Accepting My Twin Mates by Unwise Owl

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.

life, drawled out. “Hearing from you again so soon! What can I do for

say. How the hell do I pretend to be my father, when this man clearly knew him and, from the sound of the familiarity, he knew our

cleared my voice and dropped it an

pass on a

on to who?! This is why Badru should be on this phone, not

things,’ Aasim wiped

was a massive inconvenience and one asked of him too many times. “I’m taking a messenger fee

Badru said out loud, without thinking, from where

to stay quiet!’ I mind-linked him

Isaac?” A superior voice

his tone…

“Still here.”

message?” He prompted when I stupidly

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

on the last payment,” I used what Elan had said

The man’s patronising tone repeated. “You told me to purposely delay the payment for your last two packages for a few more months till you said so. Is this you giving

your boss to send it,” I swallowed my snarl, as did my brother, whose claws

had to mean our mate

“Boss? That wannabe French overlord? Ha! You’re funny Alpha. And here I thought you were

f**k off the phone!’ Badru’s wide eyes warned. ‘I don’t know who this guy is, but you

finished pulling my leg, you got any more messages for Frenchie?”

“No.”

And, no hard feelings about your

the question

f**k did that comment mean? How the hell did I

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’,

down, not having the first clue what part of any

that guy flirt with

head up to my brother, that out of everything

your first

did he mean about her?

focused on those last words. “Whatever our dad is hiding, it goes

my 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 was somewhere screaming in my mind, but

grabbed my wrist. For a second, I thought he was trying to stop my aimless search. But he slid open the drawer I was about

felt the base, sliding it back and revealing a false bottom. Inside, lay a black leather ledger. My brother pulled it out and flicked

as my trembling hand pulled out a necklace I would recognise anywhere… Evie’s locket. I opened it anyway, knowing I would see

He took it…

it

he saw our pain, knowing he had

the signs I read with my father, thinking it was sympathy…

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

under my nose and pointed

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

hair colours, eye colours, approximate

of people,” Badru’s fist clenched and his voice shook. “The payments are for people. Our father