Chapter 235

MARCUS

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“What did you just say?” My voice was low, but it carried a dangerous edge as I paced back and forth across the office. The phone pressed tightly against my ear; I was on a call with Ethan. He was giving me some feedback about the man who had been getting close to my family the one I didn’t trust. The one who was starting to make me see red.

“Listen, man, I’ve already told you. I will keep an eye on him and the family,” Ethan said, his tone calm, almost too calm for the situation. “There’s no need to panic.”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. “Are you serious, Ethan? You think I’m going to just sit back and relax while there’s a potential threat lurking around my family? You want me to just let that go?” My pulse was racing, blood pounding in my ears as I struggled to keep my anger in check.

“Do you honestly expect me to just sit here, waiting for something to go wrong while I know there’s a man who could hurt them? How am I supposed to do nothing? You know that’s not me.”

I could feel my hands clenched into fists. How could Luke have been so careless? How could he not have done a background check on this guy? It was maddening. My mind was spiralling as I thought about all the ways things could go south. The thought of my wife and children being in any kind of danger, it was unbearable.

tell you what,” I continued, my voice rising. “I’ve got this. I will handle it. But you better have eyes on him, Ethan, because if something

Marcus,” Ethan cut in, his voice turning sharper. “Stop acting like a child. You need to trust us. There are three of us here, me,

me down, but at that moment, I couldn’t see past the fear gnawing at me. The urgency in my mind told me there was no time to

Olivia back, if you really want her back, you will respect

force of my anger reverberating through my entire body. I could feel the sting in my knuckles as the wall cracked, to be fair, it was just hard dry walling, but the pain was nothing compared to the ache in my chest. This wasn’t about just protecting my family anymore. This was about her, Olivia. The woman L loved. The woman I couldn’t stand to see slipping further

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giving Ethan a response, but all I could hear

it all, Marcus. You’re about to do something reckless. I’m warning you for the last time, calm down, trust us, and find something else to

being honest with me? Too damn bad. He’d already let me in on everything, and there was no taking it back. “Why the hell didn’t Nick listen to you about this guy? When he left here, he promised he would

with every passing second. What the hell had

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was stuck here in New Village. The whole situation was

Marcus, the guy’s good. You would swear he was a saint if you met him. He’s got that innocent look, ke he couldn’t hurt a fly. But don’t be fooled, he’s got a sharp tongue, a smart mouth. He knows exactly

for a rundown on the guy. I didn’t need to know

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