Her words hit Harrison hard, he couldn’t start to imagine the state Isabella would be now, he had spoken to her grandfather and there was still no words from the men who had took Isabella, they didn’t even need money and he just can’t figure out what their reasons for taking her was.Chloe kept talking. “I keep thinking about it, every hour that passed, every night she spent wherever they put her, all because you couldn’t protect her, and fucking kept all these to yourself. You knew how close I am to her, you knew I would help, and you still said nothing.”“I didn’t want more people involved,” he said.“That’s an excuse,” Chloe pointed her finger at him. “You don’t trust me, even after everything we had all been through together, you didn’t think I was useful enough, either way, you left her in danger longer than she needed to be.”Harrison let out a sharp breath and rubbed his forehead. “I was wrong not to tell you,” he finally said, their argument had been going for a long time and

“Harrison,” Isabella whispered weakly. “You came…” tears welled up in her eyes as she stared into his eyeball.“Quiet…” Harrison rushed over to her side, she was pale, but this wasn’t time to talk, he quickly cut the rope and helped her stand, scrutinizing her quickly. “Can you walk?”Isabella sniffled. “Yes.” “Stay behind me, we need to leave fast.” Harrison said and Isabella nodded as they both hurried down the hall slowly.They stepped into the hall, below them a shout rose, someone had found the empty chair.“They know,” Chloe’s voice came from the radio. “The men at the front are moving towad you, there are two men coming from the street, I see weapons.”“Keep them off the stairs.” Harrison said.He guided Isabella toward the back stairwell, footsteps pounded on the lower floor, and a man appeared at the bottom of the stairs, gun rising.“Duck!” Harrison shouted and pushed Isabella against the wall and fired a shot, the man fell, another came right behind him. Harrison met him h

“I do,” Harrison nodded. “I care about what happens to you, and I care about the work you’re building. A contract on paper means nothing if someone inside is tearing the foundation apart. We will figure this out together and we will both get rid of the threat.”She looked down at her hands for a few seconds, then back up. “I’ve been carrying this alone,” she said. “Every day I walk into that office and wonder which of my staff are real with me and which one is hiding something. It’s exhausting.”“You don’t have to carry it alone anymore.” he assured her. “Tell me everything you’ve noticed, even the small things…”Mia took a deep breath and started speaking. “One month ago, a big client almost signed with us, everything was ready, then their office called and said they received an anonymous message claiming our company had money problems. The deal died the same day. I never found out who sent the message.”“Go on.” Harrison signaled her to continue.“A week later one of our best design

Carl’s eyes narrowed slightly. “You’re trying to find common ground.”“I’m stating a fact,” David replied. “You and I both know the corporate world doesn’t reward the soft ones. It rewards the ones who sees the board clearly and move with purpose, I move with purpose and so do you. That is the only reason I’m sitting here.”Carl leaned forward. “And what purpose brings you to me specifically?”David was silent for a while, he had decided before meeting Carl that trust came first, answering the question directly or asking about Harrison would wait for now.“I want fewer enemies than I need.” David said instead. “And I want to understand the people who sit near the center of Hayes family. You’re one of them. Talking to you is clearer than listening to rumors.”“Rumors about me, or about him?” Carl asked, he had also done his research on David and saw that David knew Harrison to some extent and they were not in good terms.“About the whole picture, and nothing more.” David answered.Carl

After Mrs. Torres left the restaurant, Janet took out her phone and quickly dialed Mia’s number.The phone rang three times before Mia looked at the screen. She was still sitting across from Harrison in her family living room when she saw Janet’s name flashed on the screen. Her face changed at once.“Who is it?” Harrison asked when he saw Mia’s brows pull together in a frown.“It’s Janet,” Mia said, glancing at Harrison. “Janet never calls me, we don’t talk and I’ve not seen her call for the last couple of years.”“You should take it.” Harrison said softly, but Mia shook her head, she left it to ring.“Ignore it.” she leaned back, turning her phone face down, “Whatever she wants, it won’t be good.”Harrison watched Mia for a few minutes. “Ho do you know if you don’t answer?”Mia swallowed hard, her jaw clenched. “That’s because every time our path cross, something goes wrong, last time I saw her, she threatened me.”Mia sucked her breath and lifted her chin. “We’re related, but that n