Conflicted (Undercover #2) by Helena Newbury

Author:Helena Newbury [Newbury, Helena]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: Foster & Black New Adult
Published: 2015-04-12T23:00:00+00:00

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Afterwards, as we lay side-by-side on the bed, he gazed at me, pushing the sweat-damp hair back off my forehead strand by strand. I could see the worry in his eyes. “What?” I asked.

“Tomorrow morning, you’ll meet my father.” He paused. “And there’ll be...business. My meeting.”

“So?”

He stared at me. “You’ll come with me. It’s safer than leaving you here alone.”

I had to pretend I had no clue about the deal. “Safer?”

He sighed and rubbed his eyes. Then he got up off the bed, pulled up his pants and poured vodka into a glass, handing me one, too. I took it, propping myself up on one elbow. I was ready for him to spin me some story about how he was a legitimate businessman, but sometimes he had to do business with shady types. I was ready for him to say that everything he did was legal, but had to be done on the quiet to avoid paying taxes.

I was ready for the lies because it was obvious from his calls with Elena and Natalia and Svetlana that none of them had had any clue what he really did.

I was ready for anything except what he said next.

“Arianna,” he said. “I sell guns.”

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