“Mr.Harding, we won’t do anything to hurt her.You can rest assured.”

The head of the Burke family laughed awkwardly.

After getting off the phone with the Burke family, Garrett received another call from his family “I heard that your girlfriend offended the Burke family? Moreover, I heard that this so called ‘girlfriend of yours is a hit woman? Is that true?”

Although they were posed as questions, the woman on the other end of the line sounded resigned.

“I’ll handle it.Don’t worry about me, Mom,” Garrett said lightheartedly.

“How can I not worry about you? You’re my son.” The woman sighed again.

“I promise I’ll handle it, Mom.I can take care of myself.Anyway, I have to get back to work now.”

Just then, the door to the study was pushed open and Laney strode in.

“Mr.Harding, have you heard anything from the Burkes yet?”

Laney poked her head in and asked through the crack of the door.

With a distressed look on his face, Garrett fumbled for an excuse, “We’re still, er, negotiating.The Burke family hasn’t responded yet.Just stay here for a few more days, okay?”

“Okay.Please inform me when you hear from them, Mr.Harding.”

Laney nodded, closed the door, and left.

Garrett had been having a good time with Laney these days and didn’t want her to leave yet, so he hid the truth from her in the meantime.

Another week passed.

garden as a

there would be a new batch of fallen

a new sandbag.The poor tree never did anything wrong to

at the balding tree,

so she said nothing and just nodded gloomily.She was getting bored and restless.She

thugs are gone.I plan to

the city.It’s not safe out there, Laney.Just stay with me,” Garrett

long time and she felt she was getting rusty at it.She pounded the tree with her fist and muttered, “Fine.Two

anymore.She packed up her things

bored in my life.I’m going to fight those guys! At

don‘t leave yet—” Garrett reached for her hand and tried to stop

off his hand and shouted,

respond, she ran out the

they‘ll have to come and get me!” Garrett rubbed

to

so they all

news that the Burke family wanted her dead

I think you should leave the country and go into

to run away.She had been staying with Garrett for nearly half a

okay.I‘ll stay vigilant.I‘ll kill whoever

so confident, no one tried to talk her into running away anymore.They all knew she

the organization

do, but no one

the Burkes just let her go? That wasn‘t like

quiet, Laney began to look for a place to

a housing rental agency.It was their leader, the tattooed man.He was chewing gum with his hands in his trouser pockets.He seemed to be wandering the

saw that Laney was staring straight at him, he stopped and

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