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‘You knoell as I do that I can and will break every bone in each of their parasite bodies’ He practically whispers the words in Willia steadilyalmost calhingout and grabbing Miller’s shirt at his throat, bunching it tightly and pulling him closer I jump up in shock, yet I don’t shout at theoofin ferocity ‘Now’

Both men hold still for what seeain and shoves Miller back before plu his head back to look up to the ceiling ‘You’ve really fucked up this time, Hart Sit down, Olivia’

My bum meets the chair fast, not prepared to cause further problehtens out his shirt and fiddles with the knot of his tie before taking a seat I feel a stupid sense of relief when he reaches over and takesto yesterday evening’

A sarcastic laugh spills fro betweenwhat you think is your territory in ood God! ‘OK, stop!’ I shout, swinging my exasperation onto Miller ‘Just cut it out!’ Both men retreat in their chairs, surprise evident on their annoyingly handsoh of the macho bullshit, please!’ I yank ing it to hisit repeatedly

‘I’m sorry,’ he says sincerely

I take a deep breath, then direct htfully ‘I thought you’d accepted there’s no breaking us,’ I say, noticing Miller halt with the continuous rains of kisses he’s applying to the back of my hand After William helped us flee London, I was certain there would be no hs, and I feellowered into Miller’s lap ‘I’ument withclue what to do for the best’ He clears his throat and looks at e’

I let out a sarcastic puff of air Excuse his language?

‘Where do we go fro to Miller

Yes, let’s get this done with I look at Miller, too,him shift uncomfortably in his chair ‘I still want out,’ Miller says, clearly uncomfortable under two sets of watchful eyes, yet his declaration is delivered with a load of deterh I’ve silently concluded that it isn’t enough

‘Yes, we’ve established that But I’ll ask you again, do you think they’ll let you walk away?’ It’s a rhetorical question It requires no answer And it doesn’t get one So Willia how delicate things are, why?’

I seize up Every guilty muscle in my body solidifies as a result of that question I can’t let him take the flak for that one ‘He didn’t take hten ‘Miller was at Ice I was at home I had a call on ulp down soe and look at Miller out of the corner ofexpression ‘I could hear a conversation and I didn’t like what I heard’ I wait for the obvious question but gasp when Willia else instead