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.

toward Jason and then paused when just as suddenly,

Grace touched the stranger’s arm.

what?” the man said. He balled his fist as Christopher slid

moment that she really was able to see the man

handsome. With dark eyes and a strong jaw. Full lips and

was longer on top

his feet, the man

“He isn’t

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

took a deep breath and said, “It is

move, but she sensed

the pause to grab his friends and

he was addressing her, the stranger, or maybe

there wasn’t much Christopher could do that she hadn’t already experienced in

her head out of the car. “Holy sh*t! Is that

the car and one asked, “Jason Reed, the richest man in the city? No fucking

Grace understood their confusion.

savior—wore old clothes. He looked… as broken as she

His jacket was threadbare, and his face

out with his asshole

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

you… for

but beyond that,

he walked across to the other side of the road, he

he were

had saved her, Grace started walking over

it’s been a rough night. Aren’t you going home now? Where is your family? Do you have their phone number? I can help

raised his head and

own eyes too many

that spoke of nothing to live for.

nowhere to stay, you can

***

did not expect to 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 with

her

shuddered at the

she was beaten up? As an attorney, she would’ve fought hard to see all of them in prison for their crimes or complacency in it. But life had taught her that

life was never

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