The Torturer's Target (An Enemies To Lovers Romance novel): To Seduce His Heartless Assassin by Kiss Leilani

Author:Kiss Leilani [Leilani, Kiss]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2024-01-15T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 17. THE BEGINNING OF THE TURNING POINT.

Bose stilled and the mirthless smile he gave Tesiera died on his lips, leaving behind a perplexed expression on his face. It took a moment for his boss’s words sink in, but they didn’t quite penetrate into his consciousness. They didn’t make sense to him at all. They were English, he was sure of that. But the order they were arranged left him mystified.

“I—I don’t understand,” he said, puzzled. He turned to look at the woman in question. Tesiera Anderson. The same woman who had twice tried to murder his boss.

Bose wondered if his boss’s overwhelming workload had finally scrambled his brain. Or perhaps Tesiera was some sort of witch and she bespelled him.

“This is a joke, right?” Bose’s gaze moved from Max to Clinton, who just shrugged, then to Tesiera, who was already on her way out of the room.

She deliberately bumped into Bose and threw a glare at him as she passed by. Her eyes burned with a fierce intensity—the eyes of a cold-blooded killer, not the eyes of a lifeguard protector.

“Hello? Answers, anyone?” Bose questioned, his gaze finding Clinton again, who averted his eyes and scratched the back of his head awkwardly.

Max exhaled audibly and took a step forward. “Tesiera is my new bodyguard. The three of you, will be working together starting today.”

“She almost killed you! Why would you hire her to be your bodyguard? Why are you making it easy for her?” Bose asked.

“I told you that this was a case of mistaken identity. She came here to make amends.” Max stared after her. “Even though she’ll never admit it, I think that’s actually why she’s here.”

“Making amends would be to beg for forgiveness, while rolling around and making puppy eyes,” Clinton injected with a grumble, a small smile forming on his face at the image he created.

Max rolled his eyes. “To make amends in her own way,” he corrected.

“But why are you giving her this chance, sir?” Clinton asked, turning serious. “You don’t owe her anything. I mean, the woman was gonna murder you without a second thought.”

Silence descended. Max knew that he had a point. That wasn’t what a rational person would have done, so why did he do it?

“Her eyes,” he said at last.

Bose and Clinton shared a confused look. “You hired her because of her eyes?” Clinton inquired.

“Those are damn fine eyes, boss—a sparkling brown as cold as ice and as glittery as topaz,” Bose said. “I could understand wanting to get lost in them if they couldn’t cut you like glass. But do you really think you should be employing someone because you like their eyes, boss.”

Max groaned and shook his head. “That wasn’t what I meant. That day at the boat, when I explained things to her, the look in her eyes…” He paused. “That unguarded pain I glimpsed when she realized she had almost killed an innocent man has stayed with me. Then today, when I dismissed her, I saw that look again.

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