Page 84 of The Billionaire's Assistant

“Thanks, Carter.”

“Always.”

I ended the call and set my phone back on the nightstand.

“What else did he say?” Ben asked.

“Are you up for faking another drop off? If we want to do this through the justice system and press charges, we need to catch him in the act.”

“I can do that. I don’t even have to see him, right?”

“No, all you have to do is exactly what you did before. We’ll have someone there as backup the whole time.”

“Are you sure he’ll be there today? Are you sure he hasn’t figured out you’re onto him?”

“We’re covering our tracks, and he’s already in the office.”

Ben frowned. “What time is it?”

“It’s almost nine.”

“Seriously? How did we sleep that late?”

“I didn’t set an alarm. I wanted you to get all the sleep you could.”

“You’re going in late today just because I’m here?”

“When this is over, baby, I’ll take a week off, maybe even two or three. I’ll take you wherever you want to go. You are the most important thing to me right now.”

“I just…this is real, right?”

“It’s very real, Benjamin. Now, let’s get this plan together. We’re going to take this asshole down today, then we’ll go to work on the rest of your family.”

“What are you going to do to them?”

“Some of that depends on how they react to the pressure I put on them. Except for Jesse. Jesse is going to disappear. No one’s going to hear from him again.”

“You can just do that and know you won’t get caught?”

“Yes, I can.”

“Have you done it before?”

“Only in a situation equally as serious as this.” Thankfully, Ben didn’t ask any more questions. I didn’t want to go into detail.

Felix came trotting into my room as we put together a plan. He hopped up on the bed and rubbed his head against Ben’s leg, then against mine. I reached out to pet him.

Ben smiled. “He likes you. He’s easy-going, but he doesn’t usually come up to strangers like that.”

“I rescued him from a fire; that should count for something.”

“I don’t think cats really care about things like that.”

“Well, I care about you, and so does he.”

His smiled widened. “Maybe that’s it.”

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