After work, Leanne went to the parking lot, where her Phantom was in its usual spot.

Jake didn't get out to open the door for her. She was deep in thought and didn't notice, opening the door herself and getting in.

The car started and pulled out of the hospital parking lot, the familiar scenery whizzing by as she pondered how to investigate Vector Vista Bank.

Having been with the Richardson family for years, she had rarely dealt with Vector Vista. Showing a sudden and unusual interest could tip off someone as sharp and capable as Maddox.

Lost in thought, she suddenly felt something off in the silent car.

She glanced toward the driver's seat.

The orange hues of the sunset flooded the car, illuminating the man's profile, his long arms on the steering wheel, his features sharp and handsome in the play of light and shadow.

It wasn't Jake.

Curtis caught her eye in the rearview mirror, an indifferent gaze meeting hers.

"Just noticed? After being kidnapped by someone, you're still obliviously tagging along. Is your guard up only against me?"

not for her intuition, she might not have noticed the driver change.

a bit too challenging for

had come to pick up his wife from work,

pulled the car over. "Come sit in the

and moved to the passenger seat, buckling her seatbelt as Curtis said

felt he was treating her like a child, finding praise in the simplest

eat when I'm hungry and to

eyebrow, his tone playful yet mocking. "And when you see your husband,

her expression defiant. "I was never

hers, his voice teasing.

was a joke, Leanne felt a shiver, her toes curling, warmth spreading to her

you

then, an ill-timed call interrupted Mr.

glimpsed the caller ID, reading the

interruption, Curtis sighed and answered leisurely,

concise orders from his high position, Maddox was brief. "Come over." "Can't. I'm busy flirting

get a student?" Maddox asked before

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