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The Undercover Cadet's Bloody Romance

Chapter 9 Lookout

Word Count: 1807    |    Released on: 22/08/2023

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e right decision? Would this finally be the thing that made my father hand me over the leadership of our family? Or would this whol

just like it had been since she joined our gang. Her beautiful face, her expressive blue eyes, the same color as the sky just as the sun was rising. Her long blonde

it was rock hard. Annoyed with mysel

was off limits. She was part of our gang and we were working together now. Besides, I couldn't have anything s

. She wasn't the kind of girl you just wanted to spend one night

't anyone in the kitchen, so I prepared a quick meal because I was starving. Just as I was

ally woke up," he s

st brewed and poured himself a cup. He came ov

s morning," he pointed out,

urmured aro

cheduled for eight this morning. This didn't look gre

I asked, then took

Jace gave me

id hastily, finis

minutes away. What did they say about my commitment to the family? Was this why my father wouldn't retire? Because he

own up together. His dad was higher up until he got shot three years ago. With a start, I r

h Audry? I had to. He would probably want t

," I asked him, then stood up

wn hair away from his face a

ther was the one to start this garden and some of the family had kept it up over the years. This was something I was told

want to talk abo

hen told him everything that happened last night with

one, Jace sm

s that for?" I as

th someone you don't trust?" he said, looking far angrier than the situation wa

ep a close eye on her. Besides, we both have the same common goal. We want to take the Taddeos out of the picture. It's a mutual

id. "Is she even actually on

hem," I told him. "That reminds me... I, um, I think the Taddeos are responsible for

ows raised.

t also the surprise, since we never

ot of the deals gone wrong are se

ther. Weren't they the ones there that day?

e under Taddeo's orders. Y

in this now too," Jace said, determination all over his face. "You're m

and thumped each

you," I said, grinning. "I actually ne

do you

ooko

*

I whispered to Jace when we

eaking around in places we shouldn't be since we were kids. Our signal was alway

he one to do the actual sneaking and Jace had always been my lookout. We even got matching tattoos

ng place. If we had a report on the night her father died – which I was certain we did – it would be

ment if our house was ever compromised. He was a very prepared man who always thou

ncies. That was why I needed Jace as my lookout. If my dad caught me in here, he wou

ocked the door and slipped in. The archive room was stuffed with rows and rows of file cabinets. The

e I was looking for, but I didn't know where it was exactly.

sound I could hear wa

ents. The papers outlined the gang members we lost and the arrangements we made to help out their immediate family member

ing that we had about the shoot-out. Most of thes

mn

is poi

t roughly back into the file cabinet, b

file. My hands began sweating and I blinked twice, hoping that some

y s

what it had said originally, but I thought it had something to do with the Taddeos. Hurriedly, I took my phone out and

rect place and shut the drawer. Only a person who was hig

re was a trait

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