Chapter 0275

I stare at the papers in front of me, but the words are nothing but a blur. I couldn’t make sense of any of it, mainly because I couldn’t focus on shit.

My thoughts were back home with Ava. I couldn’t help but worry, even though I had bodyguards

protecting the whole compound.

What if something happened and I wasn’t there to protect her?

That was my biggest worry right now. I failed her the last time, when she was shot. I was just afraid of

something like that happening to her again.

My phone rings, and I dive for it. I’m disappointed when I see Reaper’s name flash. I bought Ava a new

phone a couple of days ago, and I was hoping that it was her calling.

With a sigh, I answer, “What?”

“What’s got your underwear in a twist?” he grumbles back.

bastard, and he sure as hell

I still didn’t like the didn’t like me, but for Ava and Iris’s sake, we would work

together to protect them.

“Did you call for something important, or do you just want to bitch at me?” I push the documents I was studying aside and lean back against my chair. “If that’s the case, then I’m going to hang up because I’m

not in the fucking mood to deal with you.”

He doesn’t say anything, and for a while. I almost think that he has hung up. I wouldn’t put it past him

anyway.

bridge of my nose, I let myself exhale deeply. I’ve been at work for four hours, and I

have a migraine.

you found anything related to that

hearing him breathe on the other end.

reason why

and loaded. That much

he replies. “And that’s what has me worried. I’m usually

a fucking

to dead ends after dead ends. I

this person is still breathing, Ava will

It’s why I’m not big on the idea of leaving

that could point us in the right

something. I needed something. Anything at all. The constant worry was starting to get to me. I couldn’t risk losing Ava. Especially not now, when I feel like I’ve been given a second

there is something

“What is it?”

I

he replies. “Like I said, it is not really hard for me to find someone. I mean, I’m king of the underground; no one stays

to send someone into an early grave. The bastard is unhinged, and most people fear him. The

that someone is protecting him or

“That’s impossible”

trace this person, even with both our

them up. Someone is making

while. It’s a lot, but I think it’s starting to sink in. It’s the only explanation that

unless someone else is covering their tracks for

if that’s the case, what about the one who fired? He

to do it, either way,

“Exactly”

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