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“He’s not a stranger, Kieran. And I would never forgive you if something happened to him. He’s suffered enough.”
Who cares that I have been miserable since I woke up without her, terrified? No, to my wife, Hayden’s well-being matters more.
“I won’t kill him.”
“I would like to thank you, but we both know you didn’t do it out of the kindness of your heart.”
She hangs up. I shower and put on my suit. The guys are already waiting in the office.
I watch the black Escalade come to a halt. He brought only one man with him. Hayden’s one self-confident asshole.
“He’s asking for it.”
“And I would have delivered gladly.”
I shoot Cato a glare.
“What if it’s a ploy?”
“You trusted the woman who wanted to kill you. We deserve to die in humiliation.”
I am still in survival mode. When the adrenaline slows, I will crash, but now is not the time.
I call Hayden and he answers right away.
“I need to fly back home tonight.”
“What did you do?”
“What was necessary to save your life.”
“I love your protectiveness, but I survived until now, and none of them scare me.”
“Yes, well, I know my husband, and brother. Not fearing them is plain stupid.”
“What did you do?”
“It was Chiara.”
“I’ll let my men know. I’ll wait for you at the airport.”
I hang up and find Chiara in her room. She bursts into hysterical laughter, but something else flickers through, almost relief.
“All of this for nothing.”
“You can back off.”
“Oh, you don’t make a deal with the devil and expect anything less than giving your soul away.”
“I don’t know if I should thank you or be mad at you.”
We hold on to each other as if to gather strength and go outside.
“We’re going to leave in three hours,” a guard says. We nod.
“What about that woman? I haven’t seen her out of the building.”
She leans into me, whispering even though there are no guards around, “I couldn’t sleep, and it’s the most guarded area. I tried to look around, but nothing.”
