THE VALENTINE PROPOSAL
“Right after you and Everett split, she said I was no longer useful. That I was a liability. So she hired someone to snuff me out.”
I gasped softly, horror washing over me.
“What the hell?”
I had known Diella was desperate, but this... hiring spies, bribing people, blackmailing, and even attempting murder? The realization left me cold, my hands shaking as I clutched the folder tighter.
“If she hired someone to kill you, then how are you not dead?” I asked, my voice trembling.
He shoved his hand into his pocket. “Because I’ve been in this business for the last ten years. I know how to survive even hitmen,” he said, looking proud. “My name is Price, by the way.” He stretched out his hand for a