Page 5 of Virgin for Next Door Wolf Daddy

“As you can see, they have been taking quite a bit of money from you for a while. They created a program that skimmed the cents off of every deposit and transferred it to an off-shore account. Look at this deposit from one of your clients. It is for twenty thousand, three hundred dollars and eighty-seven cents. The women diverted the eighty-seven cents into their accounts.”

“Oh, my heavens,” Jude said, shocked. He adjusted his glasses as though he thought they were messing up his vision. Running his fingers through his hair, he stared at the spreadsheet in front of him. “How long have they been doing this?” he asked.

“Almost a year. They’ve made close to a million dollars by doing this,” Sebastian said.

“I guess the change does add up,” Jude said, astounded. “What do I do?”

“Report it to the FBI. This involves transferring money out of the country so they will investigate. They’ll probably press charges. Unless the women make plea deals and agree to give your money back, it’s unlikely it will be returned.”

“Oof,” he said. “Do I tell the women that I know what they did or do I talk to the FBI first?”

“Talk to the FBI. Otherwise, they’ll simply leave town before they can be investigated, they will get away scot-free, and you’ll have no chance of seeing one hot red cent of your money.”

Jude nodded. “I’ll call them as soon as I ask my secretary to start finding me a new IT person. Is there anything else I need to know?”

“Not right now,” Sebastian said.

Jude sighed dejectedly. “I was hoping you had good news for me.”

“The good news is that it looks like no one has tried to steal your company’s secrets, yet,” Sebastian said.

“Thank heavens,” Jude said, rising, holding out his hand.

Sebastian shook it and walked him to the door. “Let us know if we can be of service in the future.”

Jude waved and walked to his car. Julian said, “I bet he’s going to go home and have a drink or two, or ten.”

“Yep, but the news really could have been worse. The women could have been stealing dollars instead of cents.”

Sebastian slapped Julian on the back and went to his office. He had just finished typing up the report for his records when Julian poked his head in again. “Talia Delaney is here to see you.”

“Show her in,” Sebastian said. He stood, smiled, and said, “So we meet again. What brings you to my domain?”

She smiled back and said, “I’ve heard that you have the best security systems in the entire state and I need one put in.”

“Are you expecting trouble?” he asked.

“No, but I’m a single woman living alone and a person can’t be too careful these days,” she said.

“That is very true,” he said. “We can install an alarm that you set when you leave the house and when you’re in for the night. It would alert responders to intruders and fire. We can also add a camera to your doorbell, as well as your front and back porch. The alarms are manned by a separate company whose job it is to stare at computer screens each night and alert if something looks suspicious. They will call you to make sure you’re fine and ask whether we need to call the police.”

“Sounds good,” she said. “How soon can we get this installed?”

“We can put it in tomorrow. What time is good for you?”

“I have meetings at the county office and then at the school afterward, so I can meet the installer around four if that’s not too late,” Talia said.

“That will be fine,” Sebastian replied.

“Thank you,” Talia said. She stood awkwardly for a minute and said, “I guess I’ll be going. Have a great night.”

“Thanks, you, too,” he said.

He sat heavily in his chair and stared at the door she disappeared through. A scent of vanilla and something that was her essence lingered in the air that smelled like some type of ambrosia. Sebastian felt himself becoming aroused and knew that he was attracted to her.

Knock it off. She’s my next-door neighbor, and I’ve known her since she could walk, since she’s a member of my wolf shifter pack.

Despite his thoughts, he couldn’t help how his body reacted to her, especially when he reasoned that she was a grown woman now.

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