‘Boss,’ Mauri rumbled, striding towards me, crossing Mancini’s vast living room. ‘Something you need to be across. Now.’
He held out his phone to me.
‘What?’ I asked, canting from the window where I’d been staring out at calm river views beyond Henley, a small, exclusive suburb in the city’s Lower North Shore.
His eyes were inscrutable as I took the device from him.
On the screen was security footage. I recognised the exterior of my new home.
My heart lurched. ‘Is she OK?’
‘Seems so. The problem is, will you be?’
Just as he said the words, I spotted a young man stroll up to the gate of my house.
I tagged him in an instant, my face heating up even as I followed his cocky stride to my entryway, studying every detail of the stranger’s face and build.
It was the same man she’d kissed a few weeks ago.
A sick sensation churned in my stomach.
I witnessed the front door open to the sight of Mia.
He handed her a bag, which she took with a smile.
To my heart’s despair, she hugged him, and soon after, he disappeared into my fucking house.
‘She let him in,’ I whispered.
This was not a casual visit.
My eyes sliced to the sun-drenched view.
‘Is he still -.’
‘He left after half an hour.’
I nodded, my mind racing, my heart freezing over, my soul in free fall.
‘She let him in,’ I repeated, my voice a whisper.
The image of Mia embracing the man replayed in my thoughts like a broken record, and I struggled to breathe.
Mauri studied me, his expression unreadable.
‘Who the hell is this fucker?’ I growled.
I rewound the footage, staring at the scene unfold once more.
‘Find out where he came from,’ I snapped at Mauri.
He nodded, his eyes never leaving mine. ‘At my request, the real estate agents and our lawyers installed high-quality cameras around the property soon after purchase, on the main entrance and windows. I’ll go through it all and locate the license plate of the car he arrived in. I hope this will give us a clearer picture so I can ID him.’
Despair hit hard.
I’d begun to develop some serious feelings for Mia.
She was unlike any woman I’d ever met, with a sensuality I’d never encountered before.
