“Mr.Harding, we won’t do anything to hurt her.You can rest assured.”
The head of the Burke family laughed awkwardly.
After getting off the phone with the Burke family, Garrett received another call from his family “I heard that your girlfriend offended the Burke family? Moreover, I heard that this so called ‘girlfriend of yours is a hit woman? Is that true?”
Although they were posed as questions, the woman on the other end of the line sounded resigned.
“I’ll handle it.Don’t worry about me, Mom,” Garrett said lightheartedly.
“How can I not worry about you? You’re my son.” The woman sighed again.
“I promise I’ll handle it, Mom.I can take care of myself.Anyway, I have to get back to work now.”
Just then, the door to the study was pushed open and Laney strode in.
“Mr.Harding, have you heard anything from the Burkes yet?”
Laney poked her head in and asked through the crack of the door.
With a distressed look on his face, Garrett fumbled for an excuse, “We’re still, er, negotiating.The Burke family hasn’t responded yet.Just stay here for a few more days, okay?”
“Okay.Please inform me when you hear from them, Mr.Harding.”
Laney nodded, closed the door, and left.
Garrett had been having a good time with Laney these days and didn’t want her to leave yet, so he hid the truth from her in the meantime.
Another week passed.
Laney had begun to use the tree in the garden as a makeshift dummy for her to practice fighting.
Every day, there would be a new batch of fallen leaves by the base of the tree.
“I’ll ask my assistant to get you a new sandbag.The poor tree never did anything wrong to you.”
Looking at the balding tree, Garrett sighed.
Today, Laney was in a bad mood, so she said nothing and just nodded gloomily.She was getting bored and restless.She wasn’t used to living such a boring life.
“I think those thugs are gone.I plan to leave tomorrow.”
“But they’re lurking all over the city.It’s not safe out there, Laney.Just stay with me,” Garrett hurriedly said.
Laney was getting really bored here.She hadn’t fought with anyone for a long time and she felt she was getting rusty at it.She pounded the tree with her fist and muttered, “Fine.Two more days.”
Sure enough, two days later, Laney couldn’t stand it anymore.She packed up her things and was about to leave.
“I’m going to lose my mind if I continue to stay here.I’ve never been so bored in my life.I’m going to fight those guys! At least it’s more exciting than being locked up here.”
“Wait, don‘t leave yet—” Garrett reached for her hand and tried to stop her.
Laney shook off his hand and shouted, “Get away from me!”
Before Garrett could respond, she ran out the door with her luggage.
“If they want me, then they‘ll have to come and get me!” Garrett rubbed his temples.He knew he couldn‘t stop her.
Laney went straight to the Pole Shadow.
The people there hadn’t seen her in weeks, so they all thought that something bad had happened to her.
After all, the news that the Burke family wanted her dead had spread some time ago.
“Laney, I think you should leave the country and go into hiding for a while,” someone suggested, their voice riddled with worry.
But Laney didn‘t want to run away.She had been staying with Garrett for nearly half a month and was bored out of her wits.
“It‘s okay.I‘ll stay vigilant.I‘ll kill whoever tries to kill me.”
Seeing that Laney looked so confident, no one tried to talk her into running away anymore.They all knew she had it in her.
Laney stayed with the organization for a few days.
During this period, she did whatever she‘d normally do, but no one tried to hurt her.She was confused.
Did the Burkes just let her go? That wasn‘t like them…
Seeing that things had gone eerily quiet, Laney began to look for a place to stay near the Pole Shadow.
Coincidentally, she saw one of the hit men when she visited a housing rental agency.It was their leader, the tattooed man.He was chewing gum with his hands in his trouser pockets.He seemed to be wandering the street aimlessly.
When he saw that Laney was staring straight at him, he stopped and greeted her casually, “Oh, hey.”
Laney’s eyes went as wide as saucers.
The strong tattooed man shrugged and walked past her, showing no intention of attacking her.
“Aren‘t you on a mission?” Laney followed him and asked curiously.
“Don‘t you need to kill me?”
The strong man raised his eyebrows and looked at her in confusion.
“It‘s been a long time since that mission was called off.Your boyfriend talked to the Burke family himself and asked them to let you go, so they did.Didn‘t you know that?”
“My boyfriend?”
Laney was stunned.She paused for a while to put the pieces together.
When it all clicked, she was very angry.She dropped whatever she was doing and went straight to Garrett‘s place.
Garrett was munching on some chips when someone started banging on the door.He dragged himself out of the sofa and went to open the door.
“Who is it? It‘s so early,”
But before he could finish his words, Laney grabbed him by the collar and threw him into the living room.
Although she was short, she was strong.
Laney pulled him up and pinned him down on the sofa.
“Garrett Harding, how dare you lie to me?!”
“I‘m sorry,” Garrett said in a low voice.
He knew that she must‘ve found out the truth.He didn‘t put up a fight and just looked up at her sincerely.He then lowered his eyes and muttered, “I lied because I really enjoyed your company and wanted you to stay here longer…”