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“Do you remember it?”
“I don’t know.” Her pained face kills me.
I gently kiss her swollen cheek. “Breathe, baby. And think. It’s in your head. Push it forward.”
She struggles, mangling the rough language.
“You’re doing great, butterfly. Keep going.” I watch more money pour into her account.
Several words smoothly come off her lips, and my cock hardens at how the language sounds in her voice. It’s so fucking ironic. The Russians were our biggest enemy for years. I’m the third O’Rourke to fall head over fucking heels for one.
Even if my Ella is undeniably American, her roots are Russian.
“Say that into your phone, baby.” I activate the voice tool and hold it up to her.
She repeats the saying, clearer now. Snow must have said it to her over and over. It was in her brain. She just needed to find it.
Using my chi training, I’m forcing myself to be calm with every fiber of my being. With every trained muscle to function at its highest level for complete and utter smoothness in my actions.
Otherwise, I will fucking detonate.
Ding.
I blink at her translated words:
fortune favours the brave
Slowly, I count the characters. 22 without spaces.
The code wants 21.
That stops my heart.
Fuck!
Looking closer, I see the translator spelledfavoursin British English.
“I think we’ve got it, butterfly.” Slowly, I type the proverb, using the American English. Something perhaps to throw us off.
A screeching buzzer whines at a decibel that rattles my fucking eardrums.
Then the screen goes completely black.
CHAPTER SEVENTY
Ella
We breathe a sigh of relief when Balor’s phone pings, coming to life again with missed calls and messages.
We watch the computer screen come back to life. All the bank withdrawals shift into reverse, emptying from the account in my name.
Balor explains that my father used a veil code that also jammed the O’Rourke phones, so Balor couldn’t make calls or hack into the banks to stop it.
He stays glued to Dad’s laptop for an hour, digging through all his files, and with Eoghan on the line, they confirm every penny is accounted for.
One by one, each brother calls him like the night we were stuck in the snowstorm.
When Balor hangs up with Kieran, he shuts the office door.