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AVA DUVAL

His gaze was intense, his focus almost like a hawk. Every shot tore through the air hitting straight into the heart of the dummies. Sweat rolled down his jaw as he fired another shot. The black vest clung to his frame, every movement of his arms stretching muscle beneath sunlit skin.

His breathing was deep, and each time he gasped for air, my stomach flipped.

Fucking bastard.

How could he look so majestic when shooting literal dummies?

Ethan's fingers ran through his hair, his vein
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    AVA DUVAL I sat before the reading table, the screen of my tablet flashing on my face as I scrolled through the sources from my research. What was VAR's real mission? Who really were they, really? The thought had plagued my mind since the sudden assassin revelation. Ethan said father was well aware of that, and no matter how much I wanted to deny that, he was openly close with that organization. Praised them for all kinds of deeds, and had long kept ties with them. Just then, my eyes caught a source. A website that was based on countless conspiracies. Random people posted about certain conspiracies whether it was something as unnecessary as why cookies are baked and not boiled to major ones. Swiping my fingers across the screen, I finally found what I was looking for. A medium length article with the title written boldly that no one would miss it:THE VAR CONSPIRACY Click My fingers tapped on it, eyes scanning the article My eyes caught the date it was posted. Dec 192

  • The Bodyguard's Secret    Watch Your Head

    ETHAN COLE I could sense the tension in the room. Ava took a step back, eyes staring wide at me. The truth I had tried to keep from her had finally come to light.Ava wasn't aware that I was an assassin, but her father did know. VAR gave him enough information about me — just enough to make him trust them. I stepped forward, my gaze not leaving her.The secretary stood to the side, her hands trembling as the documents slipped from her grip and scattered across the floor.“Excuse me,” she said, bending over. Ava couldn't believe what she had heard. The man she had given herself to was a trained assassin. A cold thrill ran down my spine. But toying with her meant she would no longer trust me, and finding the Duval information on arms technology would stretch farther than anticipated. The secretary slipped away like a shadow in light. I did not care. Not yet. “Ethan…” she muttered, her voice fading in the background. The sound of her cracked voice carved something sharp b

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    AVA DUVAL Everything around me became a blur. The instant shock sent a sharp ringing to my ears. The room went in circles, getting smaller each time I tried to hold onto my breath. The image I'd built of Ethan came crumbling down — bit by bit. Every brick contained the truth I thought I knew about him. No. She had to be lying. I lifted my head to her, she stared silently, the documents still placed perfectly in her arm. That pitiful gaze in her eyes stirred up emotions I couldn't contain.“You're lying,” I blurted out defiantly. This couldn't be true. Ethan wasn't an assassin. He was my bodyguard, the one who saved me from the real people who were trying to kill me. If he wanted me dead, he would've done it sooner than before. I shook my head, trying hard to deceive myself. This was a dream and people could be paranoid in dreams. The trembling of my hands said otherwise. I clutched the hem of my apron, an unexplainable pain searing through my body. Secretary Lee stepped

  • The Bodyguard's Secret    The Calm Before the Storm

    AVA DUVAL I sat alone in the art room, staring at the blank sheet before me. The sun had turned a bright yellow, its warm rays seeping into the evergreen coloured room. Several paintings stood around the large room, the one of Ethan there, right in front.I had caught the warm glow in his eyes, and that expression made my heart skip two beats. I wanted to paint more of him — shirtless, water dripping from his chest with an orange sun casting warm hues onto that calculating gaze. My hands clasped over my hot cheeks, shaking my head to remove these lewd images. This morning, I peeped into the slightly open door to see him at his laptop, the keyboard clacking too fast. His focus was unmatched that everything around him felt grey, including me. I slipped away, not willing to be the disturbance he didn't need. These days, he had stayed more on his laptop, either typing or just staring at the screen completely lost in thoughts. If I gave him more time to process whatever he was

  • The Bodyguard's Secret    Sunshine and Roses

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  • The Bodyguard's Secret    Clipped Wings

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