Chapter 198
sean, I have a feeling the guy who pushed me at the crosswalk today was sent by Joseph Food. I just can’t think of anyone else who’d go that far,” Charlotte said, frownine.
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Bean’s
Charlotte stiffened.
Laround her. His dark, intense eyes flashed with cold light. “I looked into it. Joseph’s back in the country,”
From now on, try not to go out unless you have to just work from home,” sean said quietly.
“is Joseph really that dangerous?” she asked, her voice low,
sean gently let go of her, placing both hands on her shoulders. He looked straight into hereyes, his expression deadly serious. “I won’t take that risk, Lottle. Whe 1 think about what almost happened to you today, my heart practically stops. You have no idea how much you mean to me. You’re more important to me than my
His eyes reddened, “I have absolute confidence Tean brat Joseph. He’s ruthless–1 can be even more ruthless. But he feels nothing. He has no weakness, no attachments, no humanity. I do. I have you,
“Lottle, I won’t gamble with your life.“,
The dining room was brightly lit, the aroma of freshly cooked food filling the alc. In the background, the evening news droned softly from the living room TV.
Charlotte lowered her lashes, her eyes stinging. She whispered, “Am holding you back?”
Sean’s eyes tumed red. Guilt washed over his face. “Don’t say that. I’m the one who dragged you into this. If it weren’t for me, you wouldn’t be dealing with Vivian, or have Joseph targeting you.”
”
Charlotte slowly shook her head. “You didn’t drag me into anything
never once thought that.”
“But I have,” sean said with a sigh. “Please, just stay in for the next few days. I’ll come by every day and keep you company.”
Charlotte nodded without hesitation “play
‚ and Sean—can you help me look into someone?”
Who?
“Ryan Lawrence.
Sean’s gaze turned cold. “The guy who tried to cough you up today?
She nodded. “My gut tells me he’s got someone backing him. A small–time factory owner wouldn’t dare to pull something like that unless he had serious support. It felt like dealing with a gang.
“I’ve already sent someone to look into him,” Sean said calmly.
#good”
“Now.come eat before the food gets cold,” he said, pulling out a chair and sitting beside her.
“Alright—but you have to eat with me,” she replied.
In the back seat of a sleek black car, Joseph lit a cigarette, eyes half–lidded with boredom.
Up front, his driver and bodyguard, John York, glanced into the rearviewminer “Boss, should we head back to Miss Xara’s villa tonight?”
Xara was from a wealthy family in Jersey City. Though she had become an international private travel guide out of personal interest, she hadn’t returned home in two years since ale started sering Josephi
Star was his favorite mistress during his time abroad and the had followed him back to Jersey City.
Joseph exhaled a plume of smoke and gave a lazy pod. “No. Take me to that other girl instead. The one who looked sweet and innocent. What’s her name again?”
Joseph loved to bulge with his dangerously handsome looks and soulful, deceptive eyes, women threw themselves at him. Back in Atlantis, he had countless lovers. Since arriving in Jersey City, even more bad lined up without hesitation
If a woman was beautiful, he never s
Joseph dealt in dangerous business—the kind where one wrong move could cost him his life. He lived like every day might be his last Indulgence and pleasure weren’t just habits. They wear how he lived.
He craved extreme sensations. He used physical indulgence to pelleve pressite.
To josepli, a woman’s body was just a way to blow all stead He could sleep with as many as he wanted and give them anything they asked for except love
Because he didn’t feel love
He didn’t have a heart.
To him, love was the most
st useless thing in the world.
