Lawless Hero_A Bad Boy Military Romance by Nicole Elliot

Author:Nicole Elliot [Elliot, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Your Book Boyfriend Press
Published: 2018-08-06T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 19

Warren

When I woke up and saw her gone, I wondered in the back of my mind why she hadn’t told me the truth about her and Melvin the night before. Granted, I hadn’t mentioned it either, and s we had both been rather preoccupied. But still…

As I drank a cup of coffee in the kitchen and attempted to wake up, my phone rang. Thinking it might be Rose, I quickly grabbed it. But I didn’t recognize the number.

“Hello? Who is this?”

“Is this Warren Lewis?” a man asked in a heavily accented voice.

“Maybe. Who is this?”

“It’s Jahmir. Do you not remember me?”

“Jahmir, old friend! How have you been?”

“Not good, Warren. Not good at all.”

Another man’s voice suddenly piped up. “You will come back here, Mr. Lewis, and finish what you started.”

I froze. “Who is this?”

“My name is not important. Jahmir’s life will be spared because he got me in touch with you. But if you do not comply, I will burn this whole village to the ground.”

“What do I care?” I asked as nonchalantly as possible. If he knew I cared about the people, he would be able to use them as leverage—and I didn’t want that.

“You care, Mr. Lewis. Did you forget what you have done in our country?”

“What are you talking about?”

“You are stealing our resources.”

“I’m not stealing anything,” I said. “By the way, this conversation is probably being recorded.”

“Do I sound like I care?”

“Who am I speaking with?”

“You will know my name soon enough. For now, understand you need to come back to Afghanistan and finish what you started.”

“Look, I have no idea what you’re talking about. Put Jahmir back on the phone.”

“Beware, Mr. Lewis, we have eyes all around the world.”

The call ended. I stared at my phone’s screen, still unable to believe what had just happened.

Did Melvin have something to do with it? If he did, it would explain why he had suddenly reached out to me nearly a year after we’d left the Savage Soldiers.

I pushed Afghanistan out of my mind, hoping this was just a dirty joke because Melvin was still bitter that I refused to go into business with him again.

To take my mind off it, I thought about Rose and our night before.

After finishing my coffee, I left my apartment and walked a few blocks to the nearest Central Park entrance. All the while though, I couldn’t stop wondering why Rose hadn’t told me the truth. Determined to confront her about it, I sent her a text saying, ‘Your place or mine tonight?’

She replied quickly with: Start at my place ;)

The winking smiley set off something within me. The more I thought about her not telling me about Melvin, the angrier I became.

Just how much would she lie about and did lies of omission count?

My thoughts went back and forth the rest of the afternoon while I ran errands before returning to my apartment for a nap.

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