HIS LOVE HEALS ME(18+)

idn't expect to be ambushed. The bruises on my face and arm throbbed as I lay on the couch, trying to ignore the worried glance

said softly from the doorwa

ied curtly. "I jus

is attack wasn't random. The black SUV, the suits, the cold, threatening words... it all f

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her drumming on the mahogany desk. He had called the leader of the gr

issed, voice seething with rage. "You w

mond cut him off. "You laid a hand on her? Bruised

inued, his voice now dangerously calm. "You're no

-intimidate her just enough to make her reconsider getting involved in his world. But now i

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what had happened, even though my mom had already gone behind my back and called him immediately after the incident. The l

iving room, pacing back and forth. He turned sharply when he saw me

shing over and reaching out to touch

I was drunk and clumsy. I fell."

ou," he said, his voice edged with a cold fury that seemed to cut through the air. "Y

l. "It was nothing," I said flatly. "They show

ook his head, as if trying to wrap his mind around it. "Wh

st an intensity that could have easily passed for genuine concern. "Because I knew you'd

fists at his sides. "Ava, I would never let anyone lay