All Chapters of Love, Lies, and a Billionaire's Regret : Chapter 81 - Chapter 84

ADRIAN "The night she kissed me back," Jonathan muttered. "Yes," I replied. "What was Marcus recording that night?" "I don't know," I said. "He hasn't said what's on it. Just that it exists and that it involves someone close to Penelope right now." I set the phone on the table. "And that we need to hear it before the detective does." Jonathan glanced at the phone. "This is Marcus controlling information from the custody," he reminded me. "Don't forget that." "I know what it is," I said. "But if there's something on that recording that could hurt Penelope, I'd prefer to know about it first instead of her hearing it unexpectedly from a detective." Jonathan remained silent and he picked up the phone. His expression didn’t change, but his jaw showed he was considering it, which needed careful thought. "We can't go to him," Jonathan stated. "He's in custody." "He's not telling us to go to him," I explained. "He says he'll send it." "Through what channel?" Jonathan qu

PENELOPE ***THE NEXT DAY "You've seen him three times this week," Jonathan spoke quietly, as if he had been holding this back for a while. He stood in the doorway of my apartment, lingering for thirty seconds while I pretended to focus on my phone. "We work together. Remember?" I replied. "You don't work together," he countered. "You have a financial arrangement and that's the difference." "He came here on Wednesday and today you spent four hours at his office." "You've been counting," I pointed out. "I've been noticing," he said. "You sound like you're keeping a record," I said. "I sound like a man who is trying to understand where he stands," he replied. "You know where you stand," I insisted. "Do I?" he replied. "Because from here, it seems like Adrian has a lot more of your time than I do." I stood up from my chair. "You're doing it again." "Doing what?" he asked. "Making my choices about you," I said. "Deciding that the time I spend with someone else says somethin