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Alice raised her hands helplessly. “I have no idea.?”

Natalia looked at her desperately. “What should I do?”

“I have no idea. I’ve never dealt with anything like this before.”

“Neither have I.”

“I’d start by finding out who posted it.” Alice nodded toward the phone. “People in the comments are saying it was disgusting that you were there. Some are even claiming you gave the minors the drinks.”

“I knew some younger girls were escorted out. I didn’t know they were served drinks. I wasn’t working behind the bar. I don’t understand how I’m getting blamed for serving them drinks.”

Quickly returning Alice’s phone, Natalia hurried into her office. She picked up her own cell phone and called Arden.

A groggy Arden answered. “If you’re calling me to come in, give me thirty minut—”

“Arden,” Natalia cut her off, “someone posted a video of the police at The Last Riders’ clubhouse because they were supposedly serving minors, and I’m in it!”

“What? Give me a minute.”

When Arden’s voice became faint, Natalia assumed she was searching for the video.

“Doom, wake up! Natalia says there’s a video online about The Last Riders.”

Natalia pressed the phone to her ear, her hand shaking so badly that it nearly slipped from her fingers. She waited for Arden to watch the video.

“What the hell?”

Then she heard Doom’s voice. “Fuck.” He must have taken the phone from Arden.

“Arden will call you back,” he said. “Don’t respond to any comments. Wait for us to contact you.” Lowering her phone, Natalia saw that Doom had already ended the call.

She returned to the video and discovered that the view count had now climbed above nine thousand. Forcing herself to open the comments, she nearly burst into tears. More than ten people were calling for a boycott of her restaurant.

Had Wizard known they were being recorded? Was that why he had ordered Doom to make her leave? If he had known and hadn’t warned her, she would kill him.

Grabbing her purse, Natalia stormed out of her office. If The Last Riders had destroyed her reputation, they could damn well fix it!

CHAPTER 26

NO SKIN OFF MY NOSE

“Go away!”

Wizard rolled over and grabbed his pillow, smothering his aching head beneath it.

Fuck it all! What does a man have to do to get some sleep around here?

He rolled back over and sat up. “What the fuck do you want?” he snarled. Frowning, he heard a loud thump before the door flew open.

“You’re going to fix this!”

Wizard stared in stunned silence as Natalia barged into his dimly lit bedroom, clutching something in her hand. Still half-asleep, he thought she was holding a gun.

Lunging sideways, he reached for the weapon on his nightstand. His palm had barely closed around the grip when light flooded the room. His jaw dropped at the sight of Natalia towering over him like an Avenger, holding her phone inches from his face.

“You’d better fix this now!” she screeched.

“Fix what, you crazy woman?” he yelled, grabbing a blanket to cover his waist.