Arabella's POV
The call from Maeve came at 3:17 p.m.
I was in the war room, staring at acquisition documents without seeing them, when my phone buzzed with a message that made my blood stop.
Damian was in the park. He talked to Liam.
I read it three times. Then I called her.
"Tell me everything."
Maeve's voice was high and panicked, which wasn't like her. Maeve O'Sullivan didn't panic. She'd been a digital security specialist before I'd poached her, and I'd seen her face down a corporate espionage threat without flinching. But now she sounded like she was about to shatter.
"I turned my back for five seconds. Five seconds, Arabella. He was feeding the ducks one minute, and the next—" She took a ragged breath. "I heard him talking to someone. A man. By the time I got there, Damian was
