The Assassin’s Billionaire Bodyguard – Chapter 52
Isabella kept her eyes averted as she considered Cam’s version of debrief was entirely different than Bellona’s. He had ripped into her for taking liberties with his instruction, for talking too much and for egging on the team. The team got ripped for not responding fast enough to the things Isabella had taken care of, such as the two guys on the landing. Overall, it was more a lesson in what not to do to piss off the commander while in the field than anything else.
Her face was neutral, and her eyes fixated on a square of carpet on the Juggernaut corporate jet, and she found herself daydreaming about going home and cuddling Casper and maybe making a call into the Bellona psych. She had promised Artemis a full debrief and she was prepared to give one.
“Questions?” Cam asked finally and the group was silent. “Good,” he stalked back to the front of the plane and disappeared into the cockpit.
o the chair.
“He can hear you,” Erik said with a grin, “even if you think he can’t,
low laugh.
rrying the boss. Is it true?
are you asking me not him?”
broadly. “Also, he pays me, you don’t.”
enough. Has Gideon ever lied to you?”
“No.”
eally work for Clara Dra
y brother.”
g family to the richest woman in the universe?” Sly leaned o
y to have her.”
ctuary.”
the hell is an actua
in front of me. For Draxton I analyze risk versus reward for a variety of situations, projects, and things like this. I work somewhere between the insurance team and the accounting team providing data in hard numbers so Clara and the Board ca
, “no wonder you kill people.”
can trust you.”
“You can, Isabella. There isn’t anyone on this
you’re no
have to work.”
urity gig you’ve done for Cam?”
”
d laughed. “She’s not that bad.”
th Portia and you took the drug lord.”
, “why were you given those two choices?”
d to date Evgeni Andropov, and he can’t take no for an answer and put a bounty on my head. He wants me kidnapped and sent to Russia. My family and Cam’s family have known the Andropov’s for years so just
e absorbed her information.
“hey, you say the word and any one of us will take the fucker out for you. You’re one of us now Isabella. You’r
into the group. “Thank you. I appreciate it but if it ever got back Cam’s men were involved, it puts him, and everyone as
ke an accident.”
he’s recovering from br
the toilet and made a face, “you’
u won’t let me kill him.”
on grunted.
here flying alone?”
He’s cran
’s he cranky?”
”
.”
t have to go. You could have his six.”
ng Casper’s hair.” She laughed. “I al
ut a few wires, he’s going to need my help.” Isabella laughed at Gideon’s grumble of displeasure. “She needs this. You want to her to stop being an a*****e, then her dad needs to give her some attention.”
”
“I’ll go.”
ly.
you do.”
have over two thousand hours in. My leader felt it would give me a better understanding of the need for precision and to
t didn’t work,
t, and took the seat Gideon had vacated.
hat the hell are you doin
ky your co-pilot is considering parachut
Gideon’s name and pushing the call button.
s okay but Clara’s Bombardier is cooler.”
on had made and then reviewed the dash ahead of her. “Jesus Christ you can
up as she fought the arrogant smirk, she w
there anything
you’re cranky.”
m not cranky.”
thinking you’re in a great mood is you.”
Go get Gideon
ly capable.”
chuckled and shook her head. “I’m good. I’ll
we’re the ones on the manifest with air traffic control.”
p well?”
by. Thanks for covering
can see.
atiently snapped.
e a face, “I think he’s worried about keeping me safe from you-know-w
led in.
later, the plane was in the hangar, all the guys were off the jet and I
aid quietly now it was just the two of them ag
ou need to do and then we’ll get Casper and go back to my house.”
”
.”
an escort for me if she deems it necessary.”
or discussion.”
n a foul mood. She knew she’d hit the nail on the head earlier with her comment about him worrying. Five million do
dn’t tak
ut and ignored the frustrated hiss of air. Sabine was at her side and Ben wasn’t far either.
dog.”
him dropped off an
cked her door and they stepped inside. Cam followed Ben in last and she ignored
the city.”
paused, “can I bring Casper?”
”
”
They shook hands an
,” She teased and saw the pull of Cam’s lips at her
I’m certain. Sabby and I will be in the safe room. It will be locked from the inside, and you won’t be able to enter.”
iously
me as last time Ben,” she shrugged. “Go do your sweep. Also, I left some jewelry and my cell phone in the armory. Can you grab it?”
pulled the handle of the clip holding the broom to the door and the panel to the safe room slid open. She keyed the code into the door and the metal door opened and the other s
ll?”
nterest as he watched Isabella and Sabine go through the door and the soun
abella looked to Sabine who had immediately gone very busi
and camera and set them up on the tabl
g her before she bailed out of the country and was pushing her hard about emotions and anger.
d with the outcome. Sabine folded her arms and glared at her across the table, but Isabella merely kept her eyes to the monitor.
is bad for our business and we need them gone.”
n his hit list. I can’t have it. When you send someone, can you make it someone from another team?”
”
rather if you’re sending someone, it be someone from out of country and nobody who would ever be linked to us in any way. If Mikhail is protecting Evgeni, he has him under camera surveillance.
I can bring in from out of country. If this isn’t over by tomorrow, she w
until the monitors went dark and Sabine stopped recording and turned off the camera knowing her best friend was about to give her