Sinful Crown: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romance by Ava Harrison

Author:Ava Harrison [Harrison, Ava]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: AH Publishing
Published: 2023-02-05T16:00:00+00:00

28

GIDEON

So. About Minnesota… Wining and dining Sasha Lennox among fireflies? Not my finest moment. And not to be repeated now that we’ve returned.

Seeing as I’m five seconds from entering Joe Goldberg territory, I force myself to avoid Sasha, committing all my waking hours to work. Sure, one could argue watching her on twenty-eight surveillance cameras doesn’t constitute avoidance. But it’s progress.

Today, I’m back earlier to meet with my men.

When I walk into the meeting room on the lower level, it doesn’t surprise me to see Jaxson Price sitting at the table.

“To what do I owe this honor?” I say in greeting.

“For the amount of money you pay, I figured I’d make a social call.”

“And here I thought you never left the Batcave.” The joke isn’t lost on him.

“Typically, I don’t, but seeing as you’re as bad as I am, I figured one of us had to give.”

Taking a seat across from him, I motion for him to talk. “Well, what do you have for me?”

He pulls out a computer. “Over the past few weeks, I’ve looked into all associates of Roman’s. Besides the people he knew through your organization, I picked up on some alarming patterns. I found some images, and I brought them here.” My eyebrow rises, and he rolls his eyes in return. “Don’t worry, I printed them out for you.” He winks.

“You printed out pictures? How 1994 of you.”

He chuckles. “I figured it was easier for you, being a boomer and all.”

“What exactly is that supposed to mean? I’m thirty-one. I’m younger than you, dick.”

Jaxson’s mouth parts into a smile. “Age isn’t what makes you a boomer. Remember, I know you. Did you forget I set up your surveillance?”

“Point taken.”

It’s not that I’m bad with electronics. I own a computer and use it regularly, but rarely for communication. In my business, nothing should ever be put in writing. As for the rest of the technology around this place, there’s no need for me to do it when there are plenty of people to hire that can do it better and faster.

Time is money, after all.

Jaxson reaches into the bag on the floor and pulls out a thick folder. I expect him to hand them to me, but he opens his computer instead.

“I’ll leave the photos with you, but we’re going to blow them up on here.”

My eyes narrow, and my nose scrunches as I try to work out what the hell he’s saying.

The tapping of his fingers reverberates through the room before it stops, and he turns the computer to face me. He flips through the images until I see a man who looks familiar.

Now everything is starting to make sense.

“By the look on your face, I see you recognize this man.”

“Unfortunately, I do.”

Dima Markov.

He’s the head of a Russian crime syndicate operating in the Brighton Beach area.

Fuck.

“Any chance you have any information on what he was doing?”

“I don’t, but now that we’ve identified this man, it won’t be hard to look into it further. Don’t you have someone on the inside?”

I shake my head.

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