Chapter 180

Thomas was blown away by her openness and vulnerability. Leah had accepted blame for a betrayal she could not even remember. She’d chosen to believe him. To trust him when all he’d done was lie to her, trick her, and punish her. It was enough to bring any man to his knees.

Thomas started to walk toward her, but he’d gone only a few steps before the phone in his hand rang. He saw his lead investigator’s number and answered. “That was fast.”

“I can tell you about your wife’s father right now, Mr. Alexander.” Barr paused. “Do the names Chase Johnson and Justin De Nero mean anything to you?”

Thomas’s entire body went hot, then turned to ice.

He was only dimly aware of the ebb and flow of people around him as his hand clenched around the phone.

“Johnson and Justin De Nero?” he repeated in a strangled voice.

“The owner of Johnson Inc. is the best friend of Leah’s stepbrother, Justin De Nero. They are close friends... very close friends.”

Thomas’s heart pounded in his throat. He saw black bi