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"And the girl?" Owen turned around and started picking up his weapons

"She is Maria’s problem" Marcus turned away fros to the woh I’ if her husband finds out she’s been fucking you"

My insides froze and I fought to breathe They were looking for Tess, not ive away the fact that I wasn’t who they really wanted If they found out, they would start looking for my friend and she had no heads up, no one to protect her No Owen

"Who is Maria?" Owen tucked his gun into his pants while watching Marcus Frolint of a knife as Owen palmed the blade

"Not anyone that concerns you" Marcus wrapped his fingers aroundthat this is the end of our work arrangeed "I can’t ith you"

"Mum always said to trust no one"

"I don’t think she was talking about each other, Marcus" Owen shook his head

"We’ll never know" Marcus pulled me closer to him "I was certain you’d try to kill me It’s much easier this way"

"Just stay out of rab his bag of weapons

My heart dropped as I watched hi ive me to some woman that sounded like the villain in a co to waver What did I really know about him?

"The least I can do" Marcus used his free hand to reach in his jacket The glint of ht my eye and I panicked

"Owen!" I balled upit down and backward into his crotch as hard as I could He cruround and my head slammed into the table as I fell Pain exploded behind ht I couldn’t afford to be on the floor right now Unfortunately, ht

I could hear people running through the house, shouting fro, but I couldn’t et off of the floor, adrenaline puh li a knife out of his shoulder, blood dripping down his linen jacket

Owen grabbedinto my arms and me toward the front door Just as I reached for the handle it turned and the door swung open Owenthe new un and shot the first guard that came down the stairs