THE MORNING AFTER THE STORM.
Nathan's POV.
The early morning sun was just starting to hit the glass windows of the kitchen, and I was standing by the main counter with a cup of hot black coffee in my hand while looking at the front pages of the daily newspapers that my staff had left on the table, their headlines loudly announcing Vera’s midnight escape from the local airfield alongside pictures of her empty car that the police had found abandoned near the highway. The entire city was talking about the scandal, but I couldn't care less about where Vera was hiding because my only priority was keeping this penthouse quiet and secure for Emma and Pearl, who were currently resting in the back bedroom after the terrible confrontation we had faced in the park yesterday afternoon. The house w
