Page 53 of Traitor
His hands gripped my thighs. “When you’re in my lap? Yes, beautiful.”
I blushed, but it didn’t distract me from my message. “I overheard Lorenzo doing a lot of talking while I was in his house. And you need to know that he’s preparing something massive. He knew that your alliance with him was a joke, but he went along with it to lure you into a trap.”
“Do you know what kind of trap?”
I shook my head. “I tried to find out, but that’s when I found all of that documentation proving that he’s working with my mother. Lorenzo has some sort of defunct, dusty office space where he keeps boxes and boxes of files.”
“Good to know.”
I cupped his cheeks. “You need to be careful. Lorenzo’s plan is to strike when absolutely everyone is weak. And I know for a fact that he’s already trying to make bargains with people.”
He narrowed his eyes. “How so?”
I kissed his lips softly. “When Rosana got into the house—and she sedated your head of security, by the way—she told me that Lorenzo agreed to marry her if she killed me.”
“Well, I suppose that bet’s off,” he murmured.
“Still, it shows us Lorenzo’s moves.”
“She could’ve been lying to you.”
I cocked my head. “And if she isn’t?”
He paused for a while before he picked me up into his arms. “Come, I’ll help you pack. And in the meantime, you can tell me everything you overheard—word for word—at Lorenzo’s.”
And while my heart was happy to be going home, I knew my soul would miss it here. With Teo, in his bed, with his fingertips stroking my skin.
Maybe after this is all done, we can really be together.
If our plan didn’t get us killed first.
22
Charlotte
Mateo took my hand.“It’s just one meeting.”
I sighed as I pulled away from him. “I know what you’re doing, and the answer is ‘no’.”
He spun me around against his body. “You’re going home either way today. But, what I’d like is for my confidante and my lawyer to be present at a meeting. That’s all.”
I peeked up at him. “We have to leave promptly at three.”
He nodded. “I know.”
“I will walk out of that meeting right at three if it isn’t done.”
He grinned. “That, I know as well.”
I licked my lips. “Okay. Fine. I’ll sit in on the meeting, then.”
He kissed my forehead. “Perfect. Gather your things and put them in the car. We leave in fifteen.”
I blinked. “Wait, the meeting isn’t taking place here?”
I watched as Mateo walked off and started barking orders at men who lugged my stuff down from the apartment I used to dwell in. Over the past few days, I’d been sleeping with Teo in his bedroom, and I had to admit that it felt nice. Feeling his arms wrapped around me first thing every morning made me feel comforted and protected. Feeling him shifting around at night just to get closer to me made me feel loved and cherished.
I knew I’d miss him whenever I went home.
