I looked away from Griffon, pushed the door open, and got out of the car. Without stopping, without turning around, I walked away. The tires squealed, and Griffon left the garage at the same breakneck speed he'd driven here.

The moment the car pulled away, the screeching rubber ringing in my ears, I paused and looked back.

I wondered how he would react when he discovered I was about to die.

He would probably be just as indifferent as ever. How could a person like him pity me?

A faint sense of loss struck me, making me feel inexplicably sad...

After reviewing the handover procedures, I drove the company car home and planned to return it to the office tomorrow.

showering, I picked up my phone

message

heaved a

to put my phone done, but I remembered that Griffon had said that Jackson was his future brother-in-law. I'd been too caught up in my wishful thinking that Griffon might possibly have feelings for me or desire me, that the gravity of what he'd said was lost on

I googled Jackson's name.

the Sterling pack had expressed a desire to form an alliance with

like a brother,

and get engaged to

Sterling". I hadn't wanted to see or hear anything regarding him. Thanks to that, I was completely oblivious to his

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