ROMANCE: Bear Naked Seduction (Billionaire Bear Trio Book 1) (232 page)
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Authors: Audrey Storm
God, she couldn’t abandon this. Although she also didn’t want to die or be imprisoned because of it.
A loud buzz made her jump and scream. Her fists up, her gaze darted about until it landed on her partially open suitcase. Out of the opening where she had pulled the zipper back, she saw a bluish light emit from it.
Andrea laughed, the sound hollow and dry. Swaying, she walked over to her suitcase and fell on her knees before it. Once she fished out her phone, she looked down at the caller ID.
“Crap,” she said, glancing between the name and the low battery. She answered the phone and pressed it to her ear. “I’m so sorry. I can explain.”
“I’ve been calling you for days,” Ms. Lee said. Her tone was rather impassive, but Andrea knew better than to be fooled by that. “Do you understand that, not only has your behavior been unprofessional, but it makes it appear as if you stole the company’s funds and ran off with them.”
“I was kidnapped.”
Ms. Lee paused. “That is not funny.”
“I’m not joking—I’m not making up an excuse.” Andrea used her other hand to grab at her hair. She felt insane, like she had imagined the last few days and she was trapped in a mental ward. While knowing this wasn’t the case, that trapped-feeling still remained heavy in her chest. “Please, just listen. All of this is going to sound crazy, but Hank—the whole Trio is…” Andrea’s mouth hung open. Try as she might, she couldn’t force the accusation out.
“The Trio is…what?”
Andrea’s throat constricted. Telling the truth wouldn’t save her; it would condemn her. Ms. Lee wouldn’t believe her, and hell, if the situation was reversed, Andrea wouldn’t believe her either.
“Ms. Watson?” Ms. Lee said, tone sharper. “This is very serious. If you are lying to me just to get out of trouble—”
“It’s a conspiracy, I swear,” Andrea said. Her nails clawed into her scalp, her mind running wild. “It’s hard to explain, but Hank told me that three of them are up to something. And it does have something to do with bears, just not what we thought. It’s like a…”
“What? A cult?”
That worked. “Yes, yes, it is like a bear-cult! The way Hank talked about how no one ‘owns’ the bears. I tried to get more information out of him, but then he locked me in a room and told me I had to stay with him until he figured out how to fix this mess.”
Ms. Lee sighed, the sound static-y on the phone. “Are you all right?”
Andrea swallowed. “Yeah. I was just leaving.”
“Good. Get out of there. Your safety is the most important thing. Just get back here, and we can handle the charges against Hank together.”
“No!”
“Excuse me?”
Andrea swallowed again. “Ms. Lee, there is something weird happening here. I need to figure out what it is.”
“By getting yourself killed?”
“No. But if we charge Hank with a crime that I can’t prove happened, nothing will come of it. He and the Trio will just be suspicious of Monumental Press.”
“They will be, anyway,” Ms. Lee said. “If the world at least suspects that Hank held you hostage, he will be less likely to act drastically and harm you. The public eye can be good like that.”
“Please,” Andrea breathed, her grip on the phone so tight that she shook. She lowered her other hand to cradle the device, its warmth pleasant. “Please, trust me. Let me go to Reed O’Connor’s in New York City. Let me at least ask him some questions, and if it goes nowhere, then I’ll come back home and press charges. But please, we need this chance.”
Ms. Lee was quiet for a long moment. Then, her voice much softer, she said, “Are you still in Victoria?”
“Yeah.”
“Get out of there first. Go to New York City if you must…if you really think it is important to do so. But you stay in contact with me. The second I think something is happening, I’m calling the authorities and the Trio’s name will be marred forever. Understood?”
Relieved yet conflicted, Andrea nodded stupidly before she remembered her boss couldn’t see her. “Yes.”
“All right then. Hurry up and get out of there. Call me when you are at the airport, and then call me again when you land in New York City.”
“All right,” Andrea said, hanging up her phone and turning it off before the battery died.
Shoving the device in her suitcase, she quickly picked up the dark bag and hurried out of the hotel. She had wasted enough time there—she needed to get out of Victoria before Hank caught up to her—needed to reach Reed O’Connor—needed to figure this entire mess out before it ended her.
TO BE CONTINUED…
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