Was she scared?

Truth be told, after countless encounters of this sort within the Quinn family, Stella no longer felt the raw fear that had gripped her the first time she witnessed Ronald take a life. Her gaze casually drifted to the lifeless body on the floor. "Was he one of Lancelot's guys?"

Lancelot - a name she'd heard Ronald and Hull mention back in Spring Hill.

Ronald hummed in acknowledgment before leaning in to press a kiss to her cold lips- tender, lingering, and entirely unexpected.

Stella's mind buzzed as she instinctively pushed at Ronald. "There's- there's a body right there."

Seriously, big guy, there's a dead man just feet away.

And Idris and the others were right there, too.

What was he thinking? Making it blatantly obvious that the girl he'd been raising for years had now become his woman?

Even Idris, who usually kept his emotions under wraps, felt his brain short-circuit.

Despite having an inkling about what had transpired the previous night, this outright show of affection...

Idris, along with the bodyguards, discreetly turned away.

It wasn't just Idris, Stella was equally flustered.

Considering the less-than-glorious events of last night, she thought she and Ronald needed time to sort things out.

he was leaving no room to breathe.

her hand. His voice, now tinged with desire, broke the silence. "Trying to escape, huh?" Stella stammered,

couldn't muster a

a moment, when Stella was nearly out of breath, Ronald

for air, her cheeks flushed with a rosy

his forehead against hers. "Why did you come here,

needed extra sleep and plenty of food to recover

a good long nap, which was why he had Idris bring Kaku

his chest, her muffled

a heaviness settling

"She called you?"

wants me to pick her up at the airport

phone nott tell Ronald about her

flash of displeasure crossed Ronald's

voice was icy

AUMS

having turned his back on them, pivoted respectfully at the sound

"Find out where that little

Yvonne had turned the world

to pay. That girl was too cunning for

close eye on

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