Chapter 10

STRIKER

I met with the big guys at the office door. One opened the door for me, and the other just shot me a bored look.

I drew a deep breath before I walked in and came face to face with my tormentor. Linus was there standing and patiently waiting for me. Then my gaze fell on my gun on his desk. Hence it was not in his daughter’s bedroom.

I shook my head. I honestly didn’t know what to say. An apology wouldn’t suffice for what I did. And I felt utterly ashamed of my behavior.

“No one, let alone my employee, had ever betrayed me. Who, I trusted him with my daughter’s life. I trusted you before. You gave me my daughter back, unharmed. And then this is how you repay my gratitude by sleeping with my daughter? You took advantage of her vulnerability and her fondness for you?”

Fondness?

Interesting choice of words.

“I want you gone and never step in this house or my properties again. You will receive the full payment for your service, Mr. Cade.