He nodded, and I continued, “I’ve known you for a while now, but I know nothing about the business you run.”

He stopped for a moment. “Petroleum. And we’re dabbling in tech now.”

“Petroleum?” I was reminded of Mr. Murphy, whom I met during Emery’s wedding, then I looked at him. “You’re a Murphy?”

He arched his eyebrow silently, then I was reminded of the auction in J City. “Have you held an auction in J City before?” If the answer was yes, then that’d explain his appearance in the cemetery and his ‘coincidental’ help.

I gazed at him sternly, then he said, “You’re going to kill me at this rate.”

I looked down and was shocked to see the cotton swab poking his wound and drawing blood. I pulled my hand back and apologized, “Sorry. I didn’t mean it.”

I rubbed the salve on his wound and bandaged it. Then I realized he wasn’t wearing anything else but his boxers. Awkward, I covered his body with the towel. “It’s getting late. Sleep tight.”

aid kit and left the

after all, so needed the rest to recuperate. Armond had a lot to deal

and tell him about my situation, but it couldn’t get through. He must have set up call forwarding. I gave up after a few tries, then I tried to call Emery, but my phone was taken by the female officer when I

the girls were almost all healed up after a week. Armond was done with his affairs too, and

have taken Nora’s lively attitude away. Tabitha and Laurel refused to speak, while Tessa kept reciting mantras as usual. Noticing the awkward silence around the table, Laurel said, “We can go back home tomorrow, guys. Let’s

and looked at me. “We owe our lives to Scarlett this time. She saved us all. If it weren’t for her asking for Mr. Murphy’s help, we would have been shark

me. “All thanks to Scarlett.

to chat. Good.

you friends with Armond?” she whispered. “Are you

barrage of questions stunned me, and I paused for a moment. “Not an easy

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