Chapter 7

Suppressing the terror rising in my chest, I tried to reason with him in a shaking voice. "Mr. Pierce, don't waste your time on someone like me.

"Either we stick to the deal since you paid, or take your money back and let me leave."

Ethan stared daggers at me, as if he wanted to tear my face apart with his bare eyes.

It was impossible not to be afraid.

He had nearly taken my life once before, and now I was completely at his mercy—a fish on a chopping block with zero power to resist.

Guessing that he'd had…