Lucien's POV
I had just finished my meeting when my phone rang, I glanced at the screen and immediately picked up.
It was the personal bodyguard I hired to follow Seraphina from a distance.
"Speak," I said coldly as I walked out of the conference room.
"Sir… Miss Seraphina just drove into the Carter Mansion alone."
I stopped mid-stride. The air in the hallway seemed to drop twenty degrees. A dangerous, vibrating silence settled in my marrow the kind that usually preceded a massacre.
Alone?
A dangerous silence settled inside me.
The investigator continued carefully, "Should I go in? Knowing Carter Estate security, I probably won't get far without permission."
"No," I replied instantly. "Keep your eyes there. Don't go in. I'm on my way."
The call ended.
My assistant, who had been following behind me with files in his hands, looked confused when I suddenly changed direction.
"Mr. Rhys," he called carefully, "you have the Tokyo investment call in fifteen minutes.
