Page 179 of My Unexpected Mate

“Fuck,” Gabriel said and stood up. “Let it ring.”

Gabriel walked over to Nick and looked down at the phone screen.

“What is wrong?” I asked again. “Who is this boss?”

They didn’t answer me and kept staring at the phone. A few moments later, it stopped ringing.

Nick put the phone back in his pocket and looked up at me.

“It is Victor,” he said. “This is Calvin’s phone.”

My eyes widened and I could feel the blood leaving my face. What the hell is he talking about?

“What?” I mumbled in shock. “Why do you have his phone?”

“I took it after we killed him,” Nick sighed. “This way we can stall Victor.”

“If he couldn’t reach Calvin, he would send somebody to find him,” Gabriel said.

“He would know something was wrong and he would send somebody else after you. Or he would come by himself. This way, we can pretend to be Calvin and stall him.”

“Pretend?” I asked, confused. “How?”

“We will send him messages,” Nick said. “Make up a reason why we can’t talk. It will buy us a couple of days.”

I stared at him not knowing what to say. The plan made sense, but somehow, I had a feeling it wouldn't work.

“Come on, let’s go downstairs and let the guys know he called,” Gabriel said and started walking out of the room.

When we came downstairs, everybody was sitting in the living room, chatting.

“Is everything okay?” Jake asked as soon as he saw us.

“Victor called,” Nick said, pulling the phone out of his pocket.

“Fuck,” Jake mumbled.

“Did you send him a message?” Blake asked.

“Wait, what do you mean Victor called?” Cassie asked, surprised.

“We took Calvin’s phone when we killed him,” Jake explained. “We are going to pretend to be Calvin and stall Victor.”

“That is a great idea,” Annie said. “That way, he won’t send anybody else to take Aria.”

“Yeah,” Blake nodded. “We had that same thought.”

I furrowed my eyebrows. I guess I was the only one who thought this wouldn't work.

“What will you tell him?” Mike asked Nick.

“I don’t know,” Nick said and sat down on the couch.

“Tell him there are no changes,” Jake said. “You are still following her, but nothing important is going on.”

“And tell him you can’t talk because you are afraid that we will hear you,” Gabriel added.

Nick nodded and started typing. When he finished, he raised his head and put the phone on the coffee table.

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