Obsession and Surrender (The Billionaire's Temptation Book 7) by Cali MacKay Page B

seen anything so elaborate. Every email, every account and profile we’ve been able to track leads nowhere in the end. Fake addresses, fake Socials, fake bank accounts. He’s like a chameleon—or a ghost.”
    Keane knew Hadley and her team were doing all they could, and at least Lilly was safe for now. They’d find Sirius before he got to her, and that was all that mattered. “I understand it hasn’t been easy, but spare no expense, Hadley. Do whatever it takes to bring this to an end.”
    “I know. But it’s not a matter of money, or this would be done.” Hadley looked around. “Where’s Lilly? Is she here?”
    “Yeah… She’s been holed up in my office for the last few days, trying to catch up on her writing.” Luckily, she’d been too busy with her work to give in to her worries about what was going on. And when she wasn’t working, he was happy to distract her in his own way.
    Hadley got to her feet and Keane escorted her to the door. “I’ll lean on a few more people to try to get some answers, but in the meantime, just keep doing what you’re doing—stay low-key, and stay safe.”
    “I’m trying—but if he’s as smart as you say, it’s just a matter of time before he finds us, which means we need him behind bars.” Luckily, he’d never been officially arrested or processed for his drunken visit to Lilly’s, since she hadn’t wanted to press charges. And since he didn’t have any sort of record, they’d been happy to just let him sober up in the cell without putting him into their system, especially since he and his family were always doing charitable work in the area.
    Also, since he’d been drunk, he’d taken a taxi and paid cash, so there wasn’t any record there, nor would Sirius be able to track his license plate. Granted, there was a chance Sirius had been watching Lilly the day after and may have seen Keane’s car, but given the sort of emails Lilly had received afterwards, it was doubtful Sirius had been there.
    Keane could tell Hadley was just as frustrated as he was that Sirius was still evading capture. “You have my word, we’re doing all we can. I’ll be in touch.”
    Locking the door behind Hadley, Keane mulled over their situation on his way to the office where Lilly was working. He knocked quietly and then let himself in, though she barely looked up from her laptop, other than to hold up her finger for a quick moment, asking him to wait. And then her fingers were back to flying over the keys as he sat down on the other side of the sofa where she was lounging sideways, pulling her feet into his lap.
    He couldn’t help but look at her as she worked, her brow furrowed in concentration and her lips moving ever so slightly as if finding the words that would breathe life into her story. He’d never imagined her as a writer, given her technical background, and yet having read several of her books by now, he couldn’t see her as anything else, her words pulling him in and painting a vivid picture filled with passion and emotion.
    “Sorry about that.” Lilly set aside her laptop on the end table, and gave him a smile, sitting forward to steal a kiss. “I just had to get the rest of that down. If I don’t, there’s a good chance the details will escape me, and it ends up making me crazy.”
    “Hadley stopped by.” Keane hadn’t wanted to interrupt Lilly’s work—nor worry her, for that matter, if there was bad news. And though he didn’t have any good news, it could be a lot worse. “They’re still trying to find Sirius, but he hasn’t made it easy, though I don’t think he’s found us yet.”
    “No…I don’t think he has, if his latest emails are anything to go by. He’s crazy, Keane.” She shifted her legs around and snuggled against his side, as he wrapped his arms protectively around her shoulders. “He thinks he’s Jax and I’m Erin, and that we’re fated to be together like in my story.”
    “Damn fucking right he’s crazy, since we all know