Catherine looked behind herself as though another woman might be standing there.
Then she looked at Riley.
Then back at Ethan.
“Is that a wealthy-person way of saying security is coming?”
“No.”
Ethan nodded toward the dresser.
“You passed.”
Her forehead wrinkled.
“Passed what?”
Five minutes later, Catherine stood in the upstairs hallway with both hands on her hips.
“You left four hundred thousand dollars in your bedroom to see whether I would take it?”
“Yes.”
“You did this on purpose?”
“Yes.”
“And you’ve tested other employees?”
Ethan hesitated.
“Yes.”
“How many?”
He said nothing.
Catherine narrowed her eyes.
“How many?”
“Forty-seven.”
Her mouth fell open.
“Forty-seven people?”
“Different tests.”
“And people took things?”
“Some did.”
Catherine stared at him for a long moment.
Then she said, “Have you considered that leaving a fortune around as bait might also be slightly unusual behavior?”
Ethan folded his arms.
“The test works.”
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“So does cheese in a mousetrap.”
He raised an eyebrow.
“But most people don’t use a sports car as the cheese.”
There it was again.
That almost-smile.
Catherine noticed
