Chapter 720
Avery was stumped by the question.
“All you gotta do is give me the guy’s name, address, and a photo. The rest, keep it to yourself, Hans resumed taking sips of his drink
Avery studied Hans’s face intently, a smile playing on his lips that didn’t quite reach his eyes, “You don’t need to off anyone. Just keep a guy in check so my people can do their thing; that’s all.”
“Got it. Send me the details when it’s time.”
With that, Hans downed his last shot, stood up, hands buried in his leather jacket pockets, and walked steadily towards the door.
After all that booze, the guy could still walk a straight line. Impressive.
Avery watched him go, “I’ve had a deluxe suite prepped for you. You can head up and crash.”
“Mr. Abernathy has already sorted my digs. I go by the boss’s playbook.”
The door slammed shut. Avery stood alone in the dim room, quickly pulling out his smartphone, and tapping a name into the search bar.
Old headlines popped up, but the face in the photos was crystal clear!
Just then, Elsie walked in, eyeing Avery’s trembling, controlled silhouette, and ventured cautiously, “Mr. Chambers, you alright?”
“Hahaha!”
his phone, suddenly burst into eerie laughter, sending shivers down Elsie’s
anyone on this
couch, laughing until he was gasping for air, his usually pale face
creep over her. She had a hunch that Avery knew the hitman. And it seemed, they had history.
a series of major incidents had sent shockwaves through
–
the Chambers Group faced a public relations crisis that seemed beyond repair, and Jeff was hospitalized with a heart condition, with the media milking it for all it was worth the old man had “died” a few times over the past couple of weeks,
was to punish Bevis. Not only did she clean house for
for the Ashbourne family, five million was pocket change, Evadne wasn’t about to let a backstabber
million to a
Fairhaven Group premises, the board meeting was scheduled for this morning at
Marilla was still snuggled up with her teddy bear, her cherubic face a
his shoulder, crying softly, insisting she’d get up early to tie his tie, brew
knew today was a big day for him, and/as his wife, she wanted to be prepared.
out in his arms, almost passed
had been intimate the night before, she’d surely sleep in. That was exactly what he wanted. His delicate wife didn’t need to do
was the kind of happiness he’d been chasing
sleeping beauty for a long while, the
tenderly, caressing her face and whispering “I love you”
promoted secretary
full–time personal assistant and bodyguard. Mr. Fairhaven needed reliable people by his side,
Fairhaven‘” Both greeted
the fort; take
with Dean’s assistance, repeated his daily instruction with gravity “Contact me for anything Even during a meeting, it doesn’t matter. Nothing’s more important than
Lily nodded
off,” Dean’s eyes gleamed as he looked at Lily.
your full support,” Lily said,
gesture and followed
smiled knowingly. All their efforts
in a while longer, Lily went to the kitchen to prepare a
had just gotten started when the doorbell rang.
something and doubled back, Lily hurriedly took off her
on the video monitor, a stranger’s face appeared.
suit, had sharp, rugged features. When he looked straight at her, his eyes conveyed a masculine intensity and an unsettling chill.
was rare for anyone to
“Who are you?”
her hand even inching towards the concealed gun at
the
if he was reading from a script, “Per Mr. Fairhaven’s orders, I’m here to escort
instructions, and without Mr.
on the gun in
waste words, his patience wearing thin. He pulled something out of his pocket,
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