All she needed to do was follow the instruction he gave her; hide and don't come out no matter what. But she just had to do whatever her heart pleased.
Typical Jade.
Why didn't he see this coming?
Why didn't he just take her with him?
He knew her too well, so he should have predicted she'd disobey him.
He had quietly killed some of the gunmen who invaded the boathouse and was about to take out another one when he heard his name lingering with desperation in the salty air.
It was the sweet voice of his wife, screaming his name with that delicious mouth of hers.
And then he got distracted.
The gunman he had been sneaking up on heard it too and ran toward the deck.
When Xavier rushed to the window, he saw her standing there.
Everything happened too fast.
He watched the bullet trave
