Echoes of Sin: A Secret Baby Russian Mafia Romance by Sarina Hart & Aria Ray

Echoes of Sin: A Secret Baby Russian Mafia Romance by Sarina Hart & Aria Ray

Author:Sarina Hart & Aria Ray [Hart, Sarina & Ray, Aria]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-07-14T00:00:00+00:00


Chapter Twenty

Brooke

It was well past five o’clock and I was still at the office. Everyone else, including Ruben, had called it quits at five on the dot, but I couldn’t. Once I found the other discrepancies, I couldn’t stop digging. Lara was in Seattle at a conference until Sunday, so I’d called Ryan to see if he could collect Karina from school, she was spending the weekend with him and his family anyway, so it made sense. This was not how I’d planned on spending my Friday evening, but when the numbers didn’t add up, it reflected badly on me, and that pissed me off.

Finally sure I’d gotten to the bottom of the problem, I was ready to head home. I grabbed my sweater and gathered my phone and charger, shoved them into my purse, and shut off the lights as I made my way to the lobby. Montrose Accounting was on the third floor, and I skipped the elevator in hopes the three flights of stairs would alleviate some of the tension that radiated through my body.

The building was too quiet, but it was Friday evening and most people had probably left early or right on time, which gave the entire place a creepy and unsettling feeling. The lobby was empty except for the two older security guards who offered up smiles and waves as I left the building.

Traffic was going to be a nightmare at this time of evening, I was supposed to call Ilya by six, which was in fifteen minutes’ time. He wouldn’t be happy with what I’d found, but he needed to know that someone wasn’t just stealing from him. They’d set it up, so he lost a significant amount of money every single week. How they managed it without his notice, I didn’t know.

The street outside the office was eerily quiet for a Friday night. Then again, this block was mostly office buildings, but that didn’t ease the tension that made my palms sweaty and my heart race in my chest. Fear overwhelmed me and I knew it was because of the rumors of Ilya’s ties to the Russian mafia. This was the kind of information that could get people hurt, or worse.

What would Ilya to do to the person who was stealing from him? Would he kill them? And would that be my fault?

Was that something I could live with?

Footsteps sounded behind me, so I walked faster. I was too afraid to look back, and I couldn’t risk the move slowing me down. If I could put more distance between me and whoever it was, I had a chance.

The footsteps behind me came faster and I took off at a full-on run, darting across the street while I dodged traffic coming from the left and right. It shaved a couple of years off my life, but I made it across without getting dinged and rushed up the stairwell, widening the distance between me and whoever the hell it was.

At my car, I dropped my keys right as I went to unlock the door.



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