MasukNATHAN“I really do not want to do this” Ray muttered for the umpteenth time that morning and I ignored him as usual.Immediately Camilla had walked out with Denver, I began preparations to go to the vineyard.First I did call Christian and I told him my plan which he confirmed was a terrible idea.“What if it is a trap? What are you going to do then?”“It is not a trap if she has no idea I am coming” I answered.“But you don’t know that she has no idea. I do not trust this Ray person as far as he can be thrown. You need to be careful, Nathan. What does Camilla have to say about your little escapede”I was silent for a bit which told him all he had to know.“She has no idea about it, does she? You are going to run off to danger and she does not know?”“I am trying to save her, Christian. This is my fight and involving Camilla will only put her in harm’s way. I need to figure this out myself one way or another and this is the best course of action”“It is not the best course of action
CAMILLAIt was decided that Denver and I would visit the town council together and have Dexter invited too for the meeting.When I came downstairs, Nathan was already seated by the dining area near the window with coffee in front of him that looked untouched.The morning light cut across his face and made him look far too composed for a man who had spent part of the previous evening threatening to kill someone.Denver sat opposite him, reading through something on his tablet with a permanent frown etched across his face like sleep had not improved his mood in any way.Hannah moved between tables with breakfast trays, carefully avoiding all three of us and still looking guilty no doubt for her part in the mess we were in now.Nathan looked up first when he saw me and smiled which immediately made me suspicious.“Morning, debutante.”I stopped at the table and narrowed my eyes.“Why are you smiling like that?”“Like what?”“Like someone hiding a body under the table and trying to stop m
NATHANAfter the meeting with Denver who had decided he was going to be staying after all and that he would have words with the town council on why the project and agreement with them was not going well. I decided to resume my questioning of Ray.I found Hannah immediately and she confirmed she had kept Ray in a room.“Where?” I asked.She seemed skeptical in telling me and was instead looking over my shoulder no doubt for Camilla who was the one person she believed could stop me from flying off the handle.“I really do not want to ask again”.“He is already battered enough and…”“I need just five more minutes with him. I want him to do something else for me”Hannah nodded and led me to the room she had stashed Ray in one of the smaller guest rooms near the end of the corridor.He was sitting at the edge of the bed and the second he saw me, he bolted upright so fast, his eyes wide with panic.“Jesus…”“Relax, Ray… he only just wants to talk, that is it”Ray did not look like he believ
CAMILLARay was tied up on a chair in Nathan’s room by the time I had propelled myself inside.Where the hell had he gotten a rope? I thought, mid panic.“Nathan”He held a hand up, silencing me.“Ray was just telling me how he met with Leila” He said.I turned to Ray who was already sporting a bruised lips.He looked terrified.“I do not know what you are talking about and this is not legal. I will have you reported to the cops and I will sue you to one inch of your miserable…”His words were cut off when Nathan’s fists slammed into his jaw, snapping his head to the side.The sound cracked through the room so loudly that I physically flinched.“Nathan!” I shouted.Ray groaned, blood spilling properly now from the side of his mouth.Nathan flexed his fingers once like he had merely swatted away a fly.Then he looked at me with cold eyes.“I asked him one simple question,” Nathan said evenly. “How the hell did he meet her and what else do they plan to do”“You cannot beat answers out o
CAMILLAI could not believe what I was hearing.“What did you do?” Nathan asked calmly only he was anything but calm judging by the way his palms were now in fists by his side.“I had no idea who you were when we were approached by a woman. She simply introduced herself as Leila and offered us some money and that she would reach out when it is time to do the job.”“Who else is in on this?” I asked.I placed a hand on Nathan’s arm and felt him flinch.“Dexter and Ray… just them and of course us. That is all I know of.” she turned to Nathan, her eyes pleading.“I am really sorry. I needed the money and it wasn’t until you both arrived that I decided to find out who you both were and realized. I told Ray I was out and did not want to involve myself in whatever she has planned. I even returned the money to him and asked him to inform the lady. I should have known he would still do this”Nathan exhaled slowly, leaning away from Hannah.I watched him run his fingers slowly through his hair a
NATHAN“Ray took the picture” Camilla burst out of the inn, panting as she shook the phone in my face.“What do you mean, Ray took the picture. I do not remember seeing Ray at all at the…” my voice trailed off.“I did see him but I wasn’t sure. Why would he…”“You said it could be Leila or Eleanor’s family or even both of them so we find Ray and we question him. I am thinking we involve Hannah. They are close and I feel like Ray would say something if she is in the picture”“I am going to kill him” I muttered.“You are going to be quiet and allow me handle this my way, Nathan Clark”I folded my arms and regarded her with a grin.I know, I know…It is cliche for a man to consider a woman hot when she is bossing him around but come on, have you seen Camilla Rodrigues?She was the definition of hot and I would be a fool not to acknowledge that.“Since when did you become the boss, Debutante?”She rolled her pretty eyes like I knew she would.“And we are back to that. You know sometimes I
CAMILLA“We are going to a resort?” I asked.“We are”“When?” I asked again.“Tomorrow”“What? I don’t know if I…””It wasn’t a request, Camilla. You are my assistant and you are going to come with me to the resort except you want to be out of a job” Nathan glanced at me.I always considered him absolutely
CAMILLA“We really need to talk” I heard Nathan whisper from behind me.“I have nothing to speak to you about. Are you ready?” I asked him.“I am but-”“Then we should leave to the bar”I turned to look him over, angry at the flutter in my chest and the way my whole being appreciated his looks.He had jea
NATHANI woke up with a hangover.After dropping off Camilla, I had seen myself home and then proceeded to drown myself in whiskey so I did not think about how hurt she had been and how she had refused to look in my direction when I dropped her off.She was right and she was wrong.She wasn’t a liabilit
CAMILLAYes, you are perfectly right.Downing the drink had been a terrible idea.My eyes watered and my breath escaped my lungs as the hot liquid burned through my lungs and set fire to my stomach.I doubled over, my legs weak while Nathan caught me in his arms.“Camilla, are you okay?” He asked, scream







