her with someone else-a man in a blue shirt with refined features. They laughed

right then-candy that belon

a sneer. "Green shirt, red hair...

gaze, unable to resist teasing. "What's gotten int

ook. "Paired with your blonde

outh fashion, old man. Somet

ex. A sudden cold gust blew past. Alex clutched his jacket, ad

rricane. Derek viciously tossed his c

ew minutes passed, and then something clicked. Alex whipped his head around,

too loudly, "that's the

hired you fo

ed their heads and a

o commit murder. Just as he was about to kick

ike the week before, she offered him a small sm

he'd heard Alex'

ut to approach her when the man in the blue shirt beat

he night she'd spent with him, she'd been all sharp edges a

en sweet routin

point, Derek frowned and closed the dista

anything but friendly. "Been thinking about y

eyes as she shot him a warning

ered towards him even as she snapped at Derek. Irritation coiled in Derek's chest, fu

anding next to Flora, the contrast was stark. Where Flora was sh

a grown man, yet it was the first thing that

e was soft, yet it made severa

t fire, while the other man stood bet

urning to the man beside her, she looped her arm through

ready to throw out a fe

as steel as she leaned in and hissed, "I'm telling you-run that mou

st the railing. Far from showing fear, he leaned back further, resti

passive. "That's

"You might fool everyone else with that innocent face, but not me. Y

unny, I almost didn't recognize you. This whole sickly loo

stband still on his arm. He must have forgo

a nearby trash bin before resuming his nonchalant postu

trash," Flora sneered. She never claimed to be good; i

e. On the contrary, he g

bed and do what perfect m

she saw Asher approaching from a distance. She'd ke

ing her intense gaze on the other man

do you think your precious man would do if he f

anding flat against Derek's chest. A ruthless glint flash

id little, he was genuinely startled by the

genuinely intended to kil

she hissed, "and I swear, I'll

s eyes were slightly red as he pulled her into a tight embrace, as

hispered, patting A

, swearing she'd kill me-next thing

ome," Flora said

hing their figures disappear into the elevator.

im, loving h