Melt Away: A Dark Reverse Harem by Arabella Black

Author:Arabella Black [Black, Arabella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Alfie

“Did you tell him I’d be at the airport?” Mae accuses me as soon as I slip inside the penthouse the morning after she decided to stay.

“Not really.”

“You’re lying,” she spits at me.

I snap, “And you’re asking too many questions.”

I couldn’t sleep, and judging by her pale face and gauging dry eyes, I doubt she had a good night’s sleep either.

The sun’s not even up yet. My apartment doesn’t face the sunrise, so I come up here in the mornings to have my coffee and check my emails.

I check on Lake as well, but I act like I don’t.

Ignoring Mae, I push past her and go about my routine. I can’t talk to her before I’ve had a cup of coffee. Is it guilt that I’m feeling?

To answer her question, no, I didn’t tell him.

There was no phone call where he forced the answer out of me. No secret meeting where he threatened me with a knife.

Unfortunately, August controls everything. He has access to everything.

All I had to do was book her flights through the company’s account. I paid for her tickets with money from August’s accounts.

It’s not like I’m stupid.

If I wanted to, I could’ve kept her flights a secret. I could’ve diverted August using a random account with money from my personal accounts. I protect myself. I’m the only one who knows about my financial situation.

I could’ve insisted that we drive in my car instead of the Bentley. My old car can’t be tracked. It barely has a radio, and it still plays CDs. No internet.

But I didn’t.

For some reason, I allowed August to see what I did. I wanted him to find out that she was leaving.

Whatever he said to her at the airport worked.

She stayed.

Until a couple of days ago, I wanted her gone, and now, I’m happy that she chose to stay. I’ve got selfish reasons why. If she sticks around, we control her actions. What August did doesn’t come back to bite us in the ass. We already have enough trouble with the law. We don’t need to push it.

August may be rich, but his money is new. In the court of public opinion, he’s the dirtbag who made his money knocking people out. They don’t quite accept him in their ranks, and a scandal involving an abduction across borders…

Quite frankly, it could mess with our operation.

“You’re safe when Lake’s around,” I tell Mae while I prepare my coffee. I get it all wrong today, messing up the amount of sugar I prefer. Which is none. But I poured three teaspoons of it over my steaming brew, and I cringe at the taste before I’ve drunk a single drop of it.

I glare at my cup, but I take it anyway. Heading toward the balcony that views the sunrise. With my cup and laptop in hand, I struggle to get outside, but Mae’s here isn’t she. She glares at me but opens the door, helping us both outside.

As I take a seat, I notice that Mae doesn’t have a drink.

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