Free The Billionaire's Forgiveness (A Winters Love Book 3) by Holly Rayner

did.
     
    “Igor.”
     
    “You have my money yet?”
    Aaron nodded and I said, “Yes, I have it.”
     
    “Good girl! You’re getting very good at this.”
     
    “I don’t want to be good at this. This is wrong and I want nothing more to do with any of it.”
     
    “We’ll see baby,” he said. “Meet me at the diner in the morning.”
     
    I hung up and Aaron put his arms around me and hugged me tight. After a few minutes he said, “Where’s this diner at?”
     
    “It’s on Fifty-seventh street. It’s called ‘Mauve’s’.”
     
    Aaron got on his phone then. I heard him ask for the “Chief.” After a few minutes I heard him
    say they had their mark and he told him the name of the diner and the street. When he hung up he said, “This will be the last time you have to see him.”
     
     
    ***

 
    “Okay baby, this is it, are you ready?” Aaron and I were sitting a block away from the diner. He arranged for the police to meet us there and the INS. The police needed me to get Igor to say something about the money I gave him before and the money he expects me to give him today. They put a tiny little microphone in the bag I was carrying that was supposed to have the cash in it.
     
    “I’m ready,” I told him. “I want this to be over with once and for all.”
     
    He squeezed my hand and said, “Very soon.” Then he leaned over and kissed me. “I love you.”
    Those three words filled me with a strength I had never known before every time he said them.
     
    “I love you too!” I got out of the car and walked the block to the restaurant. When I got close, I could see Igor sitting by the window. The sight of him made me feel nauseated. I was tempted to turn and run in the other direction, but I pushed forward telling myself that I was going to be glad that I did when this was all over with.
     
    I walked over to the table he was at and sat down. I tried not to look around the room. I knew there were undercover police in the restaurant but I didn’t want to be too obvious about it.
     
    “Well hello there, gorgeous wife of mine.”
     
    “I’m not your wife,” I said.
     
    He ran his eyes over me and licked his lips. I felt like I needed a shower. “You don’t know what you’re missing not consummating this union of ours baby. Maybe that’s what I’ll ask for next time.”
     
    “Over my dead body,” I said.
     
    He laughed and said, “Your spunk only turns me on that much more my dear. Do you have my money?”
     
    “This is it, Igor. This is the last time. How much do you think your so-called secret is worth?”
     
    “It’s worth what I say it’s worth!” he said.
     
    “I’ve already given you a lot of money.”
     
    “Oh I don’t know, I was thinking I should have asked for more. Your boyfriend is a billionaire. He shouldn’t be so greedy that he won’t give you a little bit of money to keep me from spilling the beans about your past to the press.”
     
    “He gave me seventy-five thousand dollars already and now...”
     
    “Fifty,” he said, licking his lips. “Don’t worry; the seventy-five thousand you already gave me was put to good use. This fifty will be put to even better use. Now, may I have my money?”
     
    “I don’t think so.” Aaron was sitting right behind him. I was shocked. I have no idea how he came in and did that without us seeing him. I looked past him then and saw the kitchen. There must be a door back there. Igor was glaring at him. He turned to glare at me then as well. “I thought since you were stealing my money, we should meet, face to face.”
     
    “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Igor said.
     
    “Really? So Robyn’s not married to you and you’re not using that information to blackmail her? You’re not planning to sell the story to the media to ruin my reputation?”
     
    He narrowed his eyes and stood up so that he was toe to toe with Aaron. Aaron was a lot taller than him, but Igor was beefier. “Yeah, I got