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TP made him sweat it out an entire week before he showed up at the diveon a month-to-month basis And truth was, if TP hadn’t taken the tihly check out Ronin’s backstory, then Ronin wouldn’t have done business with him But they’d had an odd connection from the start and hashed out details of their "deal" with just a handshake--unheard of in this day and age

"So what happened?" Aned off on the loan for the building personally He had two stipulations One, that if I ever cashed in any of the trust funds, I’d put the money in one of his banks Two, that I’d do a favor for him from time to time" He frowned "But the favor issue didn’t come up until after I had proble reroup of Russian construction workers showed up, and the guys trying to extort cash from me for ‘protection services’ vanished"

"Did TP help you handle it?"

Ronin laughed "Yes Which is how I ended up owing Max Stanislovsky a favor too"

Aaze into his eyes "You don’t have to go into detail, but are the thug-for-hire rumors about you true?"

"Yes"

"Tell uys would say they’re not proud of what they’ve done, but I have no regrets If I didn’t believe in the favor I’d been asked to do, I passed TP never had an issue with that Neither did Max" Ronin peered into Amery’s eyes, half afraid of what he’d see But those beautiful baby blues held interest and love, not a hint of disdain "Are you satisfied now?"

"Did you ever put ?"

"Remember when I told you I withdrew funds from a small trust account to finishrandfather? It didn’t le dollar or a million The amount of money wasn’t the catalyst, just that I’d used any of it As soon as I knew that, I cashed out every fking penny of that trust First thing I did was pay off " Ronin sensed she wanted to ask him how much that was, so he told her "That one small account hadGod You have ten ht here in Colorado?"

Ronin s after it, it’s closer to twenty million And before you freak out, I live on what I make from the dojo That s of worrying about how to spend that much disposable cash Most people don’t understand that I’m really happy my bank balance doesn’t matter to you"

"I don’t think I could be so cavalier about e of people who have it"

He forced hi if he should be afraid of her answer "So, has hearing all this changed how you look at me now?"

"No" A you did, even if you bloodied your hands doing it, wasn’t done lightly or without good reason I know you’re a rity" She slipped her hand down to the left side of his chest "You have a good heart"