He was shirtless, wearing nothing but a pair of shorts.


    The room wasn''t as chaotic as Jonathan had expected-only a shattered deskmpy scattered across the floor.


    Not far off, a small video camera was still set up, its red light off.


    Ste wasn''t in the room.


    Jonathan let out a heavy sigh of relief.


    But he wasn''t foolish like Israel Williams. Just one look at the scene told him


    Joshua was probably right about what had happened.


    Haynes scanned the room, his eyesnding on the camera.


    He strode over and began ying back the footage.


    After the secretary finished setting up the camera, Shawn revealed his true colors.


    It didn''t take long for everyone to piece together exactly what had gone on.


    Jonathan''s face darkened, his anger barely contained.


    Shawn really had some nerve, pulling a stunt like this.


    No matter how much the Williams family disliked Ste, they''d never stoop so low.


    And if anyone had walked in on Shawn and Ste, Ste''s reputation would have been utterly destroyed if she didn''t end up marrying him.


    Jonathan couldn''t even imagine how this mess was supposed to end.


    If Shawn had seeded, it would''ve meant aplete break between the Williams family and Ste.


    With Ste''s temperament, there was no way she''d quietly let herself be manipted into marrying Shawn.


    Now, even if Jonathan had been slow to catch on, he understood-he''d been used as a pawn.


    Haynes and Joshua didn''t have time to dwell on theyers of scheming and betrayal.


    Right now, the priority was to find Ste.


    Haynes swept the room again. Ste''s phone was nowhere to be found.


    If Ste really had been drugged, things could hardly be worse.


    The footage showed her leaving the room on her own.


    Haynes made a quick decision. "I''ll have security pull the hallway


    footage. The rest of us shouldel


    search the area."  s


    Jonathan had thought Joshua was just making a fuss over nothing.


    But now the facts spoke for themselves-Joshua had been right all along.


    Jonathan didn''t have the energy to care about Simone''s scandalous photos from earlier in the evening.


    If something truly happened to Ste, he''d never be able to exin himself to Skyler Williams.


    Grinding his teeth, Jonathan red at Shawn, sprawled out on the floor. He


    Thuleve killed the bastard right


    then and there.  s


    Trying to frame him, to drive a wedge between them and make Jonathan the scapegoat!


    Suddenly, Joshua seemed to


    remember


    something. He tut


    Haynes Call Foreman right now. have a hunch Ste & with him  s


    Haynes'' eyes narrowed. "Are you sure?"


    "Notpletely, but I''m about eighty percent certain. If he doesn''t answer, then I''m a hundred percent sure."


    Haynes'' breath caught. He didn''t waste time questioning Joshua''s logic and immediately dialed Foreman''s number.<fn7caa> Th? link to the orig?n of this information r?sts ?n Find?Novel</fn7caa>


    Haynes looked calm enough, but the tremor in his fingers betrayed his anxiety.


    The call went through, but no one picked up.


    Haynes'' heart sank.


    He was about to try again when his phone rang first.


    Security had found Ste on the surveince feed.


    "Mr. O''Brien, Ms. Cameron is in the nearby Room 032."


    The voice paused, then added, "She''s with Mr. Foreman Richards."


    Haynes'' grip on his phone tightened, knuckles nching white.


    He hung up, his voice cold and clipped. "Room 032."


    No one wasted another second on Shawn. They rushed to the door of Room 032.


    Joshua said, “Forget knocking. Break the lock-we don''t have time to waste."