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The Chase Chapter 7
Zoe My fingers touch my lips gently as I sit back down, dazed, behind my desk and fire up the feed to my cameras again. They still tingle where he kissed me. I don't think I've ever reacted like that to a man. Particularly a bossy man. Who I don't know. In the middle of a robbery. After I shot him with a tranquilizer dart. Before he went out to protect me, drugged up to his eyeballs. I don’t need the butterflies in my stomach or the goosebumps on my skin to know that this man is different. I watch him stand tall and face the two men bravely. His stance is relaxed and confident, but in his expensive suit and immaculate white shirt, he looks more like a high-priced lawyer than a brawler. I can barely watch as the first of the thugs takes a threatening step toward him, crowbar bouncing against the palm of his other hand menacingly. Tattoos snake down his wrists and out from the edge of his sleeves. A distinctive jagged scar runs down the side of his neck. These aren't kids looking to
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The Chase Chapter 9
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The Chase Chapter 11
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Blake“Now who’s getting ahead of themselves?” she shoots back. Her eyes are wild, and she takes a deep breath to steady herself. I brace myself for the onslaught, but it never comes. I wanted her to give out to me, to berate me for talking to other people about her, because when she’s all riled up, she’s honest. Right now, I’d give anything to know what she’s thinking, but instead of fighting with me, she falls silent for the rest of the drive back.I force my hands to relax on the wheel and to give the impression that I’m calm and confident. I’m anything but, but if I push her too hard, she might shut down completely.We get back to the house and despite her protests, I carry in the bags, and we unpack the bags in silence. She huffs as she closes the fridge with a bang. The jars in the door rattle as she turns around and leans back heavily against it, her eyebrows drawn together in a frown. Here we go.“So, I could just be anyone?” she demands. “You get one whiff of my scent, withou
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