Chapter 365

Chapter 365

The coffee in Debra’s hand sloshed onto the ground. Marion, in a swift motion, bent down and wiped the stain from her high heels.

“Sorry, I’m late,” he murmured.

Debra was taken aback. She rarely saw Marion like this–humble, remorseful, almost vulnerable.

Her gaze fell upon his hands, noticing the fine scars that crisscrossed his skin and the bandage wrapped around his wrist. He was hurt..

She reached out, her fingers gently encircling his arm, to inspect the injury. “You’re hurt?”

In the world, few people could hurt the formidable Marion.

Erica paled at the sight of the bandage. “What happened? Wasn’t Randy with you? Where is he?”

but there was no

replied calmly, “He’s still on

anxiety dissipating as quickly as it had come. “I knew it.

turned her attention back to Marion. “You’ve been away for days. What were you

a moment. “I dealt with some of the Bernard family’s former associates. It was

that things weren’t as simple as Marion made them out to be. Didn’t Shawn hand over the Bernard family to you? Those old associates of

members were not easy to deal with. Shawn had handed it over to Marion, likely hoping to drag him down into the mire of their

“Why did you

“Those people shouldn’t have been left alive. I want to stay by your side and provide you with a safe environment. have to wash my hands

City. He was a reaper who had done all sorts of dirty work–murder, theft, arson. He had done what he had

had to get rid of his past. He had to clear out the Bernard family and

Debra would never have to live a life of constant fear with him. But he hadn’t

darken,

the turmoil within him, spoke softly. “I understand what you mean. Just please, don’t

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