"What brought on this lecture, may I ask?" I was disturbed by how affected he sounded.

"I am happy to see you with Boss, truly. I mean, it's high time that he found someone he could confide in, but if you lose yourself in being only his confidant, you will suffer," he gave me a meaningful look.

"You can rest a.s.sured that my life does not revolve around the obnoxious man. I know that he is a vice of mine, but I won't make the mistake of forgetting who I am to mould into the life he leads. Our paths are not the same, Ethan," I admitted in a hushed tone.

"So you know that this will lead to doom?"

"Ethan... Why would I ponder on something that will probably never happen? We will never be together. We are incompatible. He is incorrigible and I hate him." He snickered at that. "Laugh all you want, but you will see."

"Trust in yourself and your ability as a killer, girl. If anything can attract Anthony, it is a woman who can carry herself like he carries the gun. He searches for power in a woman, and I think he's found his match."

"Shut up and do your work, you big ball of mush," I elbowed him. "Who knew that you of all people could be such a big romantic?"

"There is nothing romantic about attraction. It's carnal and inflammable, and you know it. It burns you alive."

"And now you are a poet," I chuckled.

"Pull up that last dude, will you? Let's get this over with," he sighed and I nodded.

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