Accepting My Twin Mates by Unwise Owl

Chapter 85

Accepting My Twin Mates Chapter 85

CHAPTER 82 – DID HE FLIRT WITH YOU?

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SPOILER ALERT

THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS REFERENCES TO PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THE SERIES

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Astennu

I tried to keep the tremble out of my hand as the mouse slid across the mat to open the first hidden-away file. Badru quickly gripped my shoulder in silent support, the same horrid apprehension gripping his centre as it was mine.

All the falsified invoices were there, twenty-two of them in total and dating back a decade, just as Elan had found. Each was different, listing a contrasting vendor name, amount paid and service rendered; accounting, consultancy, construction…

The fact our father had these hidden on his computer told us one simple dark truth. He was not only aware of the payments to the pack, he was involved with them.

Why? What were they truly for?

‘I don’t know, but he’s the reason our mate is gone,’ Aasim roared with venom. ‘He waved that damned stolen schedule in our face like we had f****d up when he KNEW!’

My wolf’s rage seeped and blended with mine. I didn’t know how, but I knew these bullshit payments had to have something to do with my mate’s disappearance. He had the power over Janet to make her do what he wanted and was why she wouldn’t say anything. The threat on her daughter was real… and it came from my own father.

The damn family photograph leered at me. Was this why he moved it here? Out of some sick guilt?

In a single motion, I snatched the photo and hurled it across the room. The frame and glass shattered, putting a crater in the opposing wall.

“We should call this number for ourselves,” Badru surprised me with a calm and level tone. He hadn’t batted an eye at my explosion.

“I’m being serious,” he repeated when I stared back at him in dismay. “If we’re about to beat the ever-living s**t out of our own father, I want to know precisely what for first.”

I took a deep breath, the air containing nowhere near enough oxygen to fill my lungs and calm me.

“You do it, Ru. You’re better at improvising and acting.”

My clumsy distraction in the kitchen had turned my stomach with cringe.

“I am, but you do a better impersonation of dad and you know it. Even mom was fooled that one time. Which got awkward real quick,” he grimaced, paling.

It was intended as a joke a few years ago and had back-fired mortifyingly.

“Fine. But don’t say I didn’t warn you when I f**k this up.”

“You won’t,” he handed me the landline phone. “You got this.”

“Ok,” I gave in and accepted the phone. “Try and stay quiet.”

I dialled the number in haste, copying it from my brother’s phone screen, and listened to the ringing tone signalling the number was operating.

a rather smug-sounding voice I hadn’t ever heard in my life, drawled out. “Hearing from you again so soon! What can I do for you? You can’t have

be my father, when this man clearly knew him and, from the sound of the

dropped it an octave,

on a message

for a message to be passed on? Passed on to who?! This is why Badru should be on this phone, not me. He was best at thinking on his feet. I had just blown this whole thing in

we plan things,’ Aasim

task was a massive inconvenience and one asked of him

said out loud, without thinking, from where he listened in next to

just told you to stay quiet!’ I

Isaac?” A superior voice drew my attention

tone… did he

“Still here.”

message?” He prompted when I

to facepalm myself as the world’s biggest i***t. A career in espionage was not going to be in

used what Elan had said and hoped, prayed, for Evie’s sake,

man’s patronising tone repeated. “You told me to purposely delay the payment for your last two packages for a

I swallowed my

to mean

earpiece. “Boss? That wannabe French overlord? Ha!

‘I don’t know who this guy

my leg, you got any more messages for Frenchie?” The trailing end of

“No.”

alrighty then. And, no hard feelings

I tried to keep the question out of

mean? How the hell did I even press

thought the unsettling man on the other end of the phone line was about to hang up. “Before you go, Alpha. Rest assured, I won’t go running to your daddy to rat you out,” his laughter rang loudly once more, letting me know my act was screwed. “Consider it my good deed of the day… and because you sound rather arousing when you’re trying to play it cool. Just one last thing, more of an FYI. I answer to myself. I never have ‘bosses’, so please, pretty voice, don’t insult me again and have

clue what part of any of that conversation to

guy flirt with

up to my brother, that out of everything he

seriously your first

our mother. What did he mean about

focused on those last words. “Whatever

main focus of finding what my father was hiding. Because if I left this room, I would go to him and my unnatural calm would explode. My wolf

stop my aimless search. But he slid open the drawer I was about to

a false bottom. Inside, lay a black leather ledger. My

would recognise anywhere… Evie’s locket. I opened

He took it…

had it

saw our pain, knowing he had

read with my father, thinking it was sympathy…

in front of him, he didn’t react, continuing to stare at the pages, shellshocked.

the book under my nose and pointed

invoices, as do the monetary amounts,” he pointed out. “The payments come

hair colours, eye

payments are for people. Our father

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