While driving, I listen to music while also thinking about what the hell this meeting could be for.

Did they find Thalia? Is it about the Russians?

So many fucking questions.

My mind has been kind of blank for the past few days. I have just been trying to distract myself so that I can stop thinking about Thalia. I don't want to think about her.

She hurt me when she decided to leave me instead of facing me. She is scared and for what?

Why would she be scared to face me? She never has been scared before so why now?

I swear that's all I have been thinking about. That's why I think she didn't get kidnapped by the Russians because Thalia knows how to take care of herself. She also would do something like run away from her problems and since I have known her, she has always been the one to do that.

It's just how Thalia rolls.

I get to the De Luca estate and park my car in the front after going through security. I get out of my car and walk inside the house and go to where Ace's office is.

I don't bother knocking because honestly, I don't give a fuck right now. I just want to go back home and be alone. I don't have time to find a girl who doesn't care about me.

"I remember telling you to knock, Alexander," Ace states.

He is sitting at his desk while looking down at his papers.

No one else is in his office, it’s just him.

"I don't have time to wait around for you, Ace. What do you need?" I ask as I sit down in the chair in front of his desk.

"I know what happened. I found Thalia," Ace claims, making me raise my eyebrows.

"Well, where is she then?"

"Still in Russia. More specifically in the Ivanov estate." Ace looks up at me from his papers. "So now I am trying to figure out what the fuck happened and what you guys did wrong."

"What makes you think we did something wrong?" I ask in a bored tone.

He can't seriously be blaming me, can he?

"Alexander, you went with Thalia to Moscow. You were both supposed to come back together but I only see one of you in front of me. What happened while you two were in Russia, Alexander? Why did Thalia leave without you?" Ace asks while placing his arms on his desk.

"I don't know. How about you ask her when you see her?" I say in a sarcastic tone.

"I would love to, but she isn't here, Alexander. Why did she leave?"

I roll my eyes. "I wish I knew the answer." Ace then lets out an annoyed sigh and rubs his forehead. "How do you know where she is?"

"I have a mole in their estate, and he heard Vladimir's men talking about how they have Thalia."