Chapter 2

Terrence Klein shifted in the front seat of the car and considered his options.

His boss, Jason Reed, had approached the group near the sports car. The headlights showed the woman on the ground and the three men.

He better not go crazy…

Terrence had seen his boss Jason lose it before.

It was terrifying.

He glanced around, gauging if there were any traffic cameras on this deserted stretch of road or if there were any other bystanders who might witness Jason killing somebody.

He prayed it wouldn’t go that far.

But he knew Jason and what he was capable of.

This was going to be bloody, and brutal.

Tonight, the road had already been closed, so who would have expected that five people and a Ferrari would break in here?

They’d disturbed Jason, who wanted to be alone.

Every year on this day, Jason always closed this whole road and stayed on it alone, wearing old clothes.

No one dared to ask the reason as if it were taboo.

Terrence who had worked for Jason all these years didn’t know the reason either.

At this moment, as he watched his boss lift a heavyset man with ease and slam his head against the wall over and over, he did not know whether he should stop him.

He got out of the car.

Beating up some would-be rapists was one thing. Killing them… wouldn’t be so easy to overlook. Or clean up.

And the men on this road were driving a Ferrari not a Ford.

Which meant, like Jason, they had money.

then paused when just as suddenly, his boss

arm. “If you punch him again,

said. He balled his fist as Christopher slid down

stunned. It wasn’t until this moment that she really was able

a strong jaw. Full lips

was longer on top

and got to his feet,

Grace said. “He

cut into her. He looked deadly and still as if people’s lives meant nothing

“It is not worth being imprisoned for a

nor move, but

friends and get back into his car. “You’ll pay

if he was addressing her,

Christopher could do that she hadn’t already experienced

head out of

at her with shock as they climbed into the car and one asked, “Jason Reed, the richest man in the city? No fucking

Grace understood their confusion.

man—her savior—wore old clothes. He looked… as broken as

billionaire. His jacket was threadbare, and his face was

peeled out with his

up the street. When the road was once again quiet, she looked back

“Thank you…

beyond that, didn’t say

side of the road, he sat down with his back

even lower. If he were

man had saved her, Grace started walking

a rough night. Aren’t you going home now? Where is your family? Do you have their

his head and

in her own eyes too many times when

darkness that spoke of nothing to live

nowhere to stay, you can stay with me,” she

***

bring a stranger back to her apartment. She wasn’t impulsive by nature, and she certainly hadn’t dated anyone or even considered hooking up

had saved her from rape, maybe even

at the

the three of them were soulless… and how could that woman watch on while she was beaten up? As an attorney, she would’ve fought hard to see all of them in prison

was

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