“Nathan?” Gabriel’s voice cut through the thick tension in the room like a blade.
I stood by the fireplace, my arms wrapped tightly around myself, trying to process what the investigator had revealed. Nathan—Gabriel’s right-hand man, the person he trusted above all others—was the one responsible for the sabotage. The brake tampering that had nearly cost me and Lily our lives was traced back to him.
Nathan, seated across from Gabriel, looked pale but defiant. “I can explain,” he said, his voice wavering.
“You’d better,” Gabriel growled, his eyes dark with fury. “Because right now, I’m one second away from calling security to drag you out of this building in handcuffs.”
Nathan shifted uncomfortably but kept his gaze steady. “It wasn’t personal, Gabriel. It was business.”
“Business?” I c
