Descent (Black Heart Romance presents Heaven & Hell)

Chapter Ten
Hallie
“Thank you.”
My tone is frosty despite my manners as I step out onto the sidewalk of the Upper East Side
neighborhood he brought me to.
Hollis nods his head and closes the car door behind me.
I’m angry at the man for being complicit in this whole scheme—he’s probably the one who stole
my cat in the first place—but he’s also the only resource I have for information regarding the lunatic
who won’t leave me alone. “This is where he lives?” I ask stiffly, looking up at the gleaming onyx
tower.
“Yes, ma’am. He owns the building.”
My eyes widen and my gaze jumps to Hollis. “The whole building?”
Hollis nods again, then escorts me to the door. “Bought it when he decided to move in. He’s not
much for renting. He likes things to be entirely his.”
“Sounds a bit spoiled,” I murmur.
Hollis smirks, but doesn’t disagree. “He can afford to be.”
The lobby door opens, and a bald man in a suit emerges to hold it open for me. “Welcome
home,” he says, even though he must know I don’t live here.
“Thank you,” I say, more nicely since presumably this man wasn’t involved in the catnapping.
“I’m visiting Calvin Cutler. If I don’t come back down in an hour or so, please call for help.”
“She’s kidding,” Hollis interjects quickly.
Whether I am or not, the man guarding the door accepts Hollis’ word for it and nods his head.
“Of course.”
Hollis takes my arm in a firm grip and escorts me a little more aggressively across the lobby. “I
wouldn’t advise doing things like that,” he tells me. “Calvin wouldn’t like it.”
“Why should I care what Calvin likes?” I return.
He shakes his head in disapproval, like I’m too simple to understand a basic truth.
I ignore him and look around the lobby. Well, I suppose it’s a lobby. It feels more like an elite
gentleman’s club than an apartment building. I can’t even imagine living in a place like this. It doesn’t
seem homey at all, but I suppose maybe the actual apartments have more warmth.