of what was going to happen when Carlos arrived, but I was going to be strong. I was going to do my part to make sure this man was caught.
It was only ten minutes before Carlos was there standing right behind me. Somehow he had managed to get into the building and onto my floor without the supervision of Robert or anyone else.
“Miss Hunter,” he said, and I turned around calmly.
“Oh, hello. Like I said on the phone, that’s all I know. You really didn’t need to come down.”
“Could we go somewhere private and talk?”
I glanced at Joseph, who shook his head no. Although, I already knew I couldn’t go anywhere alone with Carlos. That would be way too dangerous.
“We can talk here. What else do you need?” I asked as I smiled at him.
I let my fingers play with my hair and tried my best to flirt through my eyes. Men were fairly predictable creatures and soon, Carlos was sitting on my desk with his leg touching mine.
“Honey, you said that Mr. Baker purchased stock for a company that just went public. How do you know this?”
“Oh, yeah. Okay, so I was naked. You know, after we had been together,” I said with a huge cheesy smile. “And, he was at his computer. I saw the name of the company on the screen and he was buying a lot of stock. I’m sorry I forgot to tell you earlier, but when I saw the news story, I totally remembered.”
“Okay, I appreciate your help.”
“Oh, you’re so sweet. You know, I can’t believe I fell for such a liar. I should have found a nice, strong man like yourself,” I said as I placed my hand on his bicep. “Wow, you really work out.”
“Yeah, I do. I’m going to take care of something. Maybe I could call you when this is all over?”
“Yes, I’d like that.”
Carlos leaned in, and I felt his hand squeeze my thigh. His lips were only inches away from my ear and his breath made my whole body sick.
“I’d like to have a hot night in bed with you.”
It took every last bit of my energy not to vomit as I tried to stay still. I managed a sweet smile as he walked away. I waited until he had entered the elevator before I started to shake.
“You did good,” Joseph said. “He bought it.”
“I think I’m going to throw up.”
Chapter Twenty-Two
Brandon
“Rose, are you ready?” I said as I got her on the phone. “Delilah told him the story. He’s going to come to you soon, I think.”
“I’m at home. I’m ready. I’ll call you when I see him.”
“Be careful.”
“I can handle it.”
It was nearly three hours before we heard back from Rose and we were all freaking out. Delilah had come to Dick’s office to wait with the rest of us as we sat hoping for Rose to call us back.
“He said he found information that you’ve lied and have a lot more money than you said. He told me to come to you and threaten you so you’d sign the papers. What do you want me to do?”
We were ready for this. This was what we hoped would happen, but Carlos wasn’t going to be ready for what we had coming. He was about to go down.
“Call me with him in the room.”
“Okay,” Rose replied without questioning the plan. “I’ll call you back.”