he

was going to kiss me. I could feel his warm breath

fingers digging in with painful force. His expression darkened and his eyes I had thought blazed

d your job is fucking over Raven. I detest slackers a

bridle my tongue in anger. He was th

, gripping my jaw harder. I could feel the

atch that, I wanted to reach for my pin, and stick it into his neck. I would

round. Even if I did manage to kill Luciano, I doubted Marcus would ever

managed a sweet smile on my face despite the pain in my jaw. "I'm

aurant where we were supposed to meet Mr. Caldwell, happened in silence. It was hard to speak when at least one of the two people with me in the car was a man I loathed w

s was tha

anted information, I had to be careful. Luciano was big enough an en

re, I'd be broke for a whole year. I glanced at Luciano as he alighted. His face had returned to th

ar to follow after him. Before I could take a step, however, Marcus grabbed my hand and it had taken everyth

nd I glanced at him to see h

ed, "You lied about me o

ut?" I asked, innocently

loser to me. "Who the hell are you? W

stairs to the restaurant, a blank expression still on his f

d, his face as red as a t

uciano who gave me a warning glare. "Never wear that fucking dress

in a low voice, nod

d into the restaurant with me trailing

wait to be

*

out of my fucking mind. Grumbling and groaning, I stomped to

rushed the can in my hand, not caring that the rest of the drink spilled down my

e reached my eyes and I whipped around to see him sitting o

t do this shit for so long. Putting a bullet through his

t enough," Frederick re

cking spirit. I walked all fifteen floors of that gigantic jargon he calls a building in search of some document h

d, launching the can in my hands at him. "Calm

seducing a stone. I swear his h

, my chest heaving with relief. "He has a mafia gang with him- well at l

and patted my hair. "You will be fine Kiddo. Remember, ev

three hundred and seventy-five stairs just to find

t know th

ace when I reached his office breathless and boneless waving the stupid document

quit your whining. I've

oesn't mean it doesn't h

g to let him get away with it?

sing my lips in determination. "He's about to meet with

vanished out of my living room. I had barely noticed though, my mind focused on how I cou

ht with fire, I had

my mounds were on display. My hair was tied in a ponytail behind me and between my red-coated lips was a pen I held up.

tting the repercussions blown in his fac

e stuck his hand between them. Familiar green eyes scr

rcus spat, stepping into th

hand in his face. "It's none of your fucking business

floor. When the doors finally opened on the top floor, I waltzed in

k register on his face and the

y fucking