Touch of Doubt (Law vs. Love Book 2) Read Online Free Page B

a suit with sleeves that long.” Jace crossed his arms and stood. “I have a feeling I know what you’re implying, and I can’t believe you don’t trust me.”
    Carrie’s face was red as she stood to meet his hardened gaze. “What am I supposed to think, huh? Your argument is that the man’s sleeves are too long?”
    “That is exactly my argument.” Jace felt his veins pulse in his neck as he took in her expression. Doubt lit her eyes, and confusion rippled across her features. She really did think that was him on the screen. “I thought you were on my side.”
    “I am.” Carrie threw up her hands. “I was.”
    “Carrie.” Jace moved closer to her and reached for her hands, but she took a hasty step back.
    “I need to go back to work.” She glanced at the screen. “I’ll try to stall this warrant. The police cannot get ahold of this footage. If they do…”
    Jace understood. The arrest he’d easily avoided up until this point would surely come. He wanted to reach out and hold Carrie close before she disappeared back into her shell, but it only took seconds before she was gone.

    Jace watched the footage several more times. Anders Holland and the man masquerading as Jace entered The Grand Rizzato at approximately ten forty-five. They went through the lobby, past guests and staff, before entering the elevator banks and taking an express ride up to the top hotel floor. The public guest elevators didn’t have access to his penthouse, so the two men had disappeared down the hallway, entered the staff only door, and that was the last time either of them were seen.
    Whoever it was kept his full face hidden from view while still managing to keep up a conversation with Anders Holland the entire way there. Anders looked relaxed and calm. Surely the man he was with was someone he’d met before, else why would the two of them be going to Jace’s penthouse together?
    The look on Carrie’s face flashed through Jace’s mind. He couldn’t believe she’d doubt him after all they’d been through. Surely she of all people knew he wasn’t a killer.
    A knock sounded on the door and Jace glanced up, expecting to see the rumpled man returning from his extended lunch break. But instead, his assistant stood before him.
    “Franklin.” Jace stood and narrowed his eyes. “Tell me where you’ve been. You were scheduled to meet me in the lobby this morning to go over your findings from last night, but you never showed.”
    “Things escalated a bit last night,” Franklin said, glancing down the hallway behind him before stepping into the security room and shutting the door. “By the time I got to Madison’s apartment last night, she was dead.”
    Jace let a sigh of relief go through him. “I have to admit, I had some concerns that you were involved.”
    Franklin frowned. “I thought you didn’t judge me based on my past.”
    A flicker of guilt hit Jace’s mind. He was right. Just because Franklin had been involved in certain unsavory things in the past didn’t mean he would still be involved in them now. He’d been so loyal until this point and so forgiving of Jace’s own past mistakes. It had been wrong of him to assume the worst just as it was wrong of Carrie to assume the worst in him.
    “You’re right.” Jace gave his assistant a slight smile. “It’s just so unlike you to be even a minute late to a meeting.”
    “Trust me.” Franklin sighed and settled into the metal chair beside Jace.” There was a good reason for it.”
    “Tell me,” Jace said quietly.
    Franklin filled Jace in on the details of the night before. With each passing moment, the knot of dread grew larger in Jace’s stomach. He’d been worried something like this had been going on, but he hadn’t known how to confirm his suspicions without getting sucked back into a world he’d thought he’d left behind. Carrie could never know the truth of the murders. If she did, she would never understand. Her reaction would be just as bad as