#Chapter 180: An Outsider

Alaric’s POV “Cara needs a specialist?” I asked, approaching Eamon and Landon at once. Both of them turned to me in surprise. Clearly they had thought they were speaking in private. Had they not heard the elevator open? “Oh. Alaric. It’s you,” Eamon said, recovering first. Landon continued to gape at me. “Was Cara not at the house?” “No,” I said. “I suspected she might be here.” “Likely she is, though we’ve all tried to convince her to go home,” Eamon said. “Perhaps you will have better luck.” He was attempting to distract me from what I heard and my follow-up question. Though I allowed it until now, I wasn’t going to let it continue. “There’s something going on,” I said. “What would Cara need a specialist for?” Landon, finally recovering, offered smoothly, “What doesn’t a woman need a specialist for? She wants everything to be perfect, for you, of course.” Landon might have been the smoothest of the brothers, but I wasn’t about to fall for such a blatant lie. What