Chapter 2

Terrence Klein shifted in the front seat of the car and considered his options.

His boss, Jason Reed, had approached the group near the sports car. The headlights showed the woman on the ground and the three men.

He better not go crazy…

Terrence had seen his boss Jason lose it before.

It was terrifying.

He glanced around, gauging if there were any traffic cameras on this deserted stretch of road or if there were any other bystanders who might witness Jason killing somebody.

He prayed it wouldn’t go that far.

But he knew Jason and what he was capable of.

This was going to be bloody, and brutal.

Tonight, the road had already been closed, so who would have expected that five people and a Ferrari would break in here?

They’d disturbed Jason, who wanted to be alone.

Every year on this day, Jason always closed this whole road and stayed on it alone, wearing old clothes.

No one dared to ask the reason as if it were taboo.

Terrence who had worked for Jason all these years didn’t know the reason either.

At this moment, as he watched his boss lift a heavyset man with ease and slam his head against the wall over and over, he did not know whether he should stop him.

He got out of the car.

Beating up some would-be rapists was one thing. Killing them… wouldn’t be so easy to overlook. Or clean up.

And the men on this road were driving a Ferrari not a Ford.

Which meant, like Jason, they had money.

He started toward Jason and then paused when just as suddenly, his boss stopped fighting the man.

stranger’s arm.

the man said. He balled his fist as

that she really was

handsome. With dark eyes and a strong jaw. Full lips

on top and stylishly

his feet, the man took a menacing

Grace said. “He isn’t

dark eyes cut into her. He looked deadly and

“It is not worth

man didn’t nod nor move, but

grab his friends and get back into his car.

didn’t know if he was addressing

there wasn’t much Christopher could do that she hadn’t already

head out of the car. “Holy sh*t! Is

looked at her with shock as they climbed into the car

Grace understood their confusion.

old clothes. He looked… as broken as

was threadbare, and his face

peeled out with his asshole

the street. When the road was once again quiet, she looked back

said, “Thank you… for saving me

grunted, but beyond that,

walked across to the other side of the road, he sat down with his back against the

was due to drop even lower. If he were to sleep on the road for the night, would he be alive tomorrow

man had saved her, Grace started walking

you

raised his head and Grace saw…

the same darkness she’d seen in her own eyes too many times when she’d

that spoke of nothing to live for.

you can stay with me,”

***

bring a stranger back to her apartment. She wasn’t impulsive by nature, and she certainly hadn’t dated anyone or even considered hooking up with a man since

this man had saved her from rape,

at the

she would’ve fought hard to see all of them in prison for their crimes or complacency in it. But life had taught her that the innocent rarely

life was

why did she

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