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Chapter 177

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[Livy]

The light from the hallway is bright orange against my closed eyelids as the bad men enter my room. It's hard playing dead when your heart is beating so fast your chest might burst. Jessica and her bad friends want to steal me away, she even said so. The way she laughed was so awful. She was never a nice girl. She was always just playing pretend. 

I want to open my eyes to see who is there, to see how many people there are, but if I do that they'll know I'm pretending. I need them to think I'm still asleep if I'm going to get away. I need to trick them before they can trick my family. Because if I let them, they are going to steal me away and hide me from my aunt and uncle, and then make me disappear forever.

They want to use me to trick my family. They want us all to die. 

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    [Livy]The light from the hallway is bright orange against my closed eyelids as the bad men enter my room. It's hard playing dead when your heart is beating so fast your chest might burst. Jessica and her bad friends want to steal me away, she even said so. The way she laughed was so awful. She was never a nice girl. She was always just playing pretend.I want to open my eyes to see who is there, to see how many people there are, but if I do that they'll know I'm pretending. I need them to think I'm still asleep if I'm going to get away. I need to trick them before they can trick my family. Because if I let them, they are going to steal me away and hide me from my aunt and uncle, and then make me disappear forever.They want to use me to trick my family. They want us all to die.

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  • Divorced But Desired by the Mafia King   Chapter 172

    [Hunter–Earlier that evening, before the gala]The world is spinning as I press myself against the wall and try to regain my breath. I messed up today, and I let too much slip. Vanessa knows who I am, there's no denying it. I should have realized she'd figure out the truth, she's far too clever. When did she figure it out? She's clearly mad, so it must have been recently. Where did we slip up? And if she knows...who else does too? This is already dangerous enough, but now it's going too far. She’s putting herself into danger and for what? To prove a point? Her health has been unstable and still she insists on pushing forward with this case. When I get back to base I’m going to give Carter a piece of my mind. She shouldn't have been put on this case to begin with--she's too important, too precious.“Sir,” Bruno, one of my newer guards hands me a towel as I exit the gym. “There’s a situation back at headquarters. I've been asked to take you back to Grant Tower.""Of course," I nod. "I'l

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