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ed out at the pitch-black sky. "Owen,

f them must've tipped Owen off. That

wen's voice cracked with di

xcuse when they broke up, so now

now who he is? What he

. "He might be older, but he's got charm, money, a

a wall, there was a barely-seeable hidd

guy up front reached for the door, but Elliot g

Elliot sa

, they nodded and turned

nst the wall and l

there was a paper-thin gap-just wide

arisse's cool, ove

s everything you weren't, he's successful, he c

ow to treat a woman. Not at all

ike he'd just gotten hit by a tr

ze who he is in Draycott? And look at you-what do you have? Without y

Do you even know the kind of people he surrounds himself with?""If I like him, I don't care what get

ust tell me, I'll go find him right

ords Charisse feared h

get a grip. You're nowhere near his level. If you're smart, you'll

words had come out of her mouth-especially directe

was no o

oice got lower and shakier

be cruel. But if she didn't draw the line sharply, Owen wou

ayton... that wo

vehicles. The ones being shoved were clearly resisting, but then one got struck h

ly, thrown into the

in two black body bags before sev

were Clayton's men. One of them was the same

ore. "Since we're already over, don't both

he ended

ok a few deep breaths, trying to era

a sudden figure behi

t Elliot's fingertips as he stared

alled out just a

out now?" His tone was sharp. "So as lo

ot a thing for ea

"Same old trick, huh? Using what you pulled on me to reel in