Four Brothers and a Bride novel · Chapter 22 of 24

Chapter 22: Twenty-Two Thousand

Cian had his door open before the car stopped.

"Stay in the car," I said.

"Not a chance."

"Then stay by the car. He's mine."

Cian looked at me, and then at Whit, and leaned on the hood with his arms folded.

I walked up to the step.

Whit didn't stand.

Up close, he looked like somebody had let the air out of him.

His hair was flat. His eyes were red. There was a stain on his navy cuff.

"They changed the locks on my office," he said. "At midnight. My key card doesn't work in the elevator."

"I know. Bram mentioned it."

"Her father's lawyers called me at two. They're filing a criminal complaint Monday morning."

"That sounds like a Monday problem."

"She took her stuff out of the condo at three. All of it. The yellow kitchen chairs."

"Those were mine, actually," I said. "But I'll let her have them."

He laughed, a cracked little sound.

Then he reached inside his jacket and took out an envelope.

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