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“That… No, that can’t be right,” Mason says.

“It’s right, Mason,” I say. He stands and turns to look at me. “How in the fuck are you missing almost a million dollars?”

“You think I did this?” he scoffs.

“I didn’t say that, did I?” I ask. “I don’t know how you do business. So, I’m asking you… How?”

“Fuck!” he shouts. “Goddamnit.”

“Stop and talk to me, Mason. How?”

“I don’t fucking know, Bex. I don’t even balance the books. I have…”

“Who?” I ask.

“No,” he says. “He’s a fucking asshole sometimes, but he wouldn’t…”

“Who?” I ask.

“Ronan,” Sierra says quietly.

Chapter Seventeen

Sierra

“Ronan,” I say, and they all look at me. “Think about it… Who benefited the most from you two splitting?”

“I knew I didn’t like that little fucker.” Bella says.

“He has Kate under his fucking thumb,” I say. “And the party at the house? I watched him stand by himself and text someone. Kate showed up minutes later. When we were in here with Jerald, he was watching us come in and waiting for us when we got out. Why?”

“The moment she showed up, he started being shitty to everyone,” Mason says.

“Kate’s kid is what, six?” Bella asks. “He knocked her up very shortly after you two idiots fucked her.”

“Could it be…” I start to ask.

“No!” Beckett and Mason say together.

“So, what now?” I ask. “If Ronan is stealing, what happens from here?”

“Fuck. I don’t know,” Mason says.

“Want my advice?” Beckett asks.

“Yes.”

“Shut it down and hand everything over to the cops,” Beckett says. “We’ve always been on the right side of the law, and that shouldn’t change now. You can help me run the shop here, and they can dig through that.”

“Fuck. Yeah. Okay,” Mason says, rubbing his hands down his face. “What do I tell everyone?”

“Exactly what we already had planned,” Beckett says. “We are merging and running things together. Ace will take over as vice president overall.”

“What about Sierra and me?” Bella says with a frown.

“You two are our bosses,” Beckett laughs. “You two will get a vote. If Ace ever stops being a whore and marries, his wife will get a vote, too.”

“What a weird way to propose to us,” Bella says to me, and I giggle.