Who is Chloe Shaw? by Aubrey Parker

Author:Aubrey Parker [Parker, Aubrey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sterling & Stone

CHAPTER SEVEN

“She’s starting to wonder!” Alexa said.

Andrew, sitting across the table in one of O’s less impressive meeting spaces, looked from Alexa to the paused video frame showing Chloe’s face after he’d risen to shower.

He hated looking at it. He’d known from the start that O would send nano-cams to record his time with Chloe (For research, not porn, Barnes explained), but this was the first time he’d been present to review the footage.

O seemed to have decided that because Andrew kept trying to go rogue, he was best kept close. The strategy was working. He didn’t want to see evidence of his betrayal … but the more he watched it without finding a way to stop, the more complicit he became.

Andrew couldn’t pretend to be a hero when he kept doing unheroic things.

“Really,” Barnes said, his voice dripping sarcasm. “Is that what a wondering face looks like?”

All heads but Andrew’s turned toward the projection. He kept his gaze neutral, not wanting to see Chloe’s apparently wondering visage as the Six assessed her.

“She just looks sort of disoriented,” said Houston, the fat man with the cowboy hat.

“That’s post-orgasmic glow,” said Olivia.

“Masterful,” said Benson while his wife Charisma nodded.

Out of context, Andrew probably wouldn’t have known what was “masterful” about Chloe’s paused expression, but fortunately or unfortunately, the moment had given him plenty. Before reaching this possibly-critical section of footage, they’d viewed the recording of Chloe and Andrew having sex. He’d felt ridiculous and ashamed watching himself boss Chloe around per Parker’s suggestion, but Benson was practically clapping through his glowing reviews.

Alexa appeared to struggle with her reply. Andrew thought he saw her begin then abort several false starts. She seemed to be censoring herself, probably because he was present. Once Andrew left, Alexa would likely tell her colleagues what she was holding back now.

“That’s wondering,” Alexa said, pointing.

“I see,” said Barnes. “And what exactly is Chloe ‘starting to wonder’?”

Again, Alexa seemed to stop herself. She looked right at Andrew then gave Barnes a knowing look and said, “She’s wondering about herself.”

“Because she had sex, she’s suddenly introspective?”

“It’s not just that. I’ve asked my …” Again she looked right at Andrew.

“Just fucking say it, Alexa,” Barnes said, annoyed. “Andrew has far more dangerous things to keep his mouth shut about than The Beam. He knows how to keep a secret. Right, Andrew?”

Andrew nodded. Alexa seemed annoyed — at Barnes, who’d apparently decided to open a locked box right in front of Andrew rather than talk around it — but she continued anyway.

“I’ve asked my Beam porter to keep search tabs on Chloe. I get an alert if she searches for anything …” A glance at Barnes, silently commanding him not to divulge another secret. “Sensitive. There have been a few … let’s just say possible hits. And I know she spoke to her mother a few days ago.”

Again, Alexa looked hard at Barnes, but this time was different, her look hinting at something meaningful that she preferred not to explicitly state.

Olivia narrowed her eyes at Alexa, then followed Alexa’s gaze to Barnes.

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