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PROLOGUE

I’m not stupid

Though I wasn’t a straight A student, I got good grades in college and not only did well on tests, but I actually understood the material I finished on tiood friends, and ended up with a decent job that paid the bills

I never considered myself a rash person I was the exact opposite of spontaneous I always thought things through before I did theht about the i

Then I met him

The alarm in my head went off immediately

I ignored it

“Stay here,” Aiden corip of his weapon “Don’t get out of this fucking car for any reason, you hear me?”

I couldn’t answer I still couldn’t breathe, un in real life unless it was holstered on a police officer’s belt, let alone been so close to one I couldn’t takeblack metal

Aiden opened the driver’s side door and started to get out, the gun clasped tightly in his hand

“Aiden?” I ed to croak as I tore my eyes away from his hand and back to his face

He paused, halfway out the door

“I’ain

“What are you doing with a gun?” I whispered I felt likeinto shock felt like For a second, the phone call fro me of Dad’s heart attack filledmy veins was sione