Mistake Me Not by Scarlett Finn

Author:Scarlett Finn
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: romance, love, friendship, suspense, sex, betrayal, lies, deceit, abducted

‘Ok, start talking,’ Ryder said taking his seat at the head of the oval boardroom table in the back room of HQ.

He’d left Lacie in the bath in his en-suite, and told her to try and sleep when she was finished but he didn’t know if she’d take that advice.

Sonny sat at the far end of the table next to Rocco with Gabe opposite them. But it was Toby who did the talking.

‘There is certainly something fishy at Lewis Investment,’ Toby said. ‘I told you about the accounts we pulled? It’s obvious someone was skimming a hearty amount.’

‘We knew that days ago,’ Ryder said. ‘What else have you got?’

‘The trouble we’ve faced is trying to establish who that money is going to. We’ve linked it to several off-shore accounts, which are all under various aliases.’

‘But we assume it’s the same person,’ Ryder said.

‘Or a consortium,’ Rocco said. ‘But yes the signature of the activity was the same. It’s being orchestrated by one group.’

‘And Bruce Booth was their inside man,’ Ryder said.

‘Appears so.’

Gabe had given them the police information though it was still in its infancy. But reading Lacie’s statement had been enough to tell all of them how serious this could’ve gotten, and after his reaction to the report they were in no doubt about his depth of connection to this case, and this woman.

‘If it’s one group with this one case then it’s small time,’ Gabe said. ‘They’re skimming a serious amount of money but nothing like the big boys play with.’

‘The question is why did they pull Bruce Booth?’ Ryder asked. ‘If they had him on the inside then he was useful. Lacie says that he left town a good three months ago. He left his girlfriend telling her he’d been poached by a bigger fish out of town.’

‘Anyone else notice we’re preoccupied with size today?’ Rocco asked easing some of the tension in the room.

‘How is your girl involved?’ Gabe asked. ‘I read her statement. But where do you fit in?’

Ryder recounted the story minus the intimate parts; his men would read between the lines for those. ‘So Seth Sheppard’s involved,’ Rocco said. ‘He’ll blunder in with his big feet and track mud over us all.’

‘I’m meeting him at twelve,’ Ryder said with a glance at his watch. ‘I’ll get him to back off.’

‘He’s not going to find anything that we wouldn’t,’ Rocco said. ‘He has no value in this. It’s—‘

‘You don’t have to convince me,’ Ryder said. ‘He has history with Bruce’s ex otherwise he’d have been nowhere near this at all.’

The truth was that Ryder had no way to know that. Shep had been suggested because Sorcha knew him. If she hadn’t the women might have looked through the phone book, or they might have gone looking for him their selves.

‘You know that the most valuable advice you can give these women is to back off,’ Toby said. ‘There’s no reason to pursue this guy... and he’ll be no remedy to a broken heart.’

‘It’s more than that,’ Ryder said.

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