Page 185 of Bride By Coronation

Kirill

Several Hours Later

Nothing has ever made me crazier. I don't know who sent that video, but I've sat and watched it too many times with anger, hatred, and disgrace running through me at an all-time high.

Someone in The Underworld sent this to Fiona. I'm still as clueless as to who, as I was when she stormed out of here. The security footage reveals nothing. So I bark at Draco for the millionth time, "How did this happen?"

He furrows his eyebrows. "Sir, I don't know."

I slam my hand on the desk. "Stop giving me the same damn answer with nothing attached to it!"

"Sir, we're working on it. I know you're frustrated?—"

"This should never have happened in my own home," I seethe.

He nods. "I agree."

"There's a Zenith Mandate out. There is supposed to be surveillance on every member of The Underworld, so why don't we know who the delivery guy was or the person behindthis?" I spout.

He opens his mouth to speak, but his phone buzzes. He glances at it and groans.

"What is it?" I question.

"There's an issue in the tech room. I need to go."

I rub my hands over my face in frustration.

"Sir?" he questions.

I motion toward the door. "Fine. Go."

He exits.

I rise and pace the penthouse. I try to call Fiona again, but her phone's off, and I can't trace it. It's another security hole, and an inexcusable one. Yet I can't do a damn thing about it right now, so I do the only thing I can. I call Sean, hoping he'll finally pick up.

With disdain, he answers on the first ring, "Kirill."

I squeeze my eyes shut.

He knows.

"Where's Fiona?" I demand.

"That's not your business," he says.

I seethe, "Like hell, it isn't. She's my wife."

"Maybe you should have thought about that before you withheld information from her," Sean accuses.

Rage bubbles up within me. The same helplessness I've felt since I walked into the house yesterday and saw my bride in distress. I admit, "I thought it would hurt her."

Sean's snarls, "To know your father was Daniel?"

My stomach flips. The nightmare I tried to keep buried seems more alive than ever. I can only think of replying, "I'm not my father."

Sean scoffs. "I don't know what to say to you, Kirill, but your father has destroyed my family."

"I'm truly sorry. Your father meant everything to me," I offer, but it sounds weak.

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