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00:00I'm pretty sure this is the exact moment my life flips upside down.
00:04Me, sprinting down a sun-bleached Phoenix sidewalk,
00:07holding a paper bag full of someone else's money,
00:10and yelling,
00:11This isn't even mine.
00:12I for one chin.
00:14People stare like I'm filming an insane YouTube prank.
00:17And honestly, I wish I were.
00:19Sweat runs down my spine even though the morning is still young
00:22and the desert sky is bright as a spotlight.
00:25The sun is everywhere, reflecting off windows, cars.
00:29Even the stupid metal bench I slam into with my hip as I skid around a corner.
00:34Ow! Seriously?
00:36I hiss, stumbling again.
00:39Yeah, perfect.
00:41Add bruised ribs to my list of life failures.
00:44How did I get here?
00:46Five minutes ago, I was delivering a DoorDash order from a sketchy burrito place.
00:50Now I'm apparently starring in a live-action crime documentary.
00:54Because the sweet old lady I thought I was delivering breakfast to?
00:57Not a sweet old lady.
01:00And the bag?
01:01Not burritos.
01:02It's stuffed with stacks of cash bundled so tight I swear they're still warm.
01:07And the men chasing me?
01:09Definitely not Yelp reviewers.
01:11Hey!
01:12Stop!
01:12One of them shouts behind me,
01:14his voice echoing harshly under the blinding sky.
01:17Yeah, no thanks.
01:19I shout back.
01:20I don't know where to go.
01:21My car is parked blocks away,
01:23my phone is dead,
01:25and I'm pretty sure I'm about to die in the stupidest way possible.
01:28A sunlit murder.
01:30The kind neighbors talk about at barbecues.
01:33Then I see it a long line of mirrored luxury SUVs parked outside some waterfront hotel.
01:38They look identical,
01:39like a fleet of very rich, very organized people are inside.
01:44Perfect.
01:45If I'm going to beg for help,
01:46might as well shoot high.
01:47I dart across the street, almost get hit by a scooter,
01:51yell,
01:51My bad!
01:52and throw myself at the first SUV.
01:55I yank the back door open,
01:57without even thinking.
01:59And freeze.
02:00Because inside,
02:02sits the most dangerously handsome man I've ever seen.
02:05He's wearing a crisp white shirt,
02:07sleeves rolled to reveal strong forearms,
02:09sunlight catching in the dark waves of his hair.
02:12Aviators hide half his face,
02:14but his jawline?
02:15NASA could use it to calibrate satellites.
02:18His whole vibe screams.
02:20Money.
02:21Power.
02:22And I own a thousand acres somewhere you can't pronounce.
02:26A man like this doesn't get surprised.
02:28Ever.
02:29Yet he tilts his head at me,
02:31just slightly,
02:32like I'm a glitch in his otherwise perfect morning.
02:35I pant.
02:36Hi.
02:37Please don't kill me if this car belongs to you.
02:40The man slowly slides his sunglasses down his nose.
02:43Pale green eyes lock on mine,
02:45sharp and unblinking.
02:46He has the energy of someone who chooses violence as a hobby.
02:51What?
02:51He says calmly,
02:52voice low and smooth.
02:54Are you doing in my car?
02:56I...
02:56I'm hiding.
02:57I gasp,
02:58trying to keep the bag behind me,
03:00from people who may or may not want to shoot me.
03:03His brows lift.
03:04And you brought...
03:05lunch?
03:06It's...
03:07not lunch.
03:08I swallow hard.
03:10It's money.
03:11A lot of money.
03:12Behind me.
03:13I hear shouts again closer.
03:15The man's gaze flicks past me,
03:17then returns,
03:19colder and far more calculating.
03:21He taps the headrest once,
03:23and two men in suits appear instantly from the sidewalk like he manifested them.
03:27Get in!
03:29He says.
03:30What?
03:31You don't even know me.
03:32If you stay out there,
03:34you'll be dead before I finish this sentence.
03:37That...
03:38is fair.
03:39I scramble inside and slam the door.
03:41His men shut the others and climb into the front,
03:44and before I can blink,
03:45we roar away from the curb with enough horsepower to seal every organ inside me.
03:50My chest heaves.
03:52The bright sun flares off every car we pass,
03:54blinding and flashes.
03:56My heart beats so loudly,
03:58I swear even Mr. Calm Sociopath beside me hears it.
04:01He watches me like an interesting science experiment.
04:05Not afraid.
04:06Not annoyed.
04:07Just...
04:08intrigued.
04:09So...
04:10he says,
04:11voice deceptively casual.
04:13Why are men with guns chasing a door-dash driver?
04:16That is an excellent question,
04:18I say.
04:19I would also like to know the answer.
04:21He arches a brow.
04:23Okay, okay.
04:24I clutch the bag.
04:26There was a wrong address.
04:28Or a right address for the wrong thing.
04:30I didn't know.
04:31I thought it was breakfast.
04:33Then two guys burst out like I stole their rent money times a hundred.
04:37He leans back,
04:38eyes dipping to the bag.
04:40Open it.
04:41I would like to decline.
04:43That wasn't a request.
04:45Great.
04:46I jump from criminals to...
04:48whatever he is.
04:49I open the bag.
04:51Stacks of cash stare up at both of us,
04:53glowing almost golden in the sunlight.
04:55His jaw tightens barely,
04:57but enough for me to catch the shift.
04:59You're in the middle of a cartel drop,
05:01he says.
05:02I choke.
05:04Are you serious?
05:05I don't even like spicy food.
05:08His lips twitch.
05:09A near smile.
05:10Or maybe I'm hallucinating.
05:12I'm Lorenzo Vale,
05:14he says simply.
05:15I blink.
05:16My stomach drops.
05:18I've heard the name.
05:19Everyone has.
05:21He's a mafia don,
05:22but not the loud,
05:23flashy type.
05:25He's the ghosts under your bed kind.
05:27A rumor wrapped in Armani.
05:29A billionaire whose businesses cover every inch of the country.
05:32The kind of man who can buy a town the way I buy iced coffee.
05:36Okay,
05:37I whisper.
05:38I'm dead.
05:39You're not dead,
05:41says the mafia guy.
05:43I said my name,
05:44not my job.
05:46Right,
05:46I mutter.
05:47Because your job is definitely not mafia boss.
05:50His mouth curves.
05:52Smart girl.
05:54Silence blankets the car for a moment.
05:56Bright sunlight pours through the windows,
05:58washing everything in gold.
06:00I can feel his eyes on me heavy,
06:02assessing.
06:04What's your name?
06:05He asks.
06:06Ava.
06:07Ava Merrick.
06:08He says it slowly,
06:10like tasting it.
06:11Ava.
06:12My cheeks warm.
06:14Damn him.
06:15So,
06:16Ava Merrick,
06:17he continues,
06:18you've made yourself a problem.
06:20Trust me,
06:21I'm aware.
06:22And problems that fall into my lap.
06:25He leans in slightly,
06:26green eyes burning through me.
06:28I don't let them walk away.
06:30I sit up straighter.
06:31Um,
06:32Lorenzo?
06:33Mr. Vail?
06:34Sir?
06:35I am not a problem.
06:36I am a simple broke American woman trying to survive capitalism.
06:40He actually laughs.
06:42It's a short,
06:43low sound,
06:44but I feel it all the way down my spine.
06:47I believe you,
06:48he says.
06:49Great.
06:50So you'll drop me off?
06:51No.
06:52My head snaps around.
06:54No?
06:55He takes off his sunglasses fully,
06:57tucks them into his shirt,
06:59and faces me.
07:00The sunlight makes his eyes almost unreal bright,
07:03cold,
07:04almost glowing.
07:05You saw a cartel operation,
07:07he says calmly.
07:09You stole their money.
07:10I did not steal anything.
07:12And now,
07:13he continues as if I didn't speak.
07:15They'll hunt you.
07:17My stomach plummets.
07:19Right.
07:19Perfect.
07:20Awesome.
07:21Love this journey for me.
07:23He stares straight ahead for a moment,
07:25jaw locked,
07:26like he's calculating chess moves.
07:28Air hums between us,
07:29hot,
07:30dry,
07:30and tense.
07:32Then he says the words that change everything.
07:34You're coming with me.
07:35My mouth drops open.
07:38What do you mean,
07:39with you?
07:40Like forever.
07:41Kidnapping.
07:42Protective custody.
07:43Witness relocation.
07:45Am I gonna need a new name?
07:47Because I already told you I'm Ava.
07:49Lorenzo turns his head,
07:51and his voice goes quiet.
07:52Controlled.
07:54Someone tried to use my city for a drop without my permission.
07:58That means someone wants a war.
08:00He looks at me fully now.
08:02And your evidence.
08:03I don't want to be evidence.
08:05You'd rather be dead?
08:07Well,
08:08when he puts it like that,
08:10I sag into the seat.
08:11Do I have a choice?
08:14No.
08:15His men take an exit toward a private road lined with palm trees.
08:19The sunlight is almost blinding now,
08:21bouncing off the marble sign of some high-end resort that probably costs more per night than
08:26my yearly income.
08:27As the SUV slows,
08:29he adds quietly,
08:30Stay close to me,
08:31Ava.
08:32Don't wander.
08:33Don't argue.
08:35I argue a lot.
08:36I know.
08:37You don't even know me.
08:39He gives me a look that melts my soul and my independence simultaneously.
08:44I know enough.
08:45The SUV stops.
08:47His door opens first.
08:49Someone opens it for him.
08:50Of course,
08:51and he steps out.
08:52Tall.
08:53Broad.
08:54Effortlessly commanding under the blazing Arizona sun.
08:57Then he turns back.
08:58Extends a hand to help me out.
09:00A hand I have no business taking.
09:02A hand that screams danger.
09:05But the moment I place mine in his,
09:07something shifts.
09:08Something terrifying.
09:10Something electric.
09:12And that's when I realize,
09:13this is my point of no return.
09:16Lorenzo Vale doesn't plan to let me out of his sight.
09:19Not now.
09:20Maybe not ever.
09:21Lorenzo Vale's idea of a safety
09:23turns out to be a sun-drenched private resort
09:26he apparently owns.
09:29Because of course he owns a resort.
09:30The place looks like a luxury Instagram fantasy.
09:33Whitestone walkways,
09:34palm trees waving like they're rehearsing for a commercial,
09:37of fountains sparkling under the Arizona sun so hard,
09:40the reflections look like tiny lightning strikes.
09:43And this is not real life.
09:46My life involves thrift store jeans and discount iced coffee.
09:50Not marble columns and men in suits who communicate via earpieces and frowns.
09:55Lorenzo walks three steps ahead of me.
09:57Long strides.
09:59Sun hitting his shoulders like even the light respects him.
10:01I scurry behind him like a baby duck with anxiety.
10:05Ugh, slow down.
10:07I hiss.
10:08My legs are normal people length.
10:10He doesn't look back.
10:12Keep up, Ava.
10:13I'm trying, Mr. Olympic Mafia sprinter.
10:16He stops abruptly.
10:17I slam into his back, bounce off,
10:19and nearly fall into a potted palm.
10:21He turns expression carved from expensive stone.
10:24If I wanted you hurt, you would be hurt.
10:27Keep up means keep up beside me, not behind me.
10:29Ugh, I mutter.
10:31Cheeks heating.
10:32Okay.
10:34Cool.
10:35Clarity.
10:36I shuffle to his side like a socially awkward penguin.
10:39He smirks slightly.
10:40I pretend I don't see it.
10:41We pass another suit who nods at Lorenzo,
10:43murmuring,
10:43as the team is scanning the grounds.
10:45No sign of cartel surveillance.
10:47Cartel.
10:48The word punches me in the stomach every time.
10:51Lorenzo nods.
10:52A good.
10:53Stay sharp.
10:53Then his hand rests on the small of my back.
10:56Just barely.
10:57Guiding me forward as if I belong next to him.
10:59The touch is light,
11:00but the effect.
11:01Nuclear.
11:02My pulse jumps,
11:03and I'm pretty sure my brain short circuits.
11:05We're safe here?
11:06He says quietly.
11:08And to find safe I fire back.
11:10It because I feel like I'm in the world's most glamorous witness protection program.
11:14He doesn't laugh, but his mouth twitches.
11:17We reach a wide open air lamp with white sofas,
11:19sunlight flooding every corner.
11:21Lorenzo gestures to one.
11:24Sit is to one.
11:25Sit?
11:26I know.
11:27He raises a brow.
11:28A reckless part of me kicks in.
11:30I'm not a pet you placed somewhere.
11:32I need answers.
11:34He steadies me for a moment,
11:35then lowers himself into the chair opposite me.
11:38He sits like a king.
11:40Relaxed, controlled,
11:41and possibly confident.
11:43Meanwhile,
11:43I'm vibrating like a soda shaken in a car trunk.
11:47Ask.
11:47He says simply,
11:49Okay.
11:51Here we go.
11:51Who are those guys chasing me?
11:54Members of the Alvarado cartel?
11:56And why do they have that in a door dash bag?
11:58Because their leader is an idiot who believes blending into American delivery culture will keep him undetected.
12:04That's the dumbest smart thing I've ever heard.
12:06His lips quirk again,
12:08almost amused.
12:09Agreed.
12:10I exhale shakily.
12:12So,
12:12now they want me dead.
12:14He leans back,
12:15sunglasses dangling from his fingers.
12:17They want their money back and to remove a witness.
12:20Okay, wow, fantastic.
12:21Love that for me.
12:22You won't be harmed,
12:23he says firmly.
12:24You say that like you can control everything.
12:27My can.
12:28My heart skips.
12:30It's not arrogance.
12:31It's fact.
12:32The world bends around him.
12:34People move when he moves.
12:35So what's your angle?
12:37I ask voice softer.
12:38Why help me?
12:39He doesn't answer immediately.
12:41His eyes track a spot over my shoulder.
12:43Then return to mine.
12:45You entered my car,
12:46he says.
12:47My space.
12:49My world.
12:50That makes you my responsibility.
12:52That sounds medieval.
12:54I don't confuse old-fashioned with wrong.
12:56And I don't get a say?
12:58No,
12:58I groan.
12:59I'm going to develop stress ulcers.
13:00He stands.
13:01Come with me.
13:03Again with the commands.
13:04Va,
13:04his voice drops.
13:05Warm and warning at once.
13:07If you want to live,
13:08you stay where I can see you.
13:10Okay.
13:11Fair point.
13:12I rise and follow him through the resort
13:13toward a bright outdoor terrace
13:14overlooking a sparkling man-made lake.
13:17Intent sparkling man-made lake.
13:19Everything glows so vividly
13:20I feel like I'm walking through
13:21an over-edited travel vlog.
13:24We stop at a shaded table
13:26where lunch is already waiting.
13:28For the record,
13:28I say sitting down,
13:30kidnapping me with luxury
13:31isn't less kidnapping.
13:32You're not kidnapped.
13:33A defined-not kidnapped.
13:35You can leave.
13:37He pauses.
13:39If you want to die.
13:40I thought so.
13:41A server approaches nervously.
13:43Lorenzo's presence
13:44doesn't just command attention,
13:45it devours it.
13:46Everyone watches him
13:47with the kind of fear
13:48you reserve for natural disasters
13:49with perfect cheekbones.
13:51I poke my food.
13:53So what now?
13:55You babysit me until I evaporate?
13:58I know.
13:59He picks up his glass.
14:00I protect you until I neutralize the threat.
14:03Neutralize?
14:03That's a word that screams therapy bills.
14:05And how long will that take?
14:07As long as needed.
14:08I swallow.
14:09A Lorenzo.
14:10I don't belong in this world.
14:13He studies me,
14:14eyes clearer in the daylight
14:15than they have any right to be.
14:17And maybe you don't.
14:18But you're in it now.
14:19I lean back,
14:20staring at the lake.
14:21Luai had a normal life.
14:23A struggling kind of crappy one,
14:24but mine.
14:26What did you lose?
14:27He asked quietly.
14:29At my job, I say.
14:31My car is basically
14:32coughing's last breath.
14:33My rent went up.
14:34My ex cheated on me
14:35with a girl who calls herself
14:36an aspiring eyelash influencer.
14:39I was barely holding it together.
14:40Into some mits.
14:41His jaw clenches.
14:42He hurt you.
14:43Yeah, but like emotionally.
14:45Not physically.
14:46He still hurt you.
14:47The way he says it,
14:49low sharp,
14:49makes heat crawl up my neck.
14:51I change the subject fast.
14:53What about you?
14:54You always this?
14:55Intense?
14:56I'm a man people try to kill.
14:58It shapes personality.
14:59I snort.
15:00Well,
15:00I'm a woman people try to underpay.
15:02Also shapes personality.
15:04He doesn't laugh,
15:05but his eyes warm slightly.
15:07Before I can push further,
15:08one of his men hurries over,
15:09stopping at a respectful distance.
15:11Sir,
15:12the guard says.
15:14We found a drone.
15:15Someone was scouting the perimeter.
15:17Someone was scouting the perimeter.
15:18My whole body turns to ice.
15:20Lorenzo rises so smoothly,
15:22it's almost inhuman.
15:23Where?
15:24Over the west wing.
15:26We disabled it.
15:27His gaze flicks to me,
15:28protective,
15:29fierce.
15:30It's them.
15:30They've tracked her.
15:32My stomach drops attract me?
15:34How?
15:34I turned off my phone.
15:35He shakes his head.
15:36The cartels don't need phones.
15:37They follow money trails,
15:39witness rumors,
15:39hotel staff gossip.
15:40They're desperate
15:41and sloppy.
15:42A cool,
15:44cool,
15:44cool,
15:45love that.
15:45So what do we do?
15:46We move.
15:48He grips my arm,
15:49not painfully,
15:49but firmly,
15:50and pulls me with him
15:51as he strides back inside.
15:53The resort buzzes
15:54with rising tension.
15:55Sunlight pours through
15:56glass windows,
15:57too bright,
15:58too sharp.
15:59I feel exposed,
16:00like the sun is spotlighting me
16:01for every enemy.
16:04Hey, Lorenzo.
16:05I pant as we hurry down a corridor.
16:07Tell me what's happening.
16:08They want you.
16:09They think you took something else
16:10from them.
16:10He didn't even want the money.
16:13He stops abruptly,
16:14turns me to him.
16:15Lava,
16:16look at me.
16:17His hands cut my face.
16:18Warm,
16:19steady anchoring me in place.
16:21You're safe with me,
16:22he says.
16:22Voice lethal and gentle
16:23all at once.
16:25Something cracks open inside me.
16:27Fear mixing with something
16:28even hotter.
16:29Even more dangerous.
16:30You promise?
16:31I whisper.
16:32I don't make promises.
16:33His thumb brushes my cheek.
16:35I don't lose what's mine.
16:37I'm not yours.
16:38His eyes turn molten.
16:40And not yet.
16:40Heat floods through me,
16:42confusing and wild.
16:44I shove him lightly in the chest.
16:46Okay,
16:46calm down,
16:47Mr. Possesso Sunshine Mafia.
16:49He smirks.
16:50The sunshine?
16:52Or extremely sunlight compatible.
16:54Ah, good.
16:56Before I can unpack that,
16:57he pulls me toward a private lounge.
16:59The windows overlook the entire resort.
17:01Clear,
17:01bright,
17:02shimmering.
17:02Sobbed.
17:03He orders again,
17:04but softer.
17:04This time,
17:05I actually do.
17:06He steps aside,
17:07speaking into an earpiece.
17:09A double security.
17:10Search the grounds.
17:11Bring me anything suspicious.
17:13No one gets in or out.
17:15He returns,
17:15leaning over me.
17:17You're moving to my main estate.
17:19A what?
17:20Why?
17:21This place looks expensive enough to have a moat.
17:23It's too exposed.
17:24Too many access points.
17:25I swallow.
17:26So,
17:26you're home?
17:27Yes.
17:28You're taking me home.
17:29I see.
17:29Eva.
17:30That feels intimate.
17:31His voice drops.
17:32It will be.
17:33My breath catches.
17:34Then he adds,
17:36But before we go,
17:37there's one more thing you need to see.
17:39I narrow my eyes.
17:41If it's a dead body,
17:42I'm going to scream.
17:44It's not a body.
17:45He leads me out to the front entrance where a convoy of SUVs waits,
17:49sunlight gleaming off black metal like polished obsidian.
17:52But that's not what steals my voice.
17:55Across the street,
17:56parked under the raw Arizona sun,
17:57is a slick white sports car.
17:59Its windshield smashed,
18:01tires slashed,
18:01and a message carved into the hood.
18:03I step closer,
18:04hurt hammering.
18:06The girl belongs to US.
18:08My knees wobble.
18:09Oh my god.
18:10They found me.
18:11You know,
18:12Lorenzo says,
18:13sliding an arm around my waist,
18:14pulling me into his side.
18:16They found me.
18:17You're under my protection now.
18:19I look up at him,
18:20fear shaking my bones.
18:22Oh, Lorenzo.
18:23What if we can't outrun this?
18:24His eyes blaze,
18:25bright as the sun itself.
18:27We don't run,
18:28he says.
18:28You may make them regret ever touching what's mine.
18:31And though I should be terrified,
18:33a traitorous part of me feels safe,
18:35safer than I ever have.
18:37They say your life flashes before your eyes when you're in danger.
18:40Mine flashes while I'm strapped into the buttery leather seat of Lorenzo Vale's private helicopter.
18:46One he makes look completely normal.
18:48Like he's ordering an Uber XL.
18:51With wings.
18:52The desert stretches below us in blinding gold,
18:54sun bouncing off canyon ridges and sparkling heat waves.
18:57Everything is too bright,
18:58too sharp,
18:59too real.
19:00My pulse matches the thumping blades overhead.
19:02Eww,
19:02we're almost there,
19:03Lorenzo says,
19:04voice calm in my headset.
19:06Where?
19:07The sun.
19:08Because we're basically flying directly into it.
19:11He actually huffs a laugh,
19:12but his eyes stay trained on the landscape.
19:14Focused.
19:16Alert.
19:17Every muscle tight beneath the rolled sleeves of his white shirt.
19:20And we're going to my main estate,
19:21he says.
19:22It's secured.
19:24Fortified.
19:25No one gets within a mile without me knowing.
19:28I thought the resort was secured.
19:29It is.
19:30He pauses.
19:32Are they escalated?
19:33A chill crawls at my spine.
19:35The slashed car.
19:36The message on the hood.
19:38The drone.
19:39Everything feels like an invisible countdown ticking towards something catastrophic.
19:43What do they want from me?
19:44I whisper.
19:45He finally looks at me.
19:46Green eyes sharp,
19:47sunlit terrifying and strangely soft all at once.
19:50They want leverage,
19:51he says.
19:52They think taking you will force my hand.
19:55And would it?
19:55I ask quietly.
19:56He hesitates.
19:58Just for a breath.
20:00But I see the truth flicker in his eyes.
20:02Yes,
20:03he says.
20:03My stomach flips.
20:04Not fear.
20:05Not exactly.
20:07Something deeper.
20:09The helicopter descends toward a sprawling estate surrounded by vineyards, fountains,
20:12and miles of sunlit land.
20:14It's less a house,
20:15more a kingdom.
20:16Everything gleams under the Arizona sun.
20:18Glass.
20:19Stone.
20:20Water.
20:20All glowing like polished gold.
20:23Welcome home,
20:24Lorenzo murmurs.
20:25I still think using the word home is bold for a girl you basically ran off with.
20:29Not run off with,
20:30he corrects.
20:31I protected.
20:32A potato.
20:33Potato.
20:33Potato.
20:33Potato.
20:34He gives me a look that somehow shuts me up and melts me simultaneously.
20:37We touch down.
20:38A fleet of security waits.
20:40Lorenzo exits first,
20:41then turns to offer his hand.
20:43And I take it because,
20:45honestly,
20:45my legs don't trust the ground anymore.
20:48Inside,
20:48his estate is sun-drenched marble.
20:51And open spaces.
20:53Floor-to-ceiling windows flood every hallway with warm light.
20:56Not a shadow in sight.
20:58Stay close,
20:59he murmurs as we walk.
21:01Stop saying that,
21:02I mutter.
21:03It's starting to sound like a marriage vow.
21:05He smirks.
21:07Maybe it is.
21:08I nearly trip over a $10,000 rug.
21:10The strike we barely make at 10 steps into the grand hallway before chaos erupts.
21:14Deafening crack shatters the calm.
21:17Not a gunshot.
21:18A blast.
21:19Explosions don't echo in the desert.
21:22They roll,
21:22like thunder flattening everything in its path.
21:25What was that?
21:27I scream,
21:27clutching his arm.
21:28Barometer breach,
21:29his guard shouts,
21:30sprinting toward us.
21:31They hit the front gate with a truck.
21:33Lorenzo moves instantly,
21:34not panicked,
21:35not startled,
21:36just pure,
21:37lethal precision.
21:38I get Ava inside the atrium.
21:40He orders,
21:41voice steal.
21:42I lock it down.
21:44Oh no,
21:45I yank his arm.
21:46Or coming with me.
21:47You guys says,
21:48gripping my shoulders,
21:49I need to end this.
21:51Now,
21:52abide yourself,
21:53against a cartel.
21:55Are you insane?
21:56Insane would be letting them get anywhere near you.
21:59His thumb brushes the back of my neck.
22:01A shockingly tender gesture given the situation.
22:04Me,
22:04Vimerick,
22:04he murmurs,
22:05I am choosing you.
22:06Over business,
22:07over power,
22:08over everything.
22:09So let me finish this.
22:11My breath stutters,
22:12because that,
22:13that was not mafia level flirting.
22:15That was a life altering confession disguised as a tactical update.
22:19Lorenzo,
22:20I whisper,
22:20but the ground shakes again,
22:22closer.
22:22A guard grabs my wrist.
22:24This way.
22:25I know,
22:26Lorenzo.
22:27He pulls my hand free gently but firmly.
22:30A guy will come back.
22:31And my track record says I get kidnapped once every three days.
22:34Do you want me in danger?
22:36Iva,
22:36his voice drops low.
22:38Dangerously soft.
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