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The asshole had finally left the house.
It had been five minutes.
I sat on the couch, thinking about his words.
I couldn’t keep doing that.
I guessed it was time to do something about him.
But how?
He knew too much.
I grimaced, confused about one thing.
He had met me only a little while ago after we matched on a dating app.
How the heck had he figured out so much about me?
Anyone who knew me now couldn’t trace my past.
They would only know what everyone else knew.
So how the heck was he so well informed?
I sighed, thinking about getting up and changing, when I heard a knock at the door.
The door was open, though. I hadn’t locked it after Roman walked out.
I got to my feet, but then decided to simply call, "Come in."
That was only because the person was already standing in the open doorway.
Jaguar.
It didn’t make sense.
I had been expecting Ragnar.
Then my eyes drifted to the file in his hands.
I frowned, even more confused.
I wasn’t sure there had been enough time for Ragnar to go back home and give the file to Jaguar.
So Jaguar had to have been somewhere nearby.
That made sense.
He had been visiting Mrs. Baker.
He thought he was being slick.
Mrs. Baker thought she was the only one spying.
Little did they know, I’d been spying on them even more than they had been spying on me.
"May I?" Jaguar asked.
I gave him a gentle smile, tucking my hair behind my ear with the same hand that was wrapped in a bandage.
Jaguar’s eyes immediately narrowed at it.
Of course, if he’d been around, he would have seen that I’d come home without any bandages.
"Uh, this file," I said, acting as though I hadn’t left it behind.
"Oh yeah, my brother said you left it in the car, so I decided to return it," Jaguar replied.
His skin looked so smooth, and his green eyes shone against the dark brown he was wearing.
He approached me and held out the file.
I pretended not to notice and accidentally lifted my burned hand before quickly pulling it behind my back.
Then I reached for the file with my uninjured hand, but he didn’t let go.
I looked up at him in confusion and watched the way his body tensed.
"What happened to your hand?" he murmured.
"Nothing," I replied, pretending to grow anxious.

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