章 223: Getting to the Bottom

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TRIGGER WARNING

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Lila

Thoughts flashed through her head faster than lightning. 

The mole. 

The hidden intel logs on the system. 

Chris took Tish home before she disappeared.

Shit. 

Shit, shit, shit. 

Chris?

Holy shit.

But... Dane had always trusted him—as much as he trusted anyone. Yet, even Dane had, at times, warned Lila to tell no one—including Chris. Had he known his brother was betraying him? Or at least suspected? He'd never told her outright, but there'd been times she'd wondered…

She wanted to claw his face off. She wanted to scream and throw him out of the Penthouse by the window. And she wanted to crumple into a ball on the floor and scream for everything to just stop moving for minute!

"Lila, this isn't what you think—"

"Get out!" she hissed, backing away from him. "It's been you all along, hasn't it?"

"No! Not… not the way you think—"