I’d only halfway believed Aaron when he’d promised me a helicopter, but there it was, on the front lawn of Lachlan House, blades still. Williams wouldn’t let me step foot aboard until he’d checked it over. Even then, he insisted on taking the pilot’s spot. I climbed in the back and discovered
Marcus already there.
“Order a helicopter?” he asked me, like that was a perfectly normal thing to do.
I buckled myself into the seat next to him. “I’m surprised you waited for liftoff.”
“I told you, Heiress.” He gave me a crooked smile. “I don’t want to do this alone.” For a split second, it was like the two of us were back at the racetrack, barreling toward the finish line, then outside the helicopter, a flash of black caught my eye.
A tuxedo. Julian’s expression was impossible to read as he cli
