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“I take it plans have changed, sir,” a British-accented voice speaks from in front of us, I assume from the driver seat

I feel the ruht home this time, Maxwell No need to stop beforehand”

I wonder what the original plan was, but I’ve read enough thrillers in uess And it surprises me when I actually voice it “Were you supposed to kill ht tre from the fact that so ainst him

He doesn’t answer at first, and enough time passes that I don’t think he will But then his deep ht by ”

The answer gives more away than if he’d just said yes or no But it also raises more questions Now, I have to wonder…

Who wanted me dead? And also…

What will happen to me now that I’m not?

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DeLuca

What the fuck are you doing? I adainst whatwithout its consent, I can’t help but breathe in the intoxicating scent of the woman in eneral I can feel the toned muscles of her arms and back beneath my biceps wrapped around her Her little ass nestles between s barely have to spread to accommodate it She obviously takes care of herself Maybe obsessively so Maybe to an unhealthy degree I don’t know I don’t know anything about Arabella, because I never dive too deep into the background of the people I’hest ranking people in The Ruin, I’ve never had to All I require knowing froood or evil, and her husband portrayed her as the latter For the first time, I feel like I should’ve done more research

Now that I’ve laid eyes on her, now that I have her pressed against one into this profession too blindly

But no

The other before her were so obviously evil Men who’d raped, ine—even worse