Chapter 155

Madison

Lightning flashed outside, briefly illuminating the room in stark white light before plunging it back into the warm glow of Hazel’s lamps.

“Just promise me you’ll be careful,” she said, her expression unusually serious. “And if he hurts you, remember that I know people who can make bodies disappear.”

I snorted. “Your cousin who works at the morgue isn’t going to help you dispose of a billionaire’s body.”

“You’d be surprised what Derrick would do for a case of good beer.” She grinned, and then her expression turned mischievous. “So, when do I get to officially meet him? As your boyfriend, I mean. Not as your boss who’s pretending not to be your boyfriend.”

“About that,” I said, setting my mug down. “I need you to keep this between us. No social media, no telling your coworkers, no ‘accidentally’ running into us again.”

Hazel’s eyebrows shot up. “Why the secrecy? Is he ashamed of you or something?”

“No! Of course not,” I said qu