“Then let’s do that.” She smiles at me. “But can I let you in on a little secret?”

I nod at her.

“You deserve a love like that too.”

And then I do something that shocks the hell out of both of us. I reach forward and take her in my arms and hug her.

And it feels amazing.

FORREST

After spending the day at Ashton’s office, we have come up with a plan.

Everyone I voiced my idea to today looked at me like I was crazy, but the more we talked about it, they started to agree it had merit.

And while I didn’t want to, I have to rely on Ashton to have my back on this. Because he quite forcefully told me that if he lets me get too hurt that Harper will have his balls, and apparently, he’s quite fond of them. My girl scares men, and I love that about her. She is not afraid to be her own force of nature, and we need more people like that in this world.

Ashton brought in some of his team, and we video-linked with a guy called Ghost who is the tech brains behind the operations on certain cases. He’s also the one who will make sure they know where I am at all times once we put the plan into action. We agreed that tomorrow morning, we will leak a random story to start popping up on the news feed that Chester will see on his phone. I don’t understand any of the tech side of things, but this Ghost guy has already hacked his phone and computer, as they have been monitoring him for a while. So, he will take over what Chester’s devices show him, and make him only see a shadow feed that is what we need him to read. Fuck, these computer guys are incredible but so dangerous with the way they can take over our lives without us even knowing.

Chester will be fed a few stories about Harper and me, how we are together, and then he will start to get stories of how I have just landed in Chicago to do some big takeover of another hotel. It’s all bullshit, of course, but we will see if he takes the bait and starts searching me online. Of course, Ghost will only let him see what he thinks is enough to get him hooked on wanting to get to me, but no personal information.