ocket. He turned his cold gaze back to Karissa, w
atures into a deceptively calm mask. His voi
is matte-black sports car. "I'll give y
elieved her persistence and sweet demeanor had fina
wed him out of the loud, crowded club, her ruine
enger door. He gestu
e smoothed her white designer dress over her kn
the hood of the car to the driver's side. His
he electronic locks engaged with a heavy, final
gh the chassis, shaking the seats. Karissa gripped her expens
ing, Axel floore
rown violently back into her seat. She let out a startled, breathless shri
he floor. He steered with one hand,
ustrial highway. He dodged a massive, blaring semi-tr
grabbed the leather dashboard with both hands,
rifted the car around a blind corner. The tires sm
didn't lift his foot off the gas. He waited until the last po
lly, tears ruining her perfect makeup. She was entirely convsystem beeped loudly. Jayson's cal
hotel security footage has been fully decrypted
through another sharp corner, throwing Karissa a
ty thousand dollars," Jayson's voice echoed through the car. "They drugged Elea
Karissa's role in the extortion plot.
a sickly, ashen gray. Her breath caught in her throat as she realized her
Eleanora was an innocent victim. She w
rk, suffocating anger, crossed Axel's face. He h
s eyes were completely devoid of any human empathy
foot hard onto th
dred miles an hour to a dead
seatbelt. The sheer physical trauma, combined with the absolute psycho
. She fainted completely, her body slump
with lethal intent. He picked up h
pping with venom. "Send a cleanup cre
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