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I pulled away before the temptation got to be too much. Now wasn’t the time to show myself.

I had to think of the best way to insert myself into her life and make it as least traumatic for her as possible. Waking her up in the middle of the night and asking her to let me eat her pussy wasn’t it.

I smiled a little at the thought before walking away.

Time to find out why Briggs was so obsessed with my girl.

And why he hired me to kill Lia’s father.

5

LIA

A week passed,and there was no sign of any random white roses popping up anywhere.

I was getting frustrated.

As soon as I told someone about a suspected stalker, all the clues that pointed to it suddenly disappeared.

I shivered when I felt the hair on the back of my neck stand on end.

Not all the clues.

Someone was watching me. Again.

I glanced behind me from where I stood by the espresso machine I had been trying to clean. It was dark.

The glass windows that usually showcased a magazine-worthy backdrop of the woods were nowhere in sight. All I could see was my own reflection.

And I didn’t like what I saw of myself.

I looked terrified.

And angry.

I wiped a little harder on the counter than I should have. The coffee stain I had been working on was long gone, but my feelings of helplessness remained.

It was just me and one other worker left in here, and the last time I checked, she was in the back, getting the place ready to close.

I let out a frustrated groan and threw the towel down, heading out the doors before I could think about it.

The cool night air hit my skin the moment I left the safety of the shop and looked around in the dark. The moonlight wasn’t enough for me to see anything.

“What do you want?” I asked out loud.

No one answered me, not that I had expected it. Still, there was just something horrible about fighting off a ghost you couldn’t see.

My hands balled into fists, and I gritted my teeth.

Taking a deep breath and trying to calm my racing nerves, I pivoted, about to head back inside.

I froze when I heard the unmistakable sound of twigs snapping. I tensed and looked back out into the dark.

Not thinking anymore, I rushed over to where I had heard the sound, half expecting the monster to jump out at me.

I came to a stop, sensing nothing but trees, but I knew, just fuckingknew,I wasn’t alone.

A sound came from behind me, startling me, and I turned around to see Melody, my coworker.

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