Shattering the Trust by Sofia Grey

Author:Sofia Grey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: New Zealand romance, suspense kidnapping, Hostage, Romantic suspense, techno thriller, rock star romance
Publisher: Acelette Press
Published: 2019-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

One of the guards collected Juli at lunchtime and escorted her to the main office, where she’d been before. She smelled food as she walked through the door, and her stomach growled. Like before, she was handcuffed to the chair arm before the guard returned to duty on the doorway.

Her stomach grumbled some more. She hated being hungry. She’d never been good without regular meal breaks. It made her edgy and irritable.

Yanni kept her waiting again, but this time he arrived with a tray of food and a friendly smile.

“Julien. I thought you might like a change of diet. I have some excellent stew, if you’d like to try it.”

Tempt her with food? Nope. She was stronger than that. She lifted her chin defiantly. “No, thank you.” She was immune to his sweet-talk.

Yanni shrugged and sat opposite her, dipping into one of the two bowls with a spoon. It smelled delicious, damn him.

“You may as well try some. You’ll get very hungry otherwise.” There was the hint of a smile again. He was clearly used to getting his way.

Juli glared at him. “What about Jordan and Nick? Do they get some too?”

He seemed to consider the request. “If I say yes and let them in here with you, will you give me the benefit of your expertise this afternoon?”

She’d no intention of telling him anything, but this way, she’d get to see the others. “Yes. But we all eat first.”

“Very well.” Yanni gestured to the guard, and then slid the second bowl of food along the desk toward her. “Eat now or wait for them?”

“I’m waiting.”

“Your loss.” He carried on eating, and Juli had to drag her gaze away. She focused on the doorway, hoping desperately to see Jordan and Nick come in.

A few minutes later, the others were hauled into the room and cuffed to chairs. Juli breathed a sigh of relief. They were still okay. They looked equally relieved to see her. There was little opportunity for discussion, though, with Yanni and an armed guard with them.

More food was brought, and they all ate. It was good, but Juli made herself eat slowly and not gorge on it.

The guard cleared away the dishes and went to remove Jordan and Nick again.

“Wait.” Juli appealed to Yanni. “Whatever it is that you need from me, you need them as well. We work as a team. We all have different areas of expertise.”

“Perhaps.” Yanni looked thoughtful. “I concede that Jordan Merrill may be useful, but I don’t see a need for your Marketing Director.”

Nick paled. The implication was clear.

“I need him.” Juli improvised rapidly. “He understands the bigger picture. How everything fits together. So does Jordan. And he’s a technical genius too.”

Yanni looked sceptical but allowed them to stay.

It was a minor victory. They were all together and unharmed.

“At last,” said Yanni, “we can get to business. Take a look at this.” He handed her a tablet.

She tapped the screen. A diagram she recognised immediately flashed up. The design was long familiar to her, but she failed to understand why Yanni would be interested in it.

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