Chapter 88

Tim, Cathy Black's driver, was drenched in sweat beneath his thin cotton shirt.

He gripped the steering wheel so tightly his knuckles turned white.

He could feel Cathy's icy gaze boring into the back of his neck from the rear seat.

Ever since Bernard's warning call, Tim had prepared himself for something terrible-but this went beyond his worst fears.

He slammed the gas pedal to the floor, weaving, recklessly through Vancouver's crowded streets.

The usual thirty-minute drive to Cole Finance had to be cut down to ten, no matter the cost.

Cathy's voice stillechoed in his ears:

"Get me there in ten minutes, or you'll be six feet under."

Her tone had held no trace of doubt.

Up ahead, Black Syndicate enforcers on motorcycles roared through traffic, forcing cars aside with shotguns and sheer menace.

They formed a path of chaos, snarling at anyone who dared slow them down.

Tim followed in their wake, heart hammering, ignoring every traffic light, weaving between honking cars and shrieking pedestrians.

He no longer cared if someone else died in this mad dash-survival overwhelmed all other instincts.

"After this," he muttered through clenched teeth, "I'm done. I'm leaving this damned life."

He had told himself the same thing a hundred times for years, but this time-this time-he meant it.

At last, Cole Finance's building loomed ahead.

Tim slammed the brakes, tires screeching against asphalt as he pulled up at the entrance.

He risked a glance at the dashboard clock: exactly ten minutes.

Relief washed through him, his lungs flooding with shaky gratitude.

But his relief was short-lived.

Cathy glanced at her watch, her face tightening with cruel satisfaction.

she said softly, her words like

Tim started, voice

never got the chance to

flashed as she

tore through the seat and punched into his back, scorching

blood staining

that he had waited far too long to

g in his mind.

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the pavement. Bernard and five other bodyguards fell in behind her

windshield, washing over the final, motionless seconds of Tim's

squander time, for that is the stuff life

of Charles Cole's office, Cathy's fury coiled and

the door open with

slammed against the wall, revealing a tableau that brought Cathy's

with his pants half-lowered, his exposed flesh leering shamelessly toward Sophia Lancaster, who lay limp and

face went pale,

voice sliced through the

like a knife

think you're doing with that filthy thing of

Charles's mind raced.

the truth before Cathy tore

he

to the side,

eyes fluttered open, confused

Charles bellowed, forcing

You think you can buy off your hundred- million-dollar debt by throwing yourself at

know

desperate, as he

already have a beautiful wife. You're nothing but a cheap slut no

reeling,

up, then turned to Cathy with a feverish

her nerve? She tried to seduce me! I would never betray

Cathy, words tumbling over each other, "I swear, honey. I adore only you!" Cathy said

warning, she

crack of her palm across his cheek rang in

a tight smile through

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