“Especially if they incriminate me.

I already made the mistake of hiding things.”

I didn’t thank him.

I still remembered that kiss in the grocery store and how he’d talked about my safety as if he owned it.

But he showed up to the meeting without bodyguards inside the office and handed over copies of his company’s bank transactions, along with contracts for services that were never performed.

Joan checked the dates and asked for originals or certified copies to support any complaint.