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he’d been forthright from the start, and in the last month had proven his sincerity in everything he’d said and done.
    Aiden was two years of constant; Barrett was a twenty-four hour mistake. I just had to remember that.
    Sunday afternoon, Aiden and I went to Harrison’s offices.
    As soon as we took our seats, the man with the graying blond hair and ruggedly handsome looks handed Aiden a brown folder full of documents. “You better start reading, Detective,” he said.
    “What is it? What did you find out?” I asked.
    “Special Agent Mark Lucas was working a case. I spoke with a contact of mine in the FBI and pulled in a few favors. I found out there has been a tri-state undercover operation underway for at least six months. It all involves the financial dealings surrounding the Sovereign Hotel and Gavin Barnes.”
    “What are they looking for?” Aiden asked, looking up from the paperwork in his hands, his face unreadable.
    “Fraud, embezzlement, and bribery of city officials,” Harrison replied.
    “Oh my God,” I gasped, placing my hand over my mouth. I turned toward Aiden. “My mom . . .”
    “Beautiful, it’ll be okay,” Aiden assured me, putting his hand on my leg and squeezing gently.
    “You don’t know that,” I shrieked, as I stood up from my seat and started to pace the room.
    “Sit down, Alyssa. I promise you, this is a good thing.”
    I spun around to face him. “How can this be good? My mother has just married a man being investigated by the FBI.” My voice was a high-pitched shriek, but all I could think about was my mother losing everything my father left her because of Gavin. “We have to get the marriage annulled,” I announced to the room.
    “Aly, you need to take a deep breath. We don’t want to ruin any chance they might have of making an arrest.”
    “No, no, no, no.” My eyes grew wide, and I shook my head at Harrison’s suggestion.
    “I’ll go see Special Agent Lucas,” Aiden announced which just ramped up my anxiety even more.
    “No!” I snapped. “You almost punched him the last time. I’d rather not have you arrested for assault, thank you very much.” I closed my eyes and took a deep breath, opening them to see Aiden giving me a wry grin. “What?”
    “You’re cute when you’re being protective,” he said before he stood up and gave me a hard and fast closed-mouth kiss.
    “Alright, I’ll keep digging then?” Harrison asked, looking at Aiden.
    “Yes, keep looking. Anything else you can find out, let me know,” he replied.
    Harrison switched his gaze to me. “Alyssa, there’s one more thing I need you to know.”
    Aiden wrapped an arm around my shoulders and pulled me into his side. I turned to look at Harrison and waited for him to continue.
    “I cannot find any record of your mother signing a prenuptial agreement with Gavin Barnes.”
    “You investigated my mother?” I asked incredulously.
    “I asked him to,” Aiden said. I tried to pull away from him, but he just tightened his arm and kept me in place. “Aly, you said they got married very quickly and without telling you. It made me suspicious, so I asked Harrison to look into your mother’s holdings, and whether there was in fact a pre-nup in place when she married Gavin.”
    Having heard his explanation, I was actually relieved that he had thought of it.
    Then my breath hitched and my body went solid when I was hit with the Mack truck of realizations.
    I tilted my head up to meet Aiden’s eyes and whispered, “my company,” before my vision went black, my body went slack, and I passed out.
     

 
     
     
    After I’d come to on the couch outside Harrison’s office, with a very worried Aiden hovering over me, Harrison handed me the folder of information he’d collected on both Gavin and Special Agent Mark Barrett Lucas. He promised us that he’d look deeper into Gavin’s business dealings without raising alarm with the FBI and also find out whether Gavin had made any moves involving