Fascination: (Billionaire Venture Capitalist #9): A Friends to Lovers Romance by Ainsley St Claire

Author:Ainsley St Claire [St Claire, Ainsley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-09-22T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter sixteen

Mason

Jim and I are eating our third breakfast together. This was supposed to take a half day, but now we’re at three.

“My team is turning Orange County upside down trying to locate Annabelle again,” Jim explains. “She never went back to her car and seemed to just disappear. We have someone sitting at the house she was staying in, but she hasn’t shown up. My team breached her sister’s home yesterday, and we’re confident she hasn’t been back.”

“Have you checked any flight or train manifests?”

Jim takes a drink of his orange juice. “We have. And we’ve checked her credit cards, and her sister's cards. They aren’t showing any transactions.”

“Where could she have gone? Have you found any reason she’s being so evasive?”

Jim has a mouth full of scrambled eggs and simply shakes his head.

“This isn’t good.”

“We’ll continue to watch her sister’s place, and we’ll step up on her friends’ places in San Francisco.”

“I’m going to return to San Francisco,” I tell him. “I have too much to do to sit here and wait for her to resurface.”

The fifty-minute flight back to San Francisco was shorter than the ride from the airport to my office. I miss those heliports that New York City has. When I finally get to the office, many are out at lunch, which is almost a welcome reprieve; I’m able to start up my computer and do a few things before the line forms out my door.

Cameron comes in and places a cup of coffee in front of me. “How was New York?”

“Productive. I had some good meetings afterward. I go back again next week.”

“We should get an apartment in New York so you can leave clothes and toiletries and just get on a plane.”

“Not a bad thought. It would be a decent investment, and a possible perk for the employees. But that’s not why you want to talk to me.”

Cameron shrugs noncommittally. “I guess I’m looking to get an update on Annabelle.”

“Did you know that I left New York on Thursday and flew to Orange County?”

His face is a combination of surprise and confusion. “No. Does anyone know? Did you see her?”

“I talked to her for a minute and then she disappeared.”

“Disappeared? How did she do that? She’s half your size. I would think your long legs would be able to keep up with her.”

“She ran into a bathroom, and we waited. When one of Jim’s team went in the bathroom a few minutes later, she wasn’t there.”

“Was there a second entrance?”

“Nope. We don’t know what happened. She’s in the wind.”

“She’s showing she’s not innocent.”

“I agree.”

Cameron slaps his hands on his thighs with a loud clap. “Finally!”

“I never disagreed with anyone. I liked her but decided she was so intent on being in my space that I’d rather keep my enemy close.”

“Do they know anything else?”

“Nothing. We’re back to waiting.”

“Got it.”

Cameron stands to leave. “Oh, before I forget, in that pile of paper on your desk is a copy of the notes from the interviews of the hackers that was sent over by Cybercrimes.

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