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“Not necessarily,” Julia said. “It just means that we need a two-pronged approach. Kyle can help us bring Lydia and DG down. But we have to find another way to make sure those photos never see the light of day.”
“How?” Grant said. “I talked to Mike Donovan, he thought ensuring all digital copies were deleted was impossible.”
“Maybe, but…”
“But?” Grant asked.
“I have a friend who has a friend…he’s very good at this type of thing. I don’t know if he’ll even do it, but if anyone can do this, he can.”
Grant leaned back in the chair, tenting his fingers as he considered it. “Can we trust him?”
“I think so.”
He slid his eyes to her. “We need to be sure before we have a bigger mess on our hands.”
“I trust my friend.”
“But it’s not her we need to trust.”
Julia shook her head. “But he’d never betray her. And she’d never do that to me. So, by extension, we can trust him. I just…wanted to run it past you before I even asked her about it. I’m not certain she or he will agree, but I wanted to make sure we were on the same page.”
He grabbed her hand and squeezed it. “Thank you. I appreciate that, but I also trust your judgment. If you think we can trust them, then I say we move forward.”
“Okay, I’ll send a message to Ava and see what she says.”
“Keep me informed. I can’t wait until this mess is over. I really can’t take much more of Lydia.”
“I know this is hard. Really, really hard. But hopefully, it won’t be much longer. If we can get rid of her leverage with the pictures, we can push back much harder.”
The corners of his lips turned up. “That would be nice.”
“We’ll get there. Wish me luck with this new angle. Let’s hope it works out.”
She pushed away from the desk, intent on sending the message to her friend immediately.
His hand tensed around hers, refusing to let go. “Julia, I…”
His words died off as she furrowed her brow. Did he have some concerns about the plan?
His features pinched and his gaze flitted around the room as though searching for the words he wanted to say. Before he could speak, though, the opening doors interrupted him.
Kyle pushed into the room, quickly closing off the space again. His gaze focused on Julia. “I’m glad I found you. We have a problem.”
Julia’s stomach clenched at the words. If Kyle thought there was a problem, maybe they’d already lost on the Lydia front.
CHAPTER 3
GRANT
The appearance of Kyle coupled with the words he spoke twisted Grant’s stomach into a knot. We have a problem. When didn’t they? And usually, Kyle was behind one of them.
In fact, he wouldn’t have been surprised if Kyle wasn’t part of DG Industries all along and feeding them false information to distract them.
He eyed Kyle warily, memories of his past deceptions flickering through his mind. Trusting him was a gamble, one that weighed heavily on Grant. He couldn’t shake the nagging feeling that their past was a prologue to a future betrayal. He didn’t trust the man as much as his wife did. Sometimes her soft heart confounded him, and sometimes it made his heart ache with worry for her.
“What happened?” she asked, her muscles tensing as she rose with concern etched into her features.
Kyle stuck his hands on his hips and shook his head.
