The Ghost by Lexy Timms

Author:Lexy Timms
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: romantic suspense, romance, suspense, thriller, MI6, billionaire romance, romance billionaire series, billionaire obsession, new adult romance, romance love triangle, romance love, sweet love story, BBW, billionaire romanc, true love, happily ever after, famos actor, hot and steamy, hot romance, bad boy, Alpha Bad Boy, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, Alpha male romance, contemporary romance and sex, billionaire, romance, new adult, contemporary romance, love and life, big beautiful women, sexy, sport romance, hired wife, fake girlfriend, holiday, holiday romance, golf, bilionaire romance, dark romance, romantic comedy, saga, women's saga
Publisher: Dark Shadow Publishing
Published: 2023-10-16T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Theo

I RETRACED MY STEPS to the jet and got clearance from the Dark Sparrow base in Norway to take off. I informed Lukas that I was on my way back, and he gave me permission to land. It was a bit tricky to guide the jet down on the smaller runway hidden by trees that the central base used in case of emergencies. But I was nothing if not professional, and I made it back quickly.

I hurried through the post-flight routine, getting out of my suit and making sure the jet was handed off to the engineers. I hurried through the base, wanting to find Clark. I needed to tell her about the digital key and make sure she got it removed as soon as possible. But there was one thing I needed to do first.

I couldn’t allow New Dawn to conduct any more business on my watch. The one thing Regg hadn’t shared was the timeline. I knew that Ashcroft had all the hardware in place, the nuclear bombs and the digital keys he needed from slain operatives. But how soon he was going to push the button was another thing entirely. Of course, he couldn’t do it without Clark, but that didn’t mean he wasn’t very close to unleashing Armageddon.

I paused at the elevator, debating which way to go. If I hit the ‘down’ button, that would take me to the crew quarters, where I would look for Clark. If I hit ‘up,’ that would take me to the command center, where I was likely to find Lukas.

I couldn’t choose. Either way, it was imperative that I find Clark and get that thing out of her. Knowing what I did about New Dawn’s strategy, I was reasonably certain that they couldn’t destroy the world without it. Yet if I wasted even a second getting the coordinates up the chain of command, I might blow our opportunity for a raid.

Finally, my rational mind won out. I would just have to trust that Clark was okay and delay our reunion by a few minutes. I could drop off the phone, give Lukas my assessment of the situation, and then hightail it down to our bunk.

Riding up, I hoped I was making the right choice. Knowing what it was that my girlfriend held in her body made me nervous. What if the thing was radioactive and causing her some kind of harm? Didn’t I owe it to her to minimize the time she had to spend with that chip implanted?

I strode out of the elevator to find both Clark and Lukas in the command center. I went straight to her, all professionalism aside. She opened her arms and welcomed me in. I took a step back after we embraced and checked the skin beneath her shirt. It was smooth and unblemished, not even a spot of scar tissue to mark the intrusive object.

I frowned. “Did you get your shoulder checked out?”

“I did,” she replied.

“And?”

“They’re still reading the scans,” she answered. “Why? Did you hear anything?”

“Yes,” I confirmed.

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