King of Wrath by Huang Ana
Author:Huang, Ana [Huang, Ana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780349436319
Amazon: B0BDRB9K88
Goodreads: 62896291
Publisher: Piatkus
Published: 2022-10-18T07:00:00+00:00
CHAPTER 23
Dante & Vivian
DANTE
I didnât need to visit D.C.
I couldâve conducted my business there virtually, but I welcomed the break from the strained atmosphere at home. I also took the opportunity to check in on Christian, whom Iâd tasked with a new project on top of the Francis situation.
He lounged on the couch opposite me, his eyes cool. We were in the library of his downtown penthouse, and weâd spent the past hour discussing Valhalla, business, and security. But judging by his expression, he was still pissed about what happened in the lobby earlier.
Iâd merely kissed the hand of one of his neighborsâone whom he seemed to have a special interest in.
It wasnât every day I saw Christian Harper agonize over a woman, and Iâd be damned if I let it slide without fucking with him.
Heâd get over it. They werenât even dating.
âHeath Arnett. CEO of a cloud storage startup thatâs going public at the end of this year,â he said now. He lifted an eyebrow. âSince when do you care about cloud storage?â
The mention of Heathâs name wiped away my amusement at Christianâs response to a simple hand kiss.
I thought about you at midnight. Love, Heath.
Something dark and unwanted snaked through my chest.
âDonât play dumb.â I tossed back the rest of my drink and set the crystal tumbler on a nearby side table. âDid you find anything good?â
Iâd asked Christian to look into Heathâs background. Itâd taken him no time to figure out Heathâs full name, as well as everything about the manâs work, family, and hobbies.
Standard middle-class American upbringing. Undergrad at Columbia, where Heath met Vivian. A rising career as a software developer before he founded a startup that was currently going gangbusters.
But that was the shiny, top-level stuff. I wanted the seedy underbelly.
Christian smiled. Few things animated him more than ripping the skeletons out of someoneâs closet. âThereâs a chance he may have been involved in questionable activities leading to the growth of his company. Not criminal, but questionable. Enough it could severely impact the performance of their IPO.â
âGood. Take care of it before they go public.â
I reached for the water next to my empty scotch, but it did nothing to soothe the burn in my blood.
âOf course.â Christian watched me, an amused gleam creeping into his amber eyes. âYou never answered my earlier question. Why do you care so much about this Heath? It canât possibly be because heâs Vivianâs ex-boyfriend. The man she was madly in love with until her parents made her break up with him because he didnât come from Russo-level money.â Christian swirled his drink in his glass. âHeard he sent her roses after New Yearâs. Nice ones.â
The burn intensified.
âHe knows Vivian is my fiancée, and he sent her flowers anyway. Itâs disrespectful.â
I hadnât told Christian about the Valhalla Club, Bali, or any of the changes in my relationship with Vivian. Handing him that information would be like handing dynamite to a destruction-minded toddler.
Unfortunately, the bastard possessed an eerily accurate radar when it came to other peopleâs weaknesses.
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