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Chapter 390 The One Who Killed Zev's Father

"That person is cunning, calculating, and dangerously extreme. Don't trust everything he says: Ze was, k eyes dark and wary. He didn't trust Shawn-and he certainly didn't believe someone like him could ever be a real ally.

But Kelly seemed to feel a flicker of sympathy for Shawn,

Zev trusted Kelly. He knew she'd never betray him, and he respected her decisions, Sef, he couldn't shake the uncase gnawing at him.

Shawn's childhood had twisted him-made him selfish and unpredictable. Whatever he might feel for Kelly, Zev didn't want her taking that kind of risk.

"I only want to bring him in so you don't have to walk this road alone, Kelly uid softly. "If he's on our side. that's one less trap to worry about." She wanted to case Zevs burden, no one-not even Shark-could trikke the foundation she and Zev had built.

No one could.

Kelly had noticed a crack in Shawn's armor, a weakness she might be able to explot. If the could win him over, maybe he'd become a valuable ally. And if not, she'd walk away without hesitation.

Shawn held secrets. A lot of them. If he ever opened up, Zev could avoid some dangerous investigations.

It had been years since Sylvester died, and Zev had spent five long years in Oasisvale chasing shadows, risking everything, and still came up empty.

Kelly wanted to help him.

"Hey, babe, there's something I've been meaning to talk to you about." On their ride home, Hanson had shown up to handle the crash, and the driver had arrived to drive them home.

Zev had spent a long time thinking about it before he opened up. "That accident-it wasn't random. Shawn's right; someone's been trying to keep me blind. An idiot, if possible. They want the company to fall apart and stop being a threat.

me as this harmless guy-some ex-soldier who barely knows how to run a business. Everyone

underestimated the wacko behind all this. He's slowly pressing in. isolating me, cutting away

Killed his father. Driven his mother to her death. And now Wade was barely clinging to life thanks to a cocktail of injections. Zev couldn't hold up a crumbling empire alone. Kelly wasn't just his wife-she was his anchor. His clarity. With her, he

the shadows must've seen that and

just don't get it," Zev whispered, voice hoarse. "Why not just kill me? Why rough all this

he'd forced himself to

had been like a bird with no

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One Who Killed Zev's

future full of loneliness. No parents.

came along. And something in his heart

family now. A lover, a

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happen to them. Zev couldn't let anyone destroy his

hands, steady and warm. "Zev, I've told you—I'm not fragile. I know you're scared to gamble with my safety. I know you'd rather carry the danger alone. But I feel the same way. I don't

Kelly's reason to get closer to

didn't want assumptions.

wrong could plunge

for everything. But was Ken really

their car pulled into the neighborhood, Zev and Kelly stepped out. A

It was Ken.

out, panting,

across his features when

his eyes, instantly on guard. "What are you