“Are you scared?” Arnold snuffed the cigarette. “It’s not too late to get out now. I’ll protect you.”

She would have been lying if she said she was not afraid. Even the memory of the scene from before made her shudder in fear. However, she could not back out.

“I can’t leave. I have to find Paul.”

Arnold narrowed his eyes. “You heard what they say. Wayne is connected to what happened to Paul more than ten years ago. Do you know what kind of person he is? Don’t tell me you wish to investigate him?”

Josie was confused. “What’s wrong with investigating him? He did something shady, so shouldn’t he be afraid of me?”

Arnold sneered and held the back of her head before leaning closer to her. “You think can threaten him? Even I can kill you any time.”

They were so close that Josie could smell alcohol and cigarette on him. She frowned and nearly choked from the strong smell.

“Why didn’t you kill me, then?”

paused briefly. Then, he pushed her away in resignation. “You should leave. You should go back to Dexter and continue being Mrs. Russell.”

was calm. “But only after I’ve

open the

Seeing Josie, he rushed to her and said, “Mr. Russell, are you all right?

a tissue and dabbed the blood stain. “I’m fine. Arnold

stain on Josie’s wrist. He held his breath and asked,

the matter suspicious no matter how he thought about it. “What should we

in Wavery

affirmative and left to get it

unclear at the moment. It seemed she would not be returning

was exhausted after a busy day. Nowadays, she could only sleep when she was thoroughly drained. Despite being tired, she slept fitfully and only

charming and sensual when he lowered his

a little hoarse from sleep. She did not

the other hand, Dexter paused briefly before answering, “I can’t find anything significant for now. Wayne is most likely an

This man controls Robert, proving he is no ordinary person. Furthermore, he forced a hospital director to resign and made a doctor

Josie analyzed speedily.

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