Chapter 4

My phone buzzed with a notification. It was a text from the bank.

It wasn't the transfer going through.

Instead, it read: [Your account is now under large amount protection mode. Any transfers require you to show up in person at the bank counter.]

I'd activated this yesterday when I was getting my salon card.

Richard didn't see the text.

He was busy texting Nina. [It's done.]

Watching his triumphant figure, I slipped my phone back into my bag.

The game was just getting started.

On Monday morning, Richard didn't go to the office.

Instead, he took Nina to the…