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Chapter 40 – To Save Our Lives

Author: Lucia Love
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-07 22:17:34

Wesley’s POV

The spy I hired to gather information about Giovanni surprised me with his question.

“Are you expecting me to answer this question after my deposit?” I asked him on the phone, he abruptly ended the call.

As I looked at the unconscious bodyguards on the floor, I considered asking for his help to dispose off them when I noticed a movement.

I rushed to his side and helped him up. “You’re alive?”

He stumbled slightly, and I steadied him. “Why didn’t you inform us that it was Don we were up against? I wouldn’t have come,” he expressed, disheartened.

I contemplated hiring someone more capable to confront Giovanni or forming alliances with his business rivals.

“If you were alive, why were you unconscious for so long?”

To my surprise, he began to rouse his companions. “We had to feign death to save our lives, if you catch my drift. Don wouldn’t hesitate to send you to your grave,” he cautioned.

His comrades stood up, eyeing me warily. One of them spoke up, “If you won’t pay the r
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