“Who are you calling a jerk?”

Chapter 146

Ryker, with three years under his belt as a special ops soldier, was unfazed by such sudden aggression. With a swift counter–move, he grabbed lan’s arm, twisting it behind his back until lan yelped in pain.

Clara stepped in to intervene. “Ryker, let him go. He’s hurt.”

Ryker begrudgingly released lan’s arm, and shot him a cold look. “Only because Ms. Clara asked, you’re off the hook.”

lan glared back. His anger was unabated. “You had one job, to protect someone, but you blew it. And you’ve still got the gall to give me lip.”

He turned to Clara, and his voice softened. “Go take a shower, have some dinner, and if you get scared, just call me.”

Ryker started leading Clara upstairs. “No need. I live right across from her. She’ll be safe with me.”

Immediately, the three of them headed up. lan didn’t like the idea of Clara being with them, but he had more pressing matters to attend to. He went back in his car. His expression turned dark and stormy.

“What the hell happened?”

from her account, messages she sent to those guys, and their

“Clara’s a lawyer. Even if she did

what I thought. So, someone’s setting

thing, but the real goal seems to be to break her spirit, to

something. this big. There’s got to be someone behind her, pulling the strings. The drugging incident, Victoria’s threats, Nicole’s disappearance, even the whereabouts of the surgeon

they’re like a net, all targeting Clars It’s

could be so cruel and sO

more intense. A suspect flashes through his TIME SITE fists clenched involuntarily. “Let’s find

the asylum well past

director, upon seeing lan, ran out of his quarters, and his forehead was sice with sweat.

“I’m here for a person. Why

“Mr. Hayes, Victoria…

demanded. His voice

a delegation visiting, and after

air as he glared at the

in the middle of a high–profile love pursuit, sir. I didn’t

and headed straight

he had to find her quickly However, after reviewing

of Victoria.

had vanished into

Chapter 146

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