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.

nose, I let myself exhale deeply.

have a migraine.

to that

the other end. If he was calling,

reason why

sigh is deep and loaded. That much I can

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

still don’t have a fucking clue on

ends after dead ends. I was hoping that working with Reaper

because, as long as this person is still breathing, Ava will probably always be in

right. That’s what scares me so much. It’s why I’m not big on

Anything at all that could point us

was starting to get to me. I couldn’t risk losing Ava. Especially

Though there is something that I can’t

“What is it?”

I

person stayed hidden?” he replies. “Like I said, it is not really hard for me to find someone. I mean, I’m

the king of his terrain. His name alone is enough to send someone into an early grave. The bastard is unhinged, and most people fear him. The fact that he isn’t able to find out who ordered the hit and who

that someone is protecting him or

“That’s impossible”

about it. We are yet to trace this person, even

up. Someone is making sure that they’re

but I think it’s starting to sink in. It’s the only explanation

unless someone else is covering their tracks for

about the one who fired? He or she might have

do it, either way, they

“Exactly”

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