"What did you talk about?"

He smirked again. "I made him an offer."

"You did what?" I gasped.

"I made him an offer," he repeated.

"An offer to do what? How could you possibly benefit from working with that snake?"

I had been a nervous wreck all day, waiting to hear how his impromptu meeting with Hector had gone, fearing Nicholas would lose control again. Now he was telling me they were partners in crime or something? What the hell?

"He hates Simon as much as I do." He lifted his head, his eyes ...