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The Interrogation

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Cara's POV

I took in the arrangement of the six guys around me simultaneously browsing through the sea of passing people for my husband.

"I should come quietly? Why?" I asked, my hand slipping under my hoodie to bring out one of the weapons I brought along.

The knife or the gun? Whichever it touched first.

Coming prepared was a wise thing to do. Who knew they'd come in handy, and Adonis wasn't even here? I could already see myself gloating about this to my father.

My hand gripped the firm, smooth bottom of an object I knew too well, about to pull it out when the same guy spoke again,

"Don't even try to."

Next thing, all six of them were flashing the guns hidden in the waistband of their trousers.

"Let's make this less noisy."

I felt cheated, "Hey! I thought I was the only one with a weapon."

"Do you think anyone could walk into a place like this without being protected?" He scoffed. "Fights break for the littlest reason. Take a look at how people increase their pace when they get t
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