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get away from him and

ffort, but I had to get away from him. Find a po

et bac

y! Leave me a- St

aning: he wasn't far behind. "I can't just leave yo

d straining myself. Even breathing was a

l walked into a two-storey building wi

rint away from the police station. Proba

O

weirdo!" Shit! He

the love of-" The bleeding jerk tr

oved him off

er and lowered his voice, the tip of hi

I just wann

st to stop me from running towards the two-storey building. His sweaty face a

ne could hear us. We stood in the middle of an alm

t like it was going to implode, but scr

omeone wants you kidnapped or dead. I can't just leave you alone out here." A

hurts." I gl

took a step back and let go of me.

said my name out loud. It sou

didn't even know. My fists were still itching to use his face as a punchin

wl and took a step backward. If I hit him in the nuts, I might be able to outru

" he drawled as if I was

at happened. We don't even kno

hands to himself. "Sorry you're freaked out, and I apologize that you're stuck here, with me, for now. Someone y

zing? Whoa.

m being manipulative again, making u

king one step at a time, backing away from his intimid

someone you should underestimate. But I will get us

distic criminal? "You know

l creep stalking a young, defenseless woman in public. "I know what he did to your cousin. I'm tryin' to keep that from happening again. Alri

ned to Beck

n me again. ​There was no one else nearby. "A black van was tailing us. Okay? We were a half-hour away from hospi

ared at him and stopped wa

th his black leather jacket. Not bleeding

et the lic

tta the backseat to record the whole thing, like Beck said. Had to get proof that it's their driver's fault. Then this wanker in th

ut it didn't sound like utter bullshit, eit

tarted panicking and..." X cleared his throat, his tone almost flat and emotionless. His calmness seemed forced, though. "Shoved him back inside the SUV whilst she sprayed bullets at the pricks

cash, without any weapons, and we're not even gonna talk to the cops? Did she give you a gun?" I held

ice station now, or into the restaurant behind us. Maybe they had

tupid to start a shoo

muted reaction leaving his brow

ed down at his

der the dri

ced a laugh and shook my he

't lik

SUV just 'cause he

ou do realize we're being hunted by gunmen who just

ying a deadly weapon.

himself a "bodyguard"? How would he defend himse

bout to start running to the other direction. My breathing was e

t go to

ulled away when he tried

is frown disappeared, but he wasn't ba

earing my untimely demise. Or h

ow, alone under the shade of a big mango tree. X scratched his b

ly at least half of them weren't just

N

"Why the

on pa