CHAPTER 48
The front door clicked open.
Selene looked up from the couch, her eyes settling on Damien.
“You’re home early,” she said.
Damien dropped his keys on the table and loosened his tie. “I had to. Something weird happened today.”
She shifted. “Weird how?”
He walked toward her, sat down slowly, and leaned forward.
“I was tracing Cherry’s movement,” he said. “Trying to find out who she’s been meeting since the merger. Julius and I finally got a link… a bank receipt.”
Selene narrowed her eyes. “And?”
“The moment we opened it—” he paused, rubbed his forehead, “—the system shut down. Completely. Every damn thing went blank.”
“You’re saying someone wiped the data?”
“I’m saying someone’s watching us. That information was real. And someone didn't want me to see it.”
Selene sat up
