Utterly Yours (Book Five) (An Alpha Billionaire Romance) by Alexa Brookes Read Free Book Online

Nate?”
                  “I just needed a confession,” Nathaniel walked by Adam and pulled the camera from the bookshelf on the far wall.  “I had this streaming live to the board room.  I didn’t have a warrant, dumbass.  How would I have possibly have gotten a warrant over a hunch?  But now every single member of the board knows what you’ve done, and soon so will the police.” He turned to face Adam as he shut off the camera and placed it on the bookshelf.  “Get out of my house, Adam.  And you might want to hire your ass a lawyer.”
                  Adam’s face became pale.  “You set me up.”
                  “I set you up.  We were friends, man.  We were friends, and you screwed me.  You screwed me, and you were going to let an innocent kid go to prison for an extra zero on your paycheck.” Nathaniel gritted his teeth. 
                  Adam lunged forward.  “You son of a bitch!”
                  Nathaniel flung his fist into Adam as he came forward, and he managed to knock him clear onto his back. Nathaniel crossed his arms.  “Don’t try to fight me, man.  You know I’d tear your ass up.”
                  Adam sat up on the ground, rubbing his now bloodied nose.  The door to the basement opened, and Lillian entered.  She grinned slightly at Adam.  “The feed went through.  One of the members of the board just called and said that the police are on their way.”
                  Adam started to jump up, but Nathaniel shoved him back down on his rear.  “Stay right there.  You’re not going anywhere, Adam.” Nathaniel looked over at Lillian.  “Go back upstairs.” She nodded and started to go, but Adam started laughing.  The uncomfortable outburst made her pause and turn back around.  Nathaniel glared down at him.  “What’s so funny?” he snapped.
                  “Just like my father before me, I’m stuck being second best to a damn Lynch,” he said, but he kept laughing.
                  “And that’s funny to you?” Nathaniel asked.
                  “I should have just done what he did,” Adam said, still laughing.
                  Nathaniel stared down at Adam uncomfortably.  “And what did your father do, Adam?”
                  “He saw an opportunity and took it, that’s what,” Adam smiled up at him with the most hateful looking eyes Nathaniel had ever seen.  “He saw your old man broke down on the side of the highway, and he embraced the opportunity.”
                  Nathaniel felt as though someone had sucked all of the air out of his lungs.  “Your father was the hit and run driver,” Nathaniel said once his breath returned to him.
                  “If I’m going down,” Adam said with a grin, “I’m taking my old man down with me.  I wasn’t willing to do what he did, but maybe I should have.  Can’t tell you how many times Dad and I had a laugh about that one before he ran your father’s company into the ground.”
                  Nathaniel leaped forward, grabbing Adam by his throat.  The two of them tumbled backward, and Nathaniel flung as many fists into him as he could before Lillian was pulling him back.  “That’s enough!” she snapped just as the police came swarming into the basement, guns drawn.  It was over.

Chapter Ten
     
                  Nathaniel stood by Lillian, leaned up against his car just outside of the local prison.  He had an arm around her as they waited patiently to pick up Tony after he had been officially released.  They had arrived early.  “I can’t believe this all worked out,” Lillian said.
                  “Same here,” he kissed her forehead.  “So what now?”
                  “What do you mean?” she asked.
                  “I mean you and me.  What