Chapter 84

Sophie

It took thirty minutes for his PI to get here. He entered the study looking flustered from running or whatever he did to get here.

“Thanks for coming on such short notice,” Ronan told him.

“You didn’t give me much of choice,” he shrugged.

“Who is he?” Jasper whispered.

“Ronan’s private investigator,” I whispered back.

Ronan retold the story to him, and he listened, taking occasional notes for whatever cause.

“So what do you think?” Ronan asked.

“I think this man will do anything to retrieve his property, but at what cost?” he asked.

When nobody answered, he continued.

“There is no guarantee that he won’t kill all of you once that thing gets to his hands,” he said.

“Yeah, that makes total sense. He could just kill us out of revenge or for wasting his time,” Jasper said.

“Not helping,” I said through gritted teeth.

“He is right, Sophie. Antonio is a ticking time bomb, and there is no telling what he w