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He narrows his eyes at me

“So people inlike this are Enzo and Kai as retaliation against what I did to Siren if she hasn’t come forward and told them the truth”

“Why would they kidnap me?” He raises an eyebrow

“Okay fine, they wouldn’t Waylon doesn’t have a lot of family that would retaliate for his death, but he does have several loyal eer, also used to work at his law office I’ve always been suspicious of him There are other men at the law office ere close to Waylon, who didn’t think highly of me: Laurence and Christopher I don’t know about the enemies my father made, but I’m sure there are plenty And then, of course, there are the countless strangers who think they have a right to the money my father hid”

Still such a strange thing to me—my father hid away a mountain of treasure, told me not to find it, and then made public the fact that saidI don’t understand That orman anted to ruin my life

“What about Maxwell?”

I frown “Maxwell? My bodyguard? He works for me He doesn’t know about the o after us?”

“Just a suspicion He was more skilled than he let on He didn’t always use his skills Instead, he chose to pretend he was just an ordinary bodyguard and didn’t have training But that man could rival most of the men we hire”

“Hmm, how did I miss that?”

“Maxwell is an attractivepeople It was easy toover him”

“Are you jealous of Max?” I bite ston is jealous of Maxwell

“Max? My point exactly, you didn’t even call him by his full name Clearly, you had a soft spot for him, which would make it easy for him to attack us”

I roll my eyes “You’re jealous of Max I love it!”

“I’es

He’s totally jealous