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Stupid, River Walk away before soive you

“When I coht, I promise I’ll kill him if I see a black circle on that pretty little hand”

Without thinking, I step closer, and bare ht in his face

“The only reason I’ll put a dot on et away from you”

“Then why are your tits currently pressed intoprettily atop his stupid fucking face

Scra backwards, I nearly trip on ainst hi comes out I’ve no idea what to say now

“You’re not co over for dinner,” I state finally

He sned him to my case His client is a key witness to a ether until this case is solved I’ over for dinner, River”

I step away from him and turn to walk away “Fine But I would never allow you to kill him,” I say over my shoulder

Only I would get those honors

“I WANT DINNER TO be ready by six Make h the speakers in ot in this heat box For obvious reasons, I couldn’t tell hiain and told me about the dinner I had to play dumb and wait until he told me

I can’t believe he didn’t fucking tell me

“I wish you would’ve told me this sooner Now I have to rush to the store,” I co a sweaty strand of hair out of et old, whichto outrankI can’t quite afford right now

“I only found out yesterday I didn’t get the chance to tell you because I’ve been workingyou wouldn’t know about,” he snaps, his words lashing at me like a whip He always knows exactly what to say and when to say it to hurt me most

It takes everything inh to have a job—but alas, Ryan always has tehe demanded of me