Scarlet Masquerade by Jett Abbott

Author:Jett Abbott [Abbott, Jett]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Gay & Lesbian, Fiction, Romance, (v4.0), Lesbian, Paranormal
ISBN: 9780982860816
Amazon: 0982860811
Publisher: Sapphire Books Publishing
Published: 2011-03-31T21:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty Two

“The courier just called and said he delivered the check to Clarissa.”

“Good.” A.J. sat back in her leather chair and closed her eyes. “Any word from Brax or Selene?”

Kevin sat on the couch acting as if he didn’t have a care in the world. A.J. wanted to jump across the desk and strangle him as she watched him playing with his phone. Her skin crawled thinking about how he had been able to deceive her all this time. It took everything she had this morning to sit across the table and talk to him about their “plan” to protect Clarissa. She had already talked to Selene when they exchanged cars back last night. She had informed Selene that she was to report to her and her only. All of this was just a ploy to get Kevin to relax. She didn’t want to show her cards yet. No, she had plans for Kevin and they weren’t going to be what he thought. He would pay for his treachery, with his life.

“Yeah, Brax is on Clarissa at the university and I sent Selene out to Clarissa’s house to make sure no one broke in. Just in case. You know?” Kevin said shrugging his shoulders.

A.J. stood and walked to the window, pulling the shade lower. Thinking quickly, she responded, “I think we need to put Selene on Clarissa and Brax at the house. Selene looks more like a student. Brax will look like a gorilla looking for a forest.”

“But A.J., what about—”

“Kevin. Do you have a problem with that?” A.J. stared at him and watched him shifting from foot to foot.

“No. I’m just saying if anything happens he’s much more intimidating than Selene. That’s all.”

“Hmm, you might be right.” A.J. saw Kevin relax a bit, thinking he had won. “But I want Selene at the university when Clarissa’s there. Brax can take over from Selene when Clarissa’s at home.” Biting the inside of her mouth, she tasted blood. If she popped a pill right now Kevin would be suspicious. So A.J. took a long, deep breath and tried to relax. “Besides, hopefully whoever sent that assassin doesn’t know he’s dead yet.” A.J. looked back out the window and continued, “maybe it will buy us some time.”

A.J. sat back down at her desk and ran her hands down her black slacks, picking phantom lint off the crease. She wanted to look as relaxed as possible. She had a plan and now she needed to implement it. The phone rang and A.J. picked it up.

“Yes Gail.”

“Ms. Lockwood. I have Dr. Mayfield on from research and development. He says there is an emergency in the lab.”

“Thank you, Gail. Put him through.” A.J. covered the receiver with her hand as she saw Kevin get up. “Stay. We aren’t finished yet.” A.J. watched as Kevin pretended not to listen to the one sided conversation. Clearly, he was paying attention. He hadn’t gotten as far as he had in her organization by being stupid. If she had only known sooner, she would have been more careful about what she had said in front of him.

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