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“I know,” he nods. “What do you say we try to get our way out here?”
“What do you have in mind?” I whisper.
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JAX
“Our sources close to billionaire Greyson Huntington and CEO of Huntington Media Group have said he's been kidnapped. It’s unsure at this moment if a ransom demand has been requested,” says a woman on the news.
“This is bad,” whispers Catherine to Bryan.
“Where the hell is she?” shouts a guy as he walks into the room. “I need her now!" My phone is blowing up. Chloe is his lawyer. She needs to get ahead of this.
Who the hell is this jackass? My fist is twitching at the side of my body.
“That’s her boss,” whispers Bryan, getting in front of him.
“Bryan, what the hell are you doing here? Greyson is our fucking client.” Then he notices me for the first time. “What the hell are you doing here?”
“I know,” Bryan says, trying to guide him out of the room.
I can’t fucking deal with this shit right now. She needs to get out of that place. We need something to go in our favor because I’m tired of waiting around here.
My phone vibrates in my pocket, and I ignore all the messages like I have been doing for the last hour since we formed this war room in the hotel's conference room. Danny's team has laptops and phones spread out all across the table. I take this call, though. “Mike now’s not a…”
“It’s Kate,” a female voice says.
Fuck! Chloe likes Kate and will not want me to lie to her.
“I know Chloe is probably super stressed right now. I know she’s close to Greyson. I just want to know she’s-”
“Kate,” I stop her before she rambles on anymore. “I need to tell you something.” I pause. This is the hardest conversation I’ve had all night. “She’s with Greyson.”
The line goes quiet, and I worry for a minute the call has ended.
“What did he just say?” I hear Mike say. He was obviously further away from the phone.
“Jax.”
“Whoever has Greyson has Chloe too.”
“Rumored to be with the media CEO is his lawyer, Chloe Lawson.” The person on the news says. Heads are going to fucking roll when I find out who’s spoken to the press.
“Jax, do you need anything?”
“No. Danny is here.”
“That was quick.”
“He’s been working for me for a couple of weeks.”
“Jacob said it was nothing to worry about.”
“It's been quiet for weeks. I guess they were waiting for tonight. Chloe is the reason he started this event.”
“Call me when this is over.” He says thoughtfully.
“I will. I’ll get Chloe to call Kate. She’ll be the first call.”
