Break of the Six (The Preston Six Book 4) by Matt Ryan Read Free Book Online Page B

finally sunk in. “He’ll be expecting us,” he said.
    “Yep.”
    “What if we do the unexpected?”
    “I’m all ears.”
    Joey laid out the idea, which started with getting their cure to their entire family; he didn’t trust something that came from Marcus, or Zach, or whatever he wanted to call himself. Then, they’d get Samantha out of his foul hands and end his life at any cost. This would be the last time he allowed Marcus to control his life.

 
     
     
     
     
     
    THE NEXT MORNING AFTER HER trip to Preston, Samantha slammed her finger on the remote button and the TV clicked off. It was too depressing seeing the way people were suffering. Samantha felt the tears welling up in her eyes. She wanted to rush the cure out to the world and fix them. No one needed to suffer. Maybe she should visit the factory herself and see what the holdup was with the production line. They needed to make it faster.
    Even as they bought four flu vaccine plants this week, it would take another few weeks to get the materials in to get them up and running. She made more calls and pushed more people than she thought was ever possible to speed it up. People’s lives were in her hands now. She owed it to them.
    She felt a hand glide over her shoulder. “You okay?” Zach asked.
    “Yeah, just want to get this cure out to the world. Have you seen what’s going on in LA?”
    “Yes, it’s tearing me apart. And from what I heard this morning, Mexico City is in total collapse.”
    “Zach,” Samantha turned and gave him her best strong but stern face. “I don’t think the world has a couple weeks, there might not be a couple days . We need to act now.”
    “I hate seeing you like this.” He gave her the puppy dog eyes and adjusted his tie. She smiled and looked away, it was such a stupid look, but it still made her giddy every time. “What if I can get another city a cure? A major city. You choose.” He sat on the edge of her desk.
    “You have some ready to go?”
    “I was leaving it as a surprise for you.”
    “You know I hate surprises.”
    “I know, that’s why it’s fun.”
    She felt heat flooding her stomach. Zach had started to make her feel things she thought she might never feel again. Just being in the room with him made the old feelings fade to black. Sucking in a breath, she held it. One city . . . how could she choose? “Do we have enough for LA?”
    “Yes.”
    “I think we should do a highly populated city. New York doesn’t seem as bad.”
    “Yet,” Zach added.
    “LA then.”
    “Done.” He tapped his fingers on the desk.
    “What else have you been keeping from me?” Samantha’s coy smile spread across her face and she took a step closer to Zach.
    He rose from the desk. “Did I tell you I like the color purple? It’s like, my favorite color.”
    “I pegged you as a fan of blue.”
    “Mix in some red...”
    “And you’ve got purple.”
    “Exactly.” He moved closer to her.
    The magnetic pull of him sucked her in. Samantha’s hands shook and her heart beat fast. They were in her office, windows all around. Anyone could be watching them. Oh God, they’d all think she’d slept with the boss and that’s why she got promoted to VP.
    Who cares? Let them think what they want. She moved closer, taking a quick glance at those perfect lips before closing her eyes. She wanted to feel a connection again with a man. Maybe it would help her forget.
    Two knocks sounded on her glass door. “Miss Samantha?” Her secretary, Ashley, stood there with a stack of papers in hand. “Sorry if I interrupted anything.”
    Samantha took a step back and felt part of Zach’s favorite color heating her cheeks. She cleared her throat. What was wrong with her? It was her boss and he was older. How old though? She had to find out the exact age. Twenty-nine would be the cut off. Okay, maybe thirty. But that was it . Why wasn’t he looking away? Why wouldn’t Ashley get the heck out of the office?
    Zach cleared his