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my feet in dumbass six aching inches stilettos and rib-cracking corsets. I wouldn't risk my twenty-three-year-old life by planting a

h a flirty glimpse at my exposed cleavage as I delivered a c

, and I've just succeeded in attracting the most unwanted

son of a bitch?!." Ruby, my best friend and aide for the nig

d my back and flashed a perfect smile to the men. Ignoring Rub

alled from behind and I c

t I had to evacuate just as Ruby's

mn seconds or you are on y

sive state must have alerted the men b

tertain these men tonight had worn off and In exactly eight seconds, those exqui

e spoke up again and this time I hea

o stop didn't make me stop walking away. I didn't turn

ng open. A dozen bodyguards rus

htly confused as I narro

MAN!." A shrill voice shrieked

that night; it was the very same girl whose identi

E ON

as I ran for dear life. By all means, breaking a leg was a more be

IGHT TH

uck. Cheap bastards! The footsteps got clearer from behind as more

s taken over as another h

sily take me down. A door opened on my right and an unsuspecting waiter wheeled a trolley out. I hauled the terrified waiter aside and threw

hell ar

, elderly couple questioned simultaneously as they

ng

quiet again which was suspicious to me. Fuck! The w

gized as I ran to the only wind

r, eighteen

hecked for the chip in my purse and swallowed

razy, youn

ust before the bodyguards found their way in, I be

ad me clenching my teeth from the pain. My wh

de?

voice as I slipp

e her up right n

out! Can't you

ad po

t too heavy, so I just laid still. I could hear

wake up! There

ubl

ame into view. Next to her were Crystal and Pearl. They

mehow, we had made it back to the apartment where

ore her gaze away from me to get it. As she left, I

t make any stupid movement

ly, then dragged my body off

tter? You ment

lances and I knew that whatever

" Ruby announced. Her eyes clouded

f this operation. Probably because I had nev

Get in. Secure the chip. Get out and deliver it to the

se!." Crystal snapped at me. Her brown dreaded hair flew as she did. "What? Did you swallow the chi

to intervene. "

he black purse which had been tossed aside by th

ed. "There's no time for excuses Jade. Lazarus is mad and I bet the men are sto

all turned at once. It was Pearl

ey want us over at

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urrounded the Russo's Estate came

't stop tapping her boots on the car's floorboard. While Cr

s and thickened as we drove through the g

master. He was not the mayor of Rotana, nor the commissione

appearance of my brother when I was only six, Lazaru

recruited for various reasons. Recruited to be assembled and woven deep into the roots

he back seat one more time. The four of us had always been lucky to be placed on short-term assignments. At least, we weren

ng down. Ruby's eyes searched mine for some stren

yguards and soon, we arrived at

by a window frame

the floor as we approached him; a habit I had noticed from the

d without bother

trying to gauge his mood and

gst a thousand willing others and made you

rafty, old man. It was difficult to know the

ad never los

t me directly. His eyes were barely visible under the weight

yed under my care for the longest. I chose you because I trusted that you

ir on my arms rose. It was pure i

... What do

ng

hh

. I turned over in shock at the sound of the gu

y holster but paused when I saw the

onfusion

ad in a custom-made wide shirt and black pants and he stood by the door with a cold expres

slightly as I tu

ave you