Page 74 of Jase

“Helping…or is it more than that?” At my hesitation she let out a sound. “It is! Are you falling for him?Have you—”

“No. No. Not exactly. There’s something. I’m just not sure yet what it is. I know what I’d like it to be, but we’re still getting to know each other.”

“You’ve been there for weeks. You don’t know him by now?”

“It’s complicated. I mean, I do, but he’s very private. He sort of has to be. He’s been through a lot. Like me.”

“Is he hot?”

“Tiff.”

“What? I can ask. Given who just had me in ropes, I’m entitled to ask. Holy hell’s angels. I do believe you sent me the devil.”

“They’re plentiful amongst these men. Trust me.”

She gasped. “So he is hot. Who is he? What does he do? Is he some sort of investigator or something? A cop? FBI?”

“No. Nothing like that. He.” Again, I grew quiet.”

“Kody, don’t do that to me. Come on. You can’t leave me hanging like this.”

“Okay. Well, he’s sort of the reason you’re taken right now. His friend, Rian, Rush’s brother—”

“Rian is the one here, or is that Rush?”

“Rush has you now.”

“Of course. Dreamy guy with a dreamy name. Continue.”

I frowned at her obvious attraction. “Jase had Rian watching over your accounts. You’ve had some very suspicious activity on your You2. It seems someone has been trying to see more into your life by adding you. I don’t know how all that works, but that’s what Rian said.”

“Wait. They’ve been monitoring my You2? How? I have everything set to private.”

“They’re good at what they do. Jase—”

“No. Wait.” I could hear anger pushing into Tiffany’s tone. “They’ve been reading through my personal stuff? My messages? Have they been in my email?”

“I don’t know.”

“Do you know anything, Kody? Do you even know these men? For all we know, maybe they are the ones who took you. Maybe this is some sick joke to trap us both. You say they’re not cops. What the hell are they then to have the authority or knowledge to protect us? They’re reading through my fucking private stuff.”

“Is that so bad if it’s saves you?”

“Saves me? I just got kidnapped! And don’t you mean humiliates me? That’s private. I had a right to know I was being watched. Some computer creeper hacking You2 does not make me feel safe right now. I’m feeling worse by the second.”

“Tiff, it’s okay. They’re not computer creepers on You2.”

“Sure they are!”

“They’re not dammit. They own it.”

“Own?” She got quiet. “They own You2?”

“Yes,” I breathed out. I’m with Jase Colter. He’s the one who has me. Rian and Rush are on his team. They run it together. They lead the security and stuff there, and they’ve been doing everything they can to figure out who’s behind this ring that took me. Because it is a ring of people, Tiff. This is big. Bigger than we can even imagine, and they’re not going to stop until they cover their tracks. That would be everyone who knows about them.That’s us.”

Deep breaths filled my ears.

“I don’t feel good. I…Fuck I can’t breathe.”