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My entire body reacted to that statement like the threat it was, but I didn’t move a single muscle. I didn’t even blink as I stared him down. “I appreciate the advice, but I think you’re mistaken. I just came here to read.”

“Sure, and I’m just here to drink coffee.” His grin was back but it didn’t make me feel any better.

This guy was too unpredictable.

I kept my eyes locked on him as he got up and walked out of the café like he didn’t have a care in the world.

Apparently, I wasn’t the only player in this game.

CHAPTER 13

Leo

Convincingmyself not to kill the new recruit Frankie liked so much hadn’t been easy.

Yeah, he was spying on her, but what really bothered me was the way he looked at her – like she was this gorgeous, mysterious creature who existed solely to make our lives miserable.

Not that he was wrong, but I didn’t like how he couldseeher. It rubbed me the wrong way and if I didn’t do something about it, she was going to get hurt.

But who was I to deny her the kind of pain she thrived on? I’d even say she deserved it for all the things she’s done to me.

My Francesca was a fucking goddess who could wrap anyone and everyone around her little finger like it was nothing. This new recruit was no different, but he was falling for the real thing, not the performance she liked to put on.

How he could see through such flawless bullshit, I didn’t know.

I definitely needed to observe him for a while before killing him.

Plus…killing him was bad. Frankie would be angry with me if I did that. I had to get her permission first.

Blindly following my emotions was not the way to do this. I needed to wait him out so I could follow the trail back to the real culprit.

We needed to know who was behind all this fuckery and Soren Hart was the first real lead we had.

I watched Frankie head into the commander’s office through one of the surveillance cameras and ran my hand through my hair, ruffling it slightly until it stood straight up.

Auntie Lauren was the one who’d given me this accountant position at Genesis. She wasn’t very happy about it, but she didn’t have a choice. She’d received an order and now here I was, playing the part of a goody-two shoes employee.

“Louis! You’re here early.”

I smiled at my new ‘boss’ when she stuck her head into my office. “Just trying to make a good impression, ma’am.”

“You’ve already made a good impression,” Patty assured me. “Otherwise you wouldn’t be here, right?”

“Right.”

She waved before heading to her own office and the smile instantly dropped from my face.

This act was annoying, but if it meant I got to be in the same building as Frankie, I’d do it.

I’d do anything to be close to her actually.

Even spend ten years on the other side of the planet just so she’d realize she missed me.

Leaving her here on her own was the last thing I’d wanted, but sometimes, we had to learn from our mistakes and Frankie would never learn if I stuck around. She was stubborn like that.

Lucy's presence seems to have delayed that learning experience.

Good thing I’d learned how to hunt from Francisco Lopez himself.

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