Payback: Reverse Harem High School Dark Bully Romance (Kings of Mercia Academy Book 4) by Sofia Daniel

Author:Sofia Daniel [Daniel, Sofia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-18T18:30:00+00:00

By the time we reached Elder House and climbed up the stairs to Edward’s room, it was empty. We walked down to his study, opened the door, and stepped into a cloud of cigar smoke mingled with the fruity, caramelized scent of Armagnac.

Edward lay on the Chesterfield sofa with a newspaper over his head. Blake sat on the floor with his back propped on the sofa, legs sprawled over the Persian rug. At his sides lay two open laptops.

“Guys?” I said.

Blake blinked his eyes open. “Emilia, you’re looking well, but what are you doing back so soon?”

“It’s a long story.” Henry pulled Blake to his feet.

“Did you have any trouble in London?” Blake stretched and yawned. His shirt rode up, revealing a tantalizing glimpse of his dark treasure trail.

“You could say that.” Wrapping my arms around Blake’s middle, I pressed my lips on the juncture of his neck and shoulders. I inhaled Blake’s cedar and spice scent and sighed. “What have you been researching?”

“Something Father mentioned.” Edward pushed his newspaper to one side and sat up. “Rudolph Trommel went to great lengths to stop his former wife from publishing a memoir featuring him, but back then, he had no ties to England.”

I bit down on my lip. “He owns at least one paper here, even if it’s through a shell company.”

Edward swung his legs off the sofa and onto the Persian rug. “I don’t think we can rely on Charlotte’s exposé even reaching the press.”

“You think he’ll block it?” I asked.

“More like bribe the paper not to release that article,” said Blake.

Edward drew a hand through his mahogany hair. “He might even have blackmail material against the owners of all the major papers in the UK.”

I turned to Henry, who scowled. “Do you still think we can use it for blackmail material?”

Henry rubbed his chin. “I think we should hand it to your mother’s lawyers and be rid of the twat.”

“Edward and I worked out another angle,” said Blake.

Edward reached down to the mahogany coffee table by the Chesterfield and picked up an old copy of the Times. “Rudolph has left Peter Underwood in prison without bail and likely without a legal defense. It says here that he was the mastermind behind your abduction, but we know that’s not true. Why not see if he’s willing to reveal who hired him?”

Suppressing a shudder, I wrapped my arms around my middle. “How can we contact him?”

“He’s at Brixton Prison.”

Blake wrapped an arm around my shoulder. “Charlotte has agreed to let us tag along when she visits him tomorrow.”

My brows drew together. “Can we trust her?”

“No.” Blake kissed my temple. “But we can trust her to want to do right by her family.”

Edward put down the paper and stood. His brows creased, and storm clouds filled his eyes. He wrapped his hand around mine. “You don’t need to come with us,” he said in his gentlest voice. “After that business with Carbuncle earlier today, I can’t imagine you wanting to visit his accomplice.

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