Page 35 of His Taken Bride

Silas called one of the bodyguards and a few minutes later, Davenport and his lawyer were escorted into Parker’s study.

It was Elliot this time who put a hand on Parker to stop him from ripping the man apart until he got the information he needed.

To say it was a weird situation was an understatement. Davenport had inherited his father’s debt and his poor status which were the result of one too many sketchy deals which had gone horribly wrong for the Davenport family. Henry apparently wanted nothing more than to align himself as a man of stature again with his peers and a marriage connection of note would certainly achieve the task.

While he may have amassed a few enemies in his lifetime, he also still did some dirty work for the Russian, Mexican and Israeli mafia which made him an enemy that had to be handled with caution.

He was also asthmatic which he proved with medical documentation and cited that if any of the Knight brothers decided to torture him to get that one name out of him, he could very well die from the stress alone long before he got a chance to utter a single word.

The idea that Davenport could be calling their bluff had crossed their minds but then he had also said once his conditions were met and if he didn’t deliver the name, they would have every reason to kill him, and rightfully so.

The man was a piece of work, but he was their only lead. At the cost of a marriage.

And that one other thing.