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“On that note, I guess I’ll take my single ass on home,” Shelby says, grabbing her purse and sliding from her chair.
We all chuckle as we grab our things and head out of the restaurant. Maddox makes sure the girls are in their cars before we head to his car. Before he opens the door for me, he gently spins me around and backs me up against the car. The sultry gleam in his eyes excites me to my core.
“Did I tell you how pretty you look tonight?” Maddox leans in and kisses me softly on the side of my neck.
A moan slips from my lips as a shiver runs down my spine. All it takes is one look from Maddox to get me going, but when he touches me, I’m helpless.
“If you keep making those noises, I’m going to show you just how much your pretty ass affects me,” Maddox growls.
“If you want me to stop moaning, then you need to stop kissing me like that.” I manage to breathe out between pleasurable groans.
“Alright, I guess I can wait until I get you home.” Maddox helps me into the car and shuts the door.
I can’t help the contented sigh that slips out, but before I can truly enjoy the moment, my phone dings with a message.
Darrius: You need to answer my calls. I need to see you.
Me: Leave me alone.
I hit block as soon as I send the message.
“You okay, Sugar?”
“Yeah. I’m fine. Let’s get back so you can finish what you started.”
Chapter17
MADDOX
I finally had to let Emani go back to her house. And I use the word let because I didn’t want her out of my sight. There haven’t been any further incidents, and I had to relent and trust that my guys did their job.
She has the best security system money can buy, and I don’t have any other excuses for her to stay. I still feel like the brick wasn’t just kids being assholes, but even Niro’s lead was a dead end. At this point, I have to keep my guard up and be diligent, but it looks like we’ll never figure out who did it.
My office phone beeping brings me out of my wandering thoughts.
“Yes, Lena? What is it?”
“Mr. Reid, there’s been some sort of disturbance. Cameron is asking for you to come downstairs.”
I frown because we shouldn’t have any kind of issues in our building. Our security here is top-notch. There’s no way anyone should’ve been able to create a disturbance.
“I’m on my way.” I disconnect the line and head to the elevator.
Once I get downstairs, I head directly to the control room, where all of the security cameras are. The day supervisor, Cameron turns to me with a deep frown covering his face. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this man without a smile.
“What’s this disturbance nonsense?”
“When I came in this morning, I did a sweep as usual. But I noticed the cameras in the bottom level of the garage were moved.”
“What do you mean, moved? Moved how? Which camera’s?”
“They were slightly moved, so the employee entrance was partially blocked. When I checked the badge reader, it had been tampered with. All of the scans haven’t been recording.”
“Have you checked the footage to see when this happened?”
“Yes, sir I checked. The footage was put on a loop. I can’t tell when it was changed. I only checked the badge reader this morning and noticed that my scan to come through the door wasn’t there. There’s no way to tell how many scans it’s missed. It could be a coincidence, but…”
“We don’t believe in coincidences,” I finish. “Who knows about this?”