Mercer's POV
So, that's the plan. Make me shudder so you get me hooked on your blackmail list. Alright, let's play, Elias.
Tick, Tock. Elias, you have to be better than this.
I switched to acting mode, my face carefree and steady.
"Him? Who? Mr. Elias, I get you're frustrated, but this bullshit has to end."
My eyes darted to Jonah. There was so much I wanted to ask him.
I had searched everywhere and sent spies who reported his death.
The anger flared in me.
They would be dead once I got to them. They had dared to lie to me.
"Act all you want, Mercer."
"Is that a threat?" I said boldly. "You can't make baseless accusations, Elias. I have been nothing but a good partner."
My hand moved to Jonah's black suit jacket.
"If you were talking about a scandal, then I don't know anythi
