Chapter 54 - The Kova’s

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Inside the car, Rick was pissed, as he questioned, "Seriously, did you have to shoot at me?" as he wiped the blood from his face, his eyes fixed on Avanska.

Avanska kept his gaze on the road. "It was either that or your brains would have been splattered all over the place," he replied tersely.

Rick scoffed. "Oh, come on. Do you seriously think the boss would have killed me for that? What does he even see in her?"

"I don’t get it, Rick," Avanska retorted. "I remember a time when you were so keen on the boss getting a wife. Hell, compared to him, you were more trouble, and the house was lacking the presence of a woman. And now that there is one, you're complaining?" he challenged, clicking his tongue.

Turning an angry eye at him, Rick spat out, throwing the bloody cloth on his face, "A woman, Avanska. A woman! I wanted the boss to settle down with a woman, not a brat."

“Well,” Avanska said as he threw the bloody cloth away, “that brat has done so much for the Kova’s house. Not even