. I could understand if investors wanted nothing to do with you, and there’s only one person responsible for that situation.” I would have told the bastard anything he wanted to hear if it kept Lina safe, but the man had to know there was no getting the milk back in the jar once it was spilled. I slowly eased myself farther into the room, drawing the two thugs with me as I moved closer to Wellington. “Check him for weapons.” Wellington snapped at the men behind me, turning his gun on me.
I exhaled harshly as they began to pat me down, removing the handgun holstered under my jacket. The same gun Lina had held on me two days earlier, only now it was fully loaded. I’d hoped he was enough of an amateur not to think to check me for weapons. He might have been shady as f**k, but he wasn’t the
