“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.

tree in the garden as a makeshift dummy

would be a new batch of fallen leaves by the base

to get you a new sandbag.The poor tree

at the balding tree,

nodded gloomily.She was getting bored and restless.She wasn’t used to living such

are gone.I

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

anyone for a long time and she felt

later, Laney couldn’t stand it anymore.She packed up her things and was

in my life.I’m

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

hand and

Garrett could respond, she ran out the door with

want me, then they‘ll have to come and get me!” Garrett rubbed his temples.He knew he couldn‘t

went straight to

seen her in weeks, so they all thought that something

the Burke family wanted her dead had

country and go into

run away.She had been staying with Garrett

kill

that Laney looked so confident, no one tried to talk her into

with the organization for a

whatever she‘d normally do, but

Burkes just let her go? That wasn‘t

began to look for a place to stay near the Pole

she saw one of the hit men when she visited a housing rental agency.It was their leader, the tattooed man.He was chewing gum

at him, he

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