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How the fuck did he know THAT?!

“Yes, but – ”

“Do you feel like you’re in any danger?” Lau interrupted.

“…no… not really, no.”

“Good. Then allow him to keep following you.”

I stared at Lau in shock. “Why?”

“To keep him distracted for as long as possible.”

Shit…

So Robertohadbeen right about Lau stalling him…

Which meant he might be right about Lau working with his murderous uncle.

When I didn’t say anything, Lau smiled. “That is all.”

Then he went back to perusing his readouts.

Realizing I had been dismissed, I walked out of his office without a word…

But my thoughts were flying around at a million miles an hour.

I have to warn Roberto.

He needs to leave Hong Kong as soon as possible.

I was angry with him for not telling me about the mafia…

But I still cared for him.

A littletoomuch, probably.

And I knew that whatever Lau had planned, it wasn’t good.

The only problem was that I couldn’t tell Roberto I worked for Lau. The revelation might send Roberto into a fit of rage, and God only knew what he might do in response.

But I had to get him to leave the city as soon as possible…

So I came up with a plan to frighten him off.

There was only one flaw:

I didn’t account for him not getting scared.

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It rained that night. Rain-slicked streets reflected the neon signs up and down the boulevard.

I’d told the security team to let me know when the blue Camry showed up.

I got a call on the walkie-talkie around 2:15 AM.“He’s here.”

I considered very seriously what I was about to do…

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