Chapter 45
Brittany's pov
I'd been low for days and couldn't explain why. Maybe I knew the reason and had refused to admit it.
Everything I had planned was not going as planned. My carefully timed schedules and backup moves were collapsing because Martin Reeves had slipped up and been caught on camera. His car. His license plate.
Darcy's security team digging into it. Martin now had to keep his head down, which meant he had to disappear at a time when I needed him visible and useful. Our scheme to frame Adrian with drugs was paused for now and that made me furious.
I looked at the breakfast on my plate. Mouthwatering but I don't want it. Eggs Benedict, fresh fruit, croissants, from my mother's favorite bakery. It was all arranged perfectly, all meaningless.
My mother sat across fro
