13 Days Later
"I'm nowhere near close," I groaned, rubbing my forehead as I leaned away from Bella's laptop.
Bella admitted, "I don't know where else we can look for money. We've mortgaged all the properties available to you, Patrick, anything we had records of from your mom's estate, and everything my parents can offer. Our house is already under mortgage. We only have two days left."
Time was not on our side.
"What about the banks? No. We've talked to every bank. What about other lenders?"
I was panicking, nearly hyperventilating.
The kidnappers had been sending video clips of Ethan being beaten every day.
"Yes. We talked to all of them except---"
"Nathan can't help. I can't even ask. House Lewis isn't involved in this. They don't need me dragging them down too. Besides. How would I explain this to him?"
I took in a deep breath and let it out slowly. I was capable. I had always been good at finding a way to do whatever needed to be done.
I had never used a boyfriend to fix my problems before. I wasn't going to start now I'd found my fated mate!
I hadn't told Nathan anything about finding Tyler. The only contact I'd had with my boyfriend had been to tell him we were over. He'd asked me why -Nathan had deserved a reason why- and all I could think to tell him was because we had to be.
I supposed it said something about the strength of my character Nathan accepted my response with no further questions.
Bella gave me a worried look as she asked, "Have you considered asking Patrick again?"
I realized now I'd made excuses for Patrick all my life. I had wanted to believe my father was a better man than he was, but now my eyes were wide open.
I went to Bella's bedroom with my phone. I sat on her bed, looked around at all her things and wished I could trade places with her. The room obviously belonged to a teenaged girl whose biggest interests were K-Pop boy bands, clothes, and makeup.
I couldn't even remember my room at home. All I saw when I closed my eyes was the mate I had left sleeping in a room at LUST.
say,
and sicker the more Patrick talked. His proposition to steal from my mate was more disgusting than the man who had tried to
fated mate to be their other half, to complete them, to protect them and love them and keep them from ever feeling all the negative
I blackmail
go down. I had to admit he
hopeful I would save my brother, but at what cost to myself? How could
on Tyler Wright while he lay innocently sleeping at my side. I
clip of Ethan being beaten play again in my mind and realized I had no
couldn't let my brother
hugged Bella as if I'd never see her again. If
take me to the
his family's business enterprise. Or at least that was what we had
about my mate being the future Alpha of House Wright. I'd be Luna of House Wright! What did I know about being
when we got to the main office building. I told him no with a shaky smile in
the CEO's secretary much less Tyler
debtors to settle his accounts and I had run out on them. I didn't regret running, but I did regret playing
only a boy. He deserved a chance to grow up no matter what the
you, sir. I've got
the cab and straightened my shoulders as if I had the confidence of a person with an appointment. Maybe if I
I figured the CEO would be close to the top
might meet resistance getting into the
was easy to sound upset with the guard for holding me
I was upset.
Tyler Wright and if he didn't help
to see
have an
don't need
to put as much scorn into the words as I could. I called up the way the meanest girl in my school talked as an example. It must have worked because the guard dropped his hands from my
name at
the elevator opened to let off a
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