”

“There are footprints of communications from what looks like a Gmail account to an external mail host with its servers in Switzerland.”

“Why is that important? Why does the server location matter?”

“Because the Swiss have some of the strictest tech privacy laws in the world. No one is getting their hands on that information. A lot of people use this kind of service. People who don’t like their ema
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    God, could everyone tell his heart was breaking?“The baby is asleep. Don’t expect her to wake for a few hours. Make yourself at home and wait to hear her. Call Trees if you need anything. Otherwise…we’ll stay in touch.”“Yeah, okay. I don’t have a problem with that, but maybe someone else should do this. You’re upset.”Fuck, why couldn’t he have fallen in love with Madison? She didn’t excite him…but she would never have betrayed him. Maybe the trade-off would have been worth it.Then again, he’d always been a rebel. It stood to reason that his heart—like the rest of him—would do exactly what it wanted. And it only wanted Tessa.“This is my job. I need to do it. Will you be okay here?”“Yeah. Of course. If anything happens, my dad is just down the road.” She reached out hesitantly, cupping his arm so gently he almost didn’t feel it. “And whatever happened in the past, I’m your friend, too. If you ever want to talk…”She meant well, but his insides curdled at her pity. “I appreciate th

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    “No! Don’t. Stop, Zy! Please…”At the bottom, he set her on her bare feet and nudged her toward an empty metal chair under a single light bulb. “Pleading won’t work with me anymore. I’m going to interrogate you, Tessa. I’m going to let you sit here alone for fifteen minutes. When I come back, I’m going to have a metric shit ton of questions for you about who you betrayed, when, and why. And I better get answers that jibe with the evidence we’ve got or I swear to god being in this hole will seem like paradise when you’re done dealing with me. The worst part? I convinced myself I was so fucking in love with you. And all you did was stab me in the back and rip my heart out through the hole you left. I won’t give you that chance again.”She gaped in incredulity—or was that horror?—before she curled up in the chair and gathered the blanket around her protectively. Zy steeled himself against the fear in her eyes and the tears falling down her face. He tried not to be moved by the fact she w

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    If she hadn’t been already, she would soon be fired from her job. Not that it mattered, because kidnappers weren’t good people, and as much as Tessa hated to even think this, the reality was she might not need to provide for her daughter anymore.Then there was Zy. The man who had dragged her underground wasn’t the man she’d fallen for. This version of him was harsh and unforgiving. Pure warrior. There would be no reasoning with him. He’d become an enemy combatant with no compunction about doing whatever necessary to compel her surrender.As the minutes dragged on, worry warred with regret. Neither did her any good. She had to live with the reason she’d never told Zy about Hallie’s abduction. It was the same terror for her child that had prevented her from sleeping for days—until tonight.Earlier, after Zy had fucked her with such desperation and anger, she’d showered and fallen onto the sofa, curled up and sobbing with Hallie’s blanket for all she’d lost. Then she’d fallen into an ex

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    “Fuck, baby…”His growl tightened the need between her legs. But that was nothing compared to the jolt of sensation that coiled inside her when his palms crushed her hips and his fingers dug into her fleshy ass and he began plowing into her, one long, urgent stroke after another.Tessa felt invaded and adored at once.Zy sucked her nipple between his teeth and suctioned it against the roof of his mouth. She tugged on his hair and pressed his face against her chest, chanting his name, as arousal soared, churning between her legs.“More. Zy… Please.” Tessa closed her eyes and pulled him into her, straining to get as close as possible as she gave herself over to his fevered rhythm.“Can’t stop. Want you. So. Fucking. Bad.”“I want you, too. I never stopped.”He scoffed. “I never mattered to you.”The fact he thought that horrified Tessa. She grabbed his face. “You were everything to me.”She ached to tell him that she loved him and had for months, that she hadn’t said the words before ou

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    He loved her too damn much.And tonight had only underscored one indisputable fact: he was totally compromised. And no matter what she’d done, he belonged to Tessa.Fuck, he needed to make some decisions.As soon as he got some answers.With a ragged breath, he stepped toward her. “You swear to God you had nothing to do with Kimber’s abduction?”She turned even more tense. “Nothing. I promise.”“Is that your final answer? Think carefully. Trees has your computer and your phone upstairs. He’s taking both apart now. He’ll know the truth in the next few minutes.”“I only passed on information after the fact. I didn’t—” Her shaky voice stopped, and she still wouldn’t face him. “Explanations don’t matter to you, so yes, that’s my final answer.”Maybe he wasn’t the best barometer of her sincerity, but everything in his gut—the killer instincts Trees swore he possessed—told him to believe her.“Okay. That’s good.” If she’d been honest, there would be no reason to call the police. No trouble

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    “You tried to make sure my baby would be looked after?” Tessa blinked up at him in shock.“Of course. I wouldn’t let anything happen to her.” But he had. And he’d been so fucking absorbed in his own pain and betrayal that he hadn’t even stopped to think her daughter might be in danger. Then he’d heaped blame, shame, and fury on top because why not win asshole-of-the-year honors?Suddenly, so many things made sense. Why Tessa had refused to let him in the house when he’d come by Wednesday night. Why she’d lied Friday about her dinner with Cash’s dad. Why she’d seemed suddenly lukewarm about moving in with him. Why she’d betrayed him.“Tessa, I’m so fucking sorry.” He lifted her face to his, crushed to see her red-rimmed eyes haunted with fear and grief. “Why didn’t you tell me?”“Because they threatened to kill Hallie if Tessa said a word to anyone,” Trees supplied. “As soon as I talked Madison off a ledge, I started reading Tessa’s Gmail account.”When he whipped Tessa’s phone from hi

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    “Baby, we need to talk.”She draped the fresh quilt around her body, folded the towel, then stepped out of the bathroom, brushing past Zy and out of the too-narrow hallway, before she turned to him. “I don’t want to argue again. Not that I can keep up with you…”“I’m sorry.”For what, exactly? Setting a trap? Fucking her despite suspecting her of the worst? Tearing out her heart? She’d given him just cause to do all of that.She turned her back on him. “No, I’m sorry for giving you a reason to hate me. How long before Trees returns?”Because without clothes, when she stood this close to Zy, she felt entirely naked.“Tessa, I can’t hate you, baby. I know you’re worried as hell and scared. I know you feel alone in this, but—”“I am alone.” She faced him. “That bastard took my baby, the only person who loves me unconditionally.”“Tessa, I love—”“Stop. Just…don’t.” Why was he trying to make her feel better with lies? “You know, Cash is a lot of things. He’s flaky and insincere. He’s unre

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