CHAPTER 0156

GIDEON'S POV

Mrs. Mercer caught everyone off guard.

It was almost like she had been waiting—waiting for the exact moment when all eyes were off her. The second I shifted my full attention to her husband, she made her move. Fast. Calculated. Her eyes had been locked onto that phone on the center table from the very beginning, just waiting for her chance.

What I couldn’t understand was what she expe