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Responsibilities.

Author: Taniamalloye
last update Last Updated: 2024-12-10 23:19:03

Jacopo Nicolo...

I paced in my study, cracking my knuckles as apprehension filled my gut.

I glanced at the screen of my laptop, the focus made on only a single camera, which showed the real-time view of the street outside the front entrance of the apartment building.

I glanced at the clock hung on the wall, scowling at how much time they had taken. It's already been about three hours since that woman came to the house and took the other woman I have been trying to get rid of.

I needed to keep my eyes on the Viper Princess. I needed to watch all of her moves, but damn it, she just had to meddle in my life again.

How was I supposed to gather dirt on the woman I married if I didn't have eyes on her the entire time?

Pressure was starting to build at the back of my neck, vexation twisting my insides into a single giant ball.

I was still irritated about the fact that Ella Smith called her husband so he could call and give me an ear full. Whatever happened to minding their
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