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Chapter 1

Amelia

Idropthebinocularsonto my lap. “I am going to murder my boyfriend.”

I probably shouldn’t say things like that out loud, seeing as how the last man who wronged me ended up dead. That sounds worse than it was.

No wait. It legitimately does not get worse than death.

Oh, I didn’t kill him. ‌I want to make that abundantly clear right off the bat.

But tonight is a different story. I may have to kill someone. Caleb. And the woman sitting across from him, leaning over the table to display a ridiculous amount of cleavage. I don’t have half of what she does. Am I jealous? Yes, obviously.

“I’m sure there’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for this,” Maddie says from the passenger seat, where she has her binoculars aimed right at my boyfriend, catching him in the act.

“I can’t believe this is happening again,” I groan.

“He’s not Justin, he’s not cheating on you, he’s working. That’s what he told you.”

“Yes, yes, I know. My boyfriend is a government agent and incapable of being dishonest with me,” I mutter in a monotone.

Iknowhe’s not cheating on me. Maybe. Then again…there may still be some lingering fears in the pit of my soul in a place only Taylor Swift could accurately describe through poetic song.

But this is more than that.

This is a missing persons case. Caleb told me he was going to be busy with work for a while. Hedid notsay he was going to disappear for an entire month. I hadn’t seen my boyfriend for thirty-one days. I needed proof of life! So I enlisted Maddie’s help to track him down.

And we caught him. In the act of enjoying steak with another woman. That is a food best savored besideme.

“Did he tell you what he was working on?” Maddie asks.

“Something top secret, yada yada.”

I pull the binoculars back up to my eyes. Caleb touches the woman’s hand, and I want nothing more than to chop off her fake nails.

Caleb picks up her hand and presses a kiss to the back, offering her a smile meant solely for me.

Red hot fury rages in my stomach.

“I’m killing him.” I toss the binoculars in the back seat.

“Whoa, hey.” Maddie yanks my arm off the door. “Let’s just wait it out, and see what happens.”

“You think I should wait until he kisses her?”

“Well…”

“I’m going in there.”

“And you’re going to what? Make a huge scene?”

I look over at her. “Yes.”

“What if he’s undercover?”

I already considered that. I take a deep breath. “Relax. I noticed approximately seven minutes ago that all the servers are wearing black. So am I. I’ll steal an apron and walk by. I won’t even engage.”

“That is a terrible idea.” Maddie shakes her head.