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Chapter 14

Mack

I stared into Rose’s gorgeous brown eyes as my blood turned to ice in my veins

I’d been distracted So caught up in getting s I hoped she saw the apology inthe cold pressure of the gun against the underside of my jaw

“Don’t do anything stupid,” the guy behind me ordered

“Not doin’ anythin,’them away from her “You want my wallet? Back pocket”

The ood”

Rose parted her lips to speak, but the look on ain Thank Christ

“What’re you after?” I asked

My pistol was tucked into the back of my jeans, and as I lowered my hands to my sides, I contemplated how fast I could pull it

Rose’s lips began to tremble

I wouldn’t be fast enough

Even if by soot my hand on it, the man behind me would blow my head off before I could kill him

“Let’s go,” he ordered, grabbing a hold of the back of my cut I tasted bile as he used it to pull me backward

“Let her leave,” I said as Rose’s arot with ot nothin’ to do with her”

“Not happening,” he man muttered

That’s when a second rabbed Rose by the ar caught in the middle

“Hey,” I snapped, jerking forward

“No,” thethe barrel harder against the underside of my jaw

“Don’t touch rip