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Zeus
No problem. Sleep well.
Yas
You, too.
Feeling more at ease now that she wouldn’t be going back home alone tomorrow, Zeus put the phone down and let himself relax against the mattress again. Tiger put his head on Zeus’ thigh, and he reached down to run his fingers along the top of the dog’s head and ears, making Tiger sigh with happiness as he settled in.
“Did you have fun with Hope today, buddy? Yes, you did, didn’t you? You’re gonna have to be gentle with her until after she recovers from her surgery, but then I bet she’s going to be able to run around with you the way you always want to do.”
Which was going to be good to see. And a relief off Zeus’ mind about both his neighbor and her dog. While he still needed to keep his head in the game about work and whatever the hell Devlin was up to, he should have plenty of time and energy to focus on Yasmine as well.
Chapter 20
Zeus
Up early for his run with Tiger, it was no problem to get over to the office before Yas was even awake. He was keeping an eye on Sarah’s house and on his own camera doorbell for Yas passing by when she walked Hope. Was it possible that she wouldn’t walk by his house? Sure. But he doubted it.
Likely, she was sleeping in, and he was glad of it since he doubted she’d gotten good sleep the night before.
What did surprise him was when he got to the office and realized he wasn’t the only one there. It was early enough, he’d expected to be, especially on a Saturday. When he realized it was Drew, he was less surprised. The man had been putting in long hours even before someone had snuck into the office to plant false evidence for the FBI to find and knocked Drew out at the same time.
It had been set up in a way to make it appear as though it was possible Zeus could have been the culprit. Once he’d found out that Noelle was cheating on him with Devlin, he’d quickly realized the call from her that day had likely been to ensure he wasn’t in the office and could therefore be put under suspicion. That part had worked, especially after it became apparent that Noelle and Devlin were together. The team had been suspicious of him.
As he would have been of him in their positions.
But he’d found the planted evidence and scrubbed it from their files after showing Lincoln, which meant there was nothing for the FBI to find when they’d shown up, thanks to an anonymous tip. They’d all known where that tip had come from. Devlin had made it his mission to take down Lincoln and the Black Fox team as revenge for being fired. Apparently, he didn’t consider having an affair with Lincoln’s wife and embezzling money from the company to be just cause.
Because he was a fucking sociopath.
At any rate, Zeus was tempted to just avoid Drew, but after the last time they’d been alone in the office together, and Drew had been attacked, that probably wasn’t the best choice. He sighed inwardly and walked over to Drew’s office door. The big man was in there, locks pulled up into a kind of messy bun on the top of his head, black t-shirt stretched over brown muscles, gaze intently focused on something on the computer. Zeus didn’t make the mistake of thinking that Drew didn’t realize he was there, though. Ever since the office attack, the man had been hypervigilant.
“Morning,” Zeus said. He doubted much more than acknowledging that they were both in the office would be necessary.
Drew’s gaze flicked up to acknowledge him now, and he grunted something that might have, charitably, been interpreted as a greeting.
Good. Interaction complete.
Zeus was about to turn away and head to the back supply where there were some of the spare security systems for clients—he was just going to grab the best one, and he’d pay Lincoln back later—when Drew cleared his throat. Pausing in the doorway, Zeus looked back over his shoulder to see what he wanted. The expression on Drew’s face did not look happy.
“Do you have a minute?” Drew asked.
Why did he feel like he was going to regret this? But Zeus turned back around. As long as Yas didn’t decide to go home in the next few minutes, he had a minute. Especially since Drew rarely voluntarily talked to him. Whatever he wanted, it must be important.
“Sure, what’s up?”
“I need to try to find someone from just their name.” Drew sat back in his chair, his expression turning aggrieved as he waved his hand at the computer in front of him. “Need to diffuse your bomb, and I’m your man, but all of this searching stuff is driving me up the fucking wall.”
“Good to know. What name?”
“Pete James.”
The name made Zeus freeze in place, but Drew didn’t notice because he was already scowling at his computer again.
“Do you have any other information to help pin him down? That can’t be that uncommon of a name.”
“It’s not, which is part of why this is so fucking annoying.” Drew huffed as he poked something on the keyboard with unnecessary force. “I have more information about his wife than him. Her name is Stacy James. I can email you what I have about her. Please keep it confidential. She stayed at Naomi’s shelter, and right now, her husband is looking for her.”
