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Business Deal Gone Wrong

Acker’s POV

This wasn’t how the night was supposed to go, I thought with mild annoyance which was hidden by my stoic demeanor.

A couple of hours ago I had been looking forward to the night: a performance at the opera which Alicia would play a very wiling companion to, and a dinner followed by a leisurely night. The assassins on my tail had been taken care of and Cross had become silent for the time being.

Yet an hour ago, work called in the form of Javier hitting up my phone with an urgent report. Charles Kane, resident entitled billionaire and womanizer, was demanding to see me. The ego on him rivaled Mount Everest, but his corrupt personality made it easier to do business with him. Not everyone in his circle wanted to be associated with the mafia, after all.

The man sat across from me, and the room had the thick scent of cigarette smoke permeating it, which I knew Kane was responsible for.

It only gave me another reason to loathe the man.

“Well, the goods have been delivered to your
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