Chapter 347: The New Driver

"Athena, you are not going with them? I thought..." Rodney’s words dried up in his mouth when he was met with unfriendly glares from both Aiden and Ewan.

What had he done wrong now? He checked himself, his words.

Firstly, he had been left like a destitute while the others had flocked into a phone booth he had watched, wide-eyed, transporting them downwards... to an underground facility? He wasn’t sure.

Seeing the sophisticated attires and weapons most of the men had adorned, he knew he had walked into some complicated nonsense. Only the amount of money Aiden had proposed as his monthly salary; after bombarding him with questions, after giving him the details of his job—just drive her!—had kept him rooted in the madness.

If not, why would he be involved with gangsters and whatnot?

He loved his life! And maybe... he loved his boss.

Although he didn’t think that was enough to sacrifice his life and ambitions. Not with those men looking at him as if he had farted.

Were they her husbands? He hoped not.

He was curious about his boss, whom he had read about—after the phone call that he could see now was beginning to change his life—she was a doctor and a businesswoman. And now something else, from what he could see; no way were all these bulky fellows government-approved.

Rodney however hoped that these men wouldn’t stop his quest. He raised an eyebrow daringly when they refused to look away, when Athena remained silent, watching the others who were transporting cartons of things he wasn’t aware of—things he prayed were not drugs or illegal—into vans.

He bit his lip, getting annoyed when a fellow next to Ewan scoffed. Who was that?

them here, but the male had never said a word to him, not even when Aiden was bombarding him with questions. So why

to say, get

he got Athena’s attention—Athena, who had been lost in her own thoughts, unaware of the

asked, darting her gaze between them, eyes centering on Zane because he seemed to be the latest obsession

me." Rodney answered curtly,

accepting this job, no matter the bogus salary that had been offered him; an amount he wouldn’t have made in that

hissing softly when

whole lot of them, once he was done with his share of the job today. After all, the job came with better accommodation and utilities, enough time and

really... why are you scaring my new driver?" Athena asked Aiden, avoiding Ewan’s gaze—the memory of his

it’s because he addressed you informally, considering his position." Florence answered, a smile in her voice, her

"Do you

question, void of any

and exhaled deeply. "No. You are

sharp glares now, but couldn’t they have

haven’t seen a reason to trust you," Athena pointed out then, sensitive to Rodney’s thoughts from the myriad

myself worthy of the hire then." A small smile

them, ma’am?" The vans were already leaving one by

wise decision. I still have the tracker within me. Going there will alert the enemy to the new location of my

exactly understand what she was talking about, but he understood why he was on the receiving end of another bout of glares. Still,

she laughed

horses. Rodney is to be trusted. He’s not

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