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I’ve been kidnapped by a billionaire.
And there’s no way out of this prison.
He owns not just my body but also my heart.
His mesmerizing touch makes me want to stay.
I’ve been told that he kidnapped me for a reason.
My father is out to kill him.
Am I too crazy to believe him?
Maybe.
The truth will eventually come out.
And then I’ll have a choice to make.
Stay loyal to my father…
Or fall deeper in love with this ruthless stranger.
Malcolm
Perhaps I had waited too long to bring the whole thing up. The truth was, I wanted to keep them out of it for as long as possible, my closest friends, my greatest allies. I knew they wouldn’t take it well that someone was trying to kill me.
Especially when that someone was Samuel Kline, the most notorious hitman in the business.
But I was sure now, and there was no more time to waste.
The five of us were having brunch at a little downtown cafe, the kind that you couldn’t find unless you knew it was there. The waiters here were like family, and so it felt like the safest place to begin to plan things—out on the patio under a large, sun-bleached umbrella.
“There’s something I need to tell you, the reason I brought you all here today,” I said, my serious tone a stark juxtaposition to the teasing conversation we’d just been having.
They all turned to look at me. Misha’s face, as usual, was hard as a rock and difficult to read. I trusted the Russian man’s judgment though, and I knew he would be the first to protect me.
“What? You mean you don’t just want to spend time with us?” Leroi jokes, earning him a stern look from Noah. At thirty-one he was the youngest of the group, and this tended to show through his playful demeanor.
Noah, on the other hand, was always serious. Not unreadable like Misha, but instead like a calm and sturdy boulder that I always knew I could count on.
“Now is not the time, Leroi,” Gilles said, pushing his glasses back up the bridge of his nose. He was the only one who I had told beforehand. I needed him to be able to gather intel so we could properly plan things out. The information we had been able to find on Samuel was scarce, but it was better than nothing.
“What is it?” Noah asked, leaning towards me looking expectant. He probably had some idea of what was going on, he was intuitive like that.
He had known me for the longest, too, and I was sure that had something to do with it. After all, I didn’t think of myself as a man that’s easy to read, even if I am more emotive than Misha.
“I just got it confirmed yesterday, so we still have time,” I began, looking at each of them individually. “But I’m definitely being targeted.”
“By who?” Misha asked, his voice gruff and deep.
“Samuel Kline.”
There was a collective groan all around the table.
“Shit, that sucks,” Leroi said. “Liam, that dirty bastard.”
“Let’s not jump to conclusions yet,” Gilles said. He always liked to reason things through, and not cause unnecessary conflict. “We’re not sure it’s Liam sending him.”
