e set up an ambush in advance during yesterday's neg

aining from her face. "Y

s tone icy. "Who else

ike lightning, pain tea

spected she wa

e never leaked a single one of your secrets i

s eyes. "If she hadn't dodged in time, that bu

al. "I didn't expect y

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lmost

hootout and almost lost her life in the

andages, tears shimmering in her eyes. "Julian... don

ith enemies and putting Julian in danger is a grave crime. A

d around the room. "Yes!

nd the room and

tless times, yet now she was ab

to his eyes. "If I told you I wa

lowly removed his glasses. "Family rules allow n

tepped forward a

ven struggle. She only asked softly, "Ten years ago you said, 'A

calm. "That promise was for so

f the estate and thro

er the midnight sky, waves

back, shackled an iron chain to her ankle

, she was shove

her whole as the iron chain

her chest bursting with pain as

ilent and unseen, buried

struggling, the roar of an eng

the deck in a silver-gray suit, dark hair slightly cur

e raised his voice. "What happened? Your ow

major mafia family on the Eastrid

t because of Julian she had never treated Damon kindly

ack immediately. But now she felt utterly hollow, and

ght Nina's sinking body, unlocked the iron chain ar

kly opened her eyes to look at

s coat around her. A crooked smile spread acr

l speedboat. "I've been wanting to get

h a relentless fever. Damon stayed by he

now," he said with a faint chuckl

y in the hospital bed when

een deposited into her account from the Blackwell Trust. The note attached read th

e ceiling and su

p of hot cocoa. "Awake? Stick with me fr

up and said sof

an anymore?" Dam

s calm as the deep sea. "Hate is exhausting. From now