“What if we leave it open just to see if we can catch them?” I asked.

“I don’t know, they could rack up thousands in debt,” he said. “I don’t want to risk it.”

“Could we put a cap on the amount?”

One eyebrow went up higher than his eyeglass frames. “Meaning we make your maximum low enough that whoever wants to run up a huge bill gets rejected and has to use another form of payment?”

I nodded. “I hate to even suggest this, but if it’s someone in the office, then they’d likely use their business card to cover it, tipping us off to who it is.”

Trent handed my card back to me with a calculating look. “There’s going to be an email, announcing to the staff to be more conscientious with their business expenses. It would help if you look duly chastened by it.”

I smiled at him. “We’re going fishing?”

“That’s right, shark bait.”

I laughed. I had my suspicions about who had hijacked my card, but I was willing to wait until he was outed for certain before I threw any confetti in the air.

“One question,” he said. “How would you feel if there was a security camera installed in your office temporarily?”

“Whatever it takes is fine with me,” I said.

I arrived back at my office and stored my card back in my wallet. I hadn’t been in the habit of locking my door, although I usually kept it shut when I wasn’t here. I was going to have to rethink that while still giving the thief access to my office. Hmm.

I glanced at the room and noted that something was different. The mockups on my worktable weren’t as I had left them. I crossed the room and studied them. Nothing was missing, but it was clear they’d been moved, as if someone had picked them up and studied them. I felt a chill run down my spine. I had no doubt it was Carson West. Now I just had to prove it.

My raft floated by Nick’s, and I felt as if I were caught in a dream, floating around a gorgeous aqua pool with a hot guy on a Sunday afternoon as if I didn’t have a care in the world.

Ha! If only. Despite the margarita in my hand, I was not relaxed. Anything but. The gala for Lexi’s housing project was coming up fast, and I was being hypervigilant about every single aspect of it. With so much work to be done, it was exhausting, but I didn’t dare take my eyes off the prize.