Consummated (Aiden & Olivia Book 4) by Stephanie Julian

Author:Stephanie Julian [Julian, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-08-21T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter Six

Olivia

I can see by the look on Aiden’s face that something’s happened.

Something that’s changed the game.

He looks straight at me but I can tell he doesn’t see me. I keep my mouth shut as he takes my arm and points me toward the front door.

His text telling me to meet him now had surprised me. I’d been working on the safe and had two numbers cracked. The third had eluded me and I was starting to worry I wouldn’t get it.

Then my phone in my pocket vibrated and I hustled out of the office to meet him in the hall. I can’t completely control the shock on my face because Aiden’s expression is furious. I’ve never seen him look as angry as he does now.

His hand tightens around my arm and I feel the restraint he’s exercising. He doesn’t want to hurt me but he’s fighting against the fury I see on his face. If I were on the receiving end of that look, I’d be terrified.

I keep my mouth shut as we hustle toward the door. Aiden has his hand on the knob when I hear his grandfather call out.

“Aiden! Stop right there.”

I glance over my shoulder and see Aiden’s grandfather stalking up the hallway behind him.

Aiden ignores him, pulling open the door and urging me through it in front of him.

“Don’t you walk away from me. I will destroy you. You’ll be out on your ass tomorrow morning. You’ll have nothing.”

Aiden turns on his heel so fast, I gasp and my eyes widen as he takes two steps forward. Then he stops and his entire body stills. And when he speaks, his voice holds a deadly serious tone that makes my stomach clench.

“No, you won’t. Because I’ll have everything you own.” His voice barely rises above a whisper but I can hear him perfectly. “I’ll take it all because I’m the one in charge. I have been for years. You were too stupid to realize what I was doing. You’re weak, old man. You’re the only one who doesn’t know it. No one will blink an eye when I tell them you’ve become too senile to be involved in running an empire. And if you try to cross me, I will tell everyone how you were the reason your wife was killed.”

“You have no idea what you’re talking about.” Aiden’s grandfather’s voice cracks and I know Aiden’s hit a vulnerable spot.

“Would you like to bet the rest of your life on that? Maybe a judge would go easy on you because of your age. Or maybe, when I present that second set of books you tried to cover up, he’ll just lock you up and throw away the key. You won’t be able to buy your way out of that. I’ll make sure of it. And if you don’t go to jail, I’ll make damn sure you suffer every day for the rest of your life, knowing I’ve taken everything you’ve built.”

When Aiden finally goes silent, all I can hear is his grandfather’s raspy breath and the pounding of my heart.

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