Chapter 114

Silas’s POV

His face crumbles, instantly going all defensive.

“Silas, what are you doing?” He says, stalking over to me without another glance at Xena.

He takes all the scattered files in his hands, packing them up into a neat pile again, like there’s absolutely nothing wrong or off with any of them.

It only makes my blood boil hotter. “What the fuck is this?” I ask calmly, only barely holding on to my anger as I flap the paper in my hand in front of him.

“An indefinite suspension on all matters concerning the search? What the fucking hell is this Lucas!”

He avoids my eyes as he stacks the papers neatly.

“You were working those guys to the bone, and they needed to rest unless they’d all get bedridden like you were, so I gave them a break.”

I laugh bitterly at his horrible, poorly thought out excuse. From his words, it’s obvious he had never expected me to go snooping in the office on my own.

“You didn’t just give them a f