Chapter 0275
I stare at the papers in front of me, but the words are nothing but a blur. I couldn’t make sense of any of it, mainly because I couldn’t focus on shit.
My thoughts were back home with Ava. I couldn’t help but worry, even though I had bodyguards
protecting the whole compound.
What if something happened and I wasn’t there to protect her?
That was my biggest worry right now. I failed her the last time, when she was shot. I was just afraid of
something like that happening to her again.
My phone rings, and I dive for it. I’m disappointed when I see Reaper’s name flash. I bought Ava a new
phone a couple of days ago, and I was hoping that it was her calling.
With a sigh, I answer, “What?”
“What’s got your underwear in a twist?” he grumbles back.
bastard, and he sure as hell
I still didn’t like the didn’t like me, but for Ava and Iris’s sake, we would work
together to protect them.
“Did you call for something important, or do you just want to bitch at me?” I push the documents I was studying aside and lean back against my chair. “If that’s the case, then I’m going to hang up because I’m
not in the fucking mood to deal with you.”
He doesn’t say anything, and for a while. I almost think that he has hung up. I wouldn’t put it past him
anyway.
Pinching the bridge of my nose, I let myself exhale deeply. I’ve been at work for four hours, and I already
have a migraine.
“Have you found anything related to that day?” I ask him instead.
It was better than just hearing him breathe on the other end. If he was calling, then there must be a
reason why
His sigh is deep and loaded. That much I can tell.
“No,” he replies. “And that’s what has me worried. I’m usually able to find someone within days; It’s now.
been months, and we still don’t have a fucking clue on who could be behind her attack.”
The police investigations led to dead ends after dead ends. I was hoping that working with Reaper would
“It’s starting to get on my fucking nerve because, as long as this person is still breathing, Ava will probably always be in danger.” I hear a growl, followed by a crash on his end.
He was right. That’s what scares me so much. It’s why I’m not big on the idea of leaving Ava home alone.
“Any lead at all? Anything at all that could point us in the right direction?” I almost plead.
We needed something. I needed something. Anything at all. The constant worry was starting to get to me. I couldn’t risk losing Ava. Especially not now, when I feel like I’ve been given a second chance.
“Nothing,” he breathes out. Though there is something that I can’t figure out,”
“What is it?”
I
“How has this person stayed hidden?” he replies. “Like I said, it is not really hard for me to find someone. I mean, I’m king of the underground; no one stays hidden from me.”
I thought about it for a while. He is right. Reaper is the king of his terrain. His name alone is enough to send someone into an early grave. The bastard is unhinged, and most people fear him. The fact that he isn’t able to find out who ordered the hit and who actually carried it out is weird as fuck.
“Could it be that someone is protecting him or her? I murmur more to myself than to him.
“That’s impossible”
“Just think about it. We are yet to trace this person, even with both our influences, meaning someone is
backing them up. Someone is making sure that they’re not found.”
He’s quiet for a while. It’s a lot, but I think it’s starting to sink in. It’s the only explanation that makes
sense. No one is this good at hiding unless someone else is covering their tracks for them.
“Even if that’s the case, what about the one who fired? He or she might have fired themselves or paid
someone else to do it, either way, they aren’t working alone,” he summarizes.
“Exactly”
“That means that someone is hiding them from me.”
A frustrated groan leaves my mouth. “That’s what I’ve been trying to fucking tell you for the past few
minutes.”
Standing up, I head to my office bar and pour myself a glass of whiskey. I gulp the amber content and add
more..
Dealing with Reaper always gives me a damn headache and ruins my mood. I was already in a bad mood, but he just made it worse.
“Just fucking chill. I’m thinking, and I don’t need you interrupting my thought process with your negative
energy.
“Why you…
He cuts off my rant before I can finish.
The glass in my hand was gripped so tight that I was afraid it was going to break. That’s how on my
nerves he was.
“All this means only one thing,” he starts. “That whoever is protecting our target is powerful enough to
defy us.”
“That or he or she is family,” I add as the thought filters through my thoughts.
“Fuck! You know what this means, right?”
“Yes,” I reply as my tone hardens. “If our target is family, which I suspect he or she is, then whoever is covering their tracks will do anything to protect them, including defying us
Damn it, this just made things more complicated. We need to find whoever hurt Ava before he or she can.
strike again.
Synopsis
Ava: Nine years ago I did something terrible. it wasn’t one of my best moments but I saw an opportunity to have the guy I’ve loved since I was a young girl and I took it. Fast forward to years later and I’m tired of living in a loveless marriage. I want to free both of us from a marriage that should never have taken place. They say if you love something…. It was time to let him go. I know he’ll never love me and that I’ll never be his choice. His heart will always belong to Her and despite my sins, I deserve to be loved. Rowan: Nine years ago, I was so in love I could barely see right. I ruined it when I made the worst mistake of my life and in the process I lost the love of my life. I knew I had to step up in my responsibility and so I did, with an unwanted wife. With the wrong woman. Now she has once again flipped my life by divorcing me. To make matters even more complicated, the love of my life is back in town. Now the only question is, who is the right woman? Is it the girl I fell head over heels in love with years ago? or is it my ex wife, the woman I never wanted but had to marry?
