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“What befell you after you left me?” he demanded.

Mavis’ eyes flickered, hesitation evident in her face. She didn’t want to remember the horrendous events that had transpired. She shook her head and replied, “Nothing happened. I went straight home after I left you.”

He knew she was lying! In the past twenty minutes, he’d had someone look into Mavis’ whereabouts. She had indeed been taken away after leaving.

“Mavis, I’m tempted to kill you.” Suddenly, Harlan was holding a black gun, the barrel aimed squarely at Mavis’ forehead.

As the icy metal touched her temple, her hand involuntarily loosened its grip, and the fruit basket she’d been carrying plummeted to the ground.

“Harlan, why would you do this to me?”

“Don’t act so innocent. You know precisely what you’ve done. Derek’s life hangs in the balance. You must answer for this,” Harlan’s voice quivered with rage.

Mavis asked, “Is Derek

tell you. After you left my villa, Bruce’s people abducted you. They forced you to reveal Marcus ‘injury, and

teeth. Mavis could feel the threat

man she cared for would summon her to a confrontation

mistaken. She hadn’t disclosed anything about

him drove

and abuse rather than

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taken to a run-down house. They tried to force me to

bring herself to

convince Harlan of her innocence. His eyes shifted to

gaze sharp and unsettling. Though Derek was merely a subordinate, he