Chapter 23
Jadwat paced the length of his cousin’s outer office, seething with fury. He hadn’t heard from the team leader of his secret mission yet. The guy holding the bitch in the secluded, makeshift prison should have checked in yesterday to assure Jadwat that the plan had been successful and everything was on schedule. Hell, he should have sent pictures of Princess Marianna bound and secured in the abandoned warehouse, which had no connection to their group. He should have told his team to release the eviction notices and moved on to the second phase by now!
Unfortunately, he couldn’t begin until he knew that he had his cousin under control!
So what was keeping the guy from checking in? Hell, Jadwat didn’t even know the man’s name. Someone online had given him the contact. Everything had been arranged anonymously. At the time, Jadwat had thought it was a brilliant idea. If his pain in the ass cousin ever figured out who was behind the kidnapping, Jadwat could honestly say, “I have no idea who did this!”
Now, though, he wanted the name of the bastard who hadn’t checked in. He wanted to be able to curse the guy who hadn’t followed up.
And today, his bastard of a cousin had called him to the palace. Like a dog! The insult rang through loud and clear! Jadwat hated that Amit could demand a meeting. He hated that the younger man had the power to make Jadwat crawl to him. And to add insult to this whole debacle, his cousin wasn’t even here! Jadwat hated waiting, but here he was, pacing the confines of a waiting room! A waiting room , of all places! Jadwat was a member of the royal family! He shouldn’t be made to wait! Others should wait on him!
Taking a slow, deep breath, Jadwat forced himself to calm down. Amit was a smart man and would immediately know that something was wrong if his worries showed.
There was a sudden stirring further down the hallway and Jadwat turned, watching as his ass of a cousin walked towards him. The man was over half a foot taller than Jadwat’s own five feet, nine inch height. And why did the guy have to stuff padding onto the shoulders of his suit like that? No man had shoulders that wide!
As Amit drew closer, Jadwat realized his cousin wasn’t wearing a suit jacket, only a dress shirt. Those muscles were real ! Holy crap, the man was buff!
Jadwat realized that his mouth had fallen open and snapped it shut, then straightened his shoulders, not wanting to get caught ogling the other man. The ass was his freaking cousin!