DONOVAN (Gray Wolf Security, #1)(178)

We all make stupid mistakes for love.

And then Rachel. Jacob spun stories and got a friend to pose as a lawyer to get Rachel on his side. He really had thought Rachel would flub the attempted kidnapping, keeping me and Lucien in San Antonio while the deal went down. He’d never thought she’d actually be successful at it.

I wasn’t sure what to think about that.

My dad’s friends found Jacob at a hotel in downtown Houston the night Lucien went into the hospital. He was waiting until the deal was signed and sealed the next morning. Then he was on the first flight to Switzerland. Alone.

Jaime was arrested at the bed and breakfast. Lynn turned herself in after coming to the hospital to see Lucien in the ICU.

Rachel wasn’t charged. I told the cops that she’d told me about the plan and I’d gone willingly with her so that we could set up Jacob. She came clean with her family. Lucien showed her the patent on the artificial pancreas that had her name on it and then offered her a job with his tech team at the company.

Lucien has decided to continue the good work he’s been doing with the biochemical company. After all, it’s all his now. He’s hired a scientist to run the drug division, and he’s pushing forward with his artificial pancreas. They go into trials next week.

Jacob’s trial is next month.

Lucien’s going to testify against him. Not because he bodes him ill will, but because it’s the right thing to do. Lucien’s always been about the right thing.

And me? I still work for my daddy, but I don’t do undercover work anymore. I spend most of my time in the office in my comfortable jeans, running background checks and hacking the bad guys’ computers. It’s where I’m most comfortable.

Besides, my husband doesn’t like the idea of me kissing strangers in bars anymore. And I figure once in a lifetime is more than enough for me.



END of LUCIEN