Page 738 of Filthy Elites

Kelsey approached his bed and stopped next to the railing. “You were the one who was shot.”

“I was still worried.” Adrian reached for her. “Come up here.”

“I don’t want to hurt you.”

“Kelsey, I need to hold you. If you don’t climb up, I’ll come to you.”

Kelsey shook her head but settled onto the bed next to him. She stretched out on his good side and cuddled close. “I almost lost you.”

Adrian kissed her temple. “I know the feeling. I love you, Kelsey. I don’t know what I would do if I lost you.”

Kelsey closed her eyes to savor his words. “I love you too. I know it’s been quick, but you are in my heart, and I want to keep you there.”

Adrian brushed his lips across hers. He wanted to do more but didn’t have the strength.

Kelsey rubbed his side with her fingers. “Did you expect Graham and Greg to be that crazy?”

Adrian shook his head. “They’ve always been dicks, but they were never insane like that.”

Kelsey leaned up and kissed his lips lightly. “Grant will be here in about five minutes. He said that he was giving us five minutes to do our kissing, hugging, and crying crap, and then he’d debrief us.”

Adrian gave her a partial smile. He was too tired to do more. With Kelsey in his arms, he could finally relax. “Dr. Hogan was here. She’s getting the place cleaned and repaired. She’s making us take a few days off.”

“Was she angry?” Kelsey hadn’t thought about the huge mess the shelter was in until now. She hoped their boss wouldn’t blame them.

“She was furious that we were almost killed. She’s installing cameras and a security system. She’s also getting the back door fixed. That’s how they got inside. The door hadn’t been closed properly.”

Kelsey tried to hide a giggle, but she couldn’t.

Adrian dipped his head closer to her. “What’s so funny?”

“I was just thinking that it’s a good thing there are no cameras now. She would have gotten an eye full today.”

Adrian nuzzled her neck. “We were getting to the fun stuff when we were interrupted. We’ll have to finish later.”

Kelsey figured later was probably a few days or more away, but she wasn’t going to remind him of that.

Grant entered the room in a powerful stride. “Your five minutes are up.”

Kelsey giggled.

Grant approached the bed and crossed his arms. “The feds arrested Osborne and the idiot brothers. They also took two other college administrators into custody. After everything that had gone down a couple of months ago, we suspected there were people we missed. Greg and Graham had been involved since the beginning, but we didn’t have enough proof. Their accounts had been frozen as well, but they didn’t handle losing their money like you did.”

“I had no idea they lost their money too.” Adrian knew having a lot of money or losing it completely changed people.

Grant continued. “We’ve been keeping watch and trying to follow money trails.”

Adrian’s eyes narrowed. They had taken his money as well. “You suspected me?”

Grant sighed. “No. We didn’t think you were involved, but we needed to freeze your accounts. Your whole family’s accounts. We knew there was more money out there, but we couldn’t find it.”

“By freezing everyone’s assets, you were watching to see who was going to access hidden funds.”

“It was a little more complicated than that, but it was the basic idea.”

Adrian didn’t know how he felt about that. Dominic had acted like he believed in him, but obviously, that wasn’t the case.

“Get that look off your face. Dominic never thought you were involved.”

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