lexander was seated behind his desk, grinning like someone who’d won a rare treasure.
“Come in, Evelyn.” He said, his gaze following as I plopped down on the sofa, and finally he frowned.
I’d just forced him to stand from his own seat and come to me. I thought that’d piss him off but he just smirked, and took a seat opposite mine.
“Well, that didn’t take you long. I was thinking I’d need to try harder to convince you.” His eyes blazed with suspicion, and I knew he was trying to see if I was really here to take his deal or set a trap for him.
I really needed to play the part so I forced my fist to clench, anger flashing through my eyes as I asked him.
“Where are they?”
“I didn’t take you for the impatient type, Evelyn—“
“Where the f**k are they? I swear if you hurt a hair on them,
