Liam's Perfect Woman (Home to Harbor Town 2) - Page 63

Natalie gasped. “I can’t believe your parents let teenagers on this road on dirt bikes.”

Liam chuckled. “People in the area don’t think of this road like you do. Most residents could drive it in their sleep. If you saw some of the mountain paths my mother used to take on horseback, you’d realize this road is a cakewalk.”

At the mention of his mother, his grin flattened.

“Liam…how do you think we should try to get in to see Lincoln DuBois? Should we try and call when once we check into the hotel? I can’t imagine he has a number listed publicly, a man like him.”

“I have both his address and phone number.”

Natalie looked at him in surprise. “How’d you get those?”

“Detectives have their ways.”

She laughed. “Apparently.”

He shrugged. “It’s why you initially hired me, right?”

She wanted to blurt out that a lot had changed since she’d given him a check to investigate his own father, but she figured now wasn’t the time to broach that sensitive topic.

“So, how are we going to proceed?”

“We’re going over to DuBois’ place and ask him if he knows anything that might be relevant about my parents and the crash.”

“Just like that?”

He gave her a wry glance. “He’s expecting us.”

Natalie was so shocked she forgot to clutch at her seat as Liam maneuvered a hairpin turn. “You already spoke to him?”

“I didn’t speak to him personally. I talked to a few people, but the guy who is going to get us in the door is the Chief Executive Officer of DuBois—Nick Malone. Malone’s not the most welcoming of men, but I suppose crackpots try to wriggle their way into DuBois’ presence all the time. We got lucky though. DuBois himself was in the room when I spoke with Malone. The only reason we got a meeting with DuBois was because Malone said my mother’s name out loud, and DuBois heard it.”

“Your mother’s name?” she asked slowly.

“Yeah.”

Liam now looked so grim, his former laughter might have been a hallucination.

Natalie didn’t really know what to expect in regard to visiting a billionaire tycoon’s house. Even though Liam had the lakeshore address, they had to ask for directions a few times, the estate was so secluded by towering pine trees and miles of land. When they finally did find the drive, it was unmarked. They didn’t realize it was the road to DuBois estate until they pulled up to the iron gates and saw the numbers for the address innocuously printed in tiny numerals on the metal of the security intercom.

“Malone may have given us the address, but he sure as hell didn’t want to make things easy for us to see DuBois,” Liam muttered before he pressed the intercom from his car window.

Perhaps a Hollywood influence had her imagining a maid dressed in a black dress and a white apron, so she was a little taken aback when the door to the sprawling house was answered by a cowboy.

Well, not a cowboy, really—there was no hat or enormous belt buckle, but the tall, fit man with the wavy chestnut brown certainly looked as if he’d be comfortable in a horse’s saddle.

“Can I help you?” he asked, although his clear, cold gray eyes hardly seemed like he wanted to give them assistance.

“We’re here to speak to Lincoln DuBois. I’m Liam Kavanaugh. This is Natalie Reyes.” Even though she’d seen Liam shake hands with innumerable people in the past several weeks, he didn’t offer his hand, which surprised Natalie a little.

For a few seconds, the man didn’t say anything. Natalie shifted on her feet uncomfortably when she noticed Liam and the man were having a staring contest.

“We spoke on the phone. I’m Nick Malone.”

“I figured you were. I recognized your voice,” Liam said so pleasantly it was as if he hadn’t noticed the chill in the air, even though Natalie knew for certain he had.

“I don’t like this. Mr. DuBois isn’t at all well.”

“You mentioned that several times on the phone. I promise you we’ll be considerate of his health. It was my understanding that it was Mr. DuBois’ particular wish to speak with me.”

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