Nothing he said made any sense to me.Nothing he said could wipe off what he had told at me earlier...So, i had to ask the one question that was still on my mind."What was that you said before?" I rasped, forcing my voice to sound louder, to cut through the sharp ringing in my ears. I continued to squeeze and rub my hands into tight fists beneath the tablecloth, digging my nails into my palms until the pain anchored me. "What do you have over my dad? What do you have over our business?"Daniel’s chest rose and fell in heavy, agitated breaths. For a second, the wild, unpredictable rage stayed locked in his jaw. Then, slowly, the tension dissolved from his shoulders.He leaned back into the leather seat, a sickeningly smooth, patronizing grin spreading back across his face."Oh," Daniel murmured, tilting his head with a coy, theatrical sigh. "So you don't want to talk about us?""There is no 'us' until I hear what you meant by that," I said, my voice tight, forcing every drop of steel
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