Girl Get Rid Of That Jerk by Melissa Johns

Chapter 213

A heavy silence hung in the air. The heater made the car feel stuffy. Joshua tugged at his tie and cracked the window open a bit. A rush of cool air swept in, clearing the atmosphere instantly.

Allison hesitated before speaking, "You heard what my dad was implying earlier..."

But just as she started, Joshua floored the accelerator. Allison was thrown forward, her words swallowed by the rush. She pressed her lips together and silently buckled her seatbelt.

Clearly upset, Joshua drove like a man on a mission. Allison sat in the passenger seat, her heart pounding.

The bodyguard trailing them jolted, "Whoa! Where the hell did boss's car go? It vanished in a blink!"

His partner, sweating bullets, shot back, "Seriously? How'd we lose them?"

Frustrated, the driver slammed his fist against the steering wheel, “Damn it! Boss's driving like a maniac in that Bugatti. No way this heap could keep up! Now what?"

The other bodyguard quickly pulled out his phone, "I'll call him and see where he's headed."

The black Bugatti roared down the highway, the world outside blurring by in a dizzying rush. The thunderous roar of the supercar drowned out the faint buzz of a phone alert.

throat, her face pale as she clutched the seatbelt,

was locked on the road, his jaw clenched, his profile tight and stern, clearly in a bad mood. He

The surroundings were unfamiliar. This wasn't the route to Windswept House, nor was

are we

tersely, "Windswept House isn't safe anymore. You can't go back there for now. I'm taking you to a safe house in the countryside. I'll pick you up once things are sorted out

"Is it far?"

too far. Someone's going to meet us up ahead. You'll go

you?" Allison

"Don't worry about me."

the city's towering skyscrapers behind for lower

either side of then

swnaveln

greenery spread out,

Allie. You need to go with them," Joshua

supposed to have bodyguards with us? I thought we weren't

deep, "I realized we were being followed after wedeft the hospital, so I sped up to shake them off. That's probably

in her chest, "Won't you be in danger when you