Harlequin Intrigue March 2016, Box Set 1 of 2 by Elle James

Author:Elle James
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781460395059
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2016-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TEN

7:55 p.m.

For the first time, Frankie believed they would figure this out. She had a new cell phone and a key card for an “in case of emergency” hotel room near the airport, and Aidan had identified her father’s friend as John Lennox. Now they just had to connect a few more dots and she could confront her mother.

She could feel the weight easing off her.

After work, Aidan had managed to lose the team tailing them, giving them space and time to relax in the hotel room. Wisely, they’d worked on the case and managed to keep their hands and lips off each other. Over Chinese takeout they’d debated the significance of the psychologist, if her father had indeed asked Lennox to take action in the event of his death, or if Lennox was being controlled by someone else.

Having returned to the performance required of them at the corporate apartment, she decided progress was a beautiful thing. Even the small steps, she thought as she sent him a text message that she was back from her bakery run and headed upstairs. It bothered her that they couldn’t just pull the trigger now. What they’d found, revealed in the right way, could spell the end of Leo Solutions and leave her mother with no choice but to cooperate. If Frankie couldn’t get justice for her father, maybe she’d finally get answers for her peace of mind.

She punched the call button for the elevator and tapped her phone on her palm while she waited. One second she felt absolutely certain about taking definitive action. About ruining her mother and the company. But before the next second could tick by, her resolve wavered. It seemed Aidan’s warnings about family, lies and love were sinking in.

She stepped into the elevator and pressed the button for the apartment floor.

She’d been out for vengeance, if not exactly blood, ever since her father’s disgrace and death. Would taking action, even righteous action, against her mother make her a hero or lump her into the category of another problem? Aidan had told her point-blank she’d be devastated if she tore her mother’s professional life apart. Then again, his mom hadn’t turned on his dad.

The elevator screeched and jerked to a stop, tossing Frankie down hard into a corner. She swore as the bakery bag fell and the emergency lights came on.

From her knees, she hit the red button to call for help. The emergency alarm sounded, but the elevator car jerked and dropped again. Moving slowly, she reached for her phone and checked the signal. Hopefully her text to Aidan would get out. Slinging her purse strap across her body, she pushed herself to her feet and tried to pry open the doors.

Her fingers pinched and cramped, her back ached from the effort and her shoulders burned, but the doors didn’t part. “Damn it.” She shook the tension out of her arms and tried again. Another screech of metal on metal sounded in the elevator shaft above her and the car tipped to the side like a sinking boat.

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