“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.

had begun to use the tree in the garden as a makeshift dummy for her to practice

batch of fallen leaves by the

new sandbag.The poor tree never did anything

balding tree,

nodded gloomily.She was

are gone.I plan to

they’re lurking all over the city.It’s not safe out there, Laney.Just stay with me,”

for a long time and she felt she was getting rusty at it.She pounded the tree with her

anymore.She packed up

in my life.I’m

reached for her hand and

off his hand and shouted, “Get away

could respond, she ran out

and get me!” Garrett rubbed his temples.He knew he couldn‘t

to the Pole

weeks, so they all thought

the news that the Burke family wanted her dead had spread some

think you should leave the country and go into hiding for a while,” someone suggested, their voice riddled with

with Garrett for nearly half a month and was bored out of

stay vigilant.I‘ll kill whoever

one tried to talk her into running

stayed with the organization for a

this period, she did whatever she‘d normally do, but no one tried

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

Laney began to look for a place

their leader, the tattooed man.He was chewing gum with his hands in his trouser pockets.He seemed to

at him, he stopped and greeted her casually,

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