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Chapter One Hundred And Five

Author: KL Jenkins
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Yet I had two seconds to make a choice, two seconds that could give us a few minutes of salvation to escape to safety in the alley could provide and I was damn well going to chase that reality even if that meant Sven was the only one to get out of this alive with Bianca.

My death was inevitable in my line of work, and I had to be okay with that even if that untimely manner hit me today.

"Come on, Densel. We all know touching one's wife is against the very grain of being in the mafia. The papers are signed, her name changed, and our marriage is well and truly consummated. She belongs to me now."

The words burn my throat, and a lack of endearment is laced within my words, but they are for Densel and not Bianca, and that's my typical ammo. I've never let emotions rule me, and right now, that's an imperative rule I need to obtain if I want to keep just how dear Bianca has come to me.

He chuckled dryly, the humour evident on his face, his head tipped back on the wall, which was
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