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“I didn’t leave fairly, though.” He seemed simultaneously proud and ashamed of the fact. “A team from Interpol had contacted me before that, asking a bunch of questions about the Vilanakis family and what I knew about them. I’d blown them off. But I’d started collecting proof of illegal dealings. In case I needed it. That week here, I decided I needed it.”

“So you told him to leave or you’d go to Interpol?”

“Basically.”

A few more pieces clicked into place. “And that’s why he says you betrayed him.”

“I would presume so. Yes.”

I couldn’t imagine the amount of proof Reeve must have had to feel confident making such a threat. “Why isn’t he afraid that you’ll still turn him in now?”

“He’s found my weak spot.” When I raised a questioning brow, he explained. “I didn’t have people I cared about then like I do now.”

I took in a shaky breath. He means Amber.

But I wasn’t an idiot. I knew he also meant me.

“Anyway.” I forced myself to focus on something other than the possessive way he was star