ANYTA'S POV
I was trembling, my hands fisted at my sides.
“I want to know if I can completely trust you…”
“You can,” Clay cut in gently, his voice emphatic.
“I promise, you can trust me.”
“Then who were those men?” I asked with a shrug. “Are you just a…an entrepreneur?”
My best friend shook his head, “no.”
“Then what do you really do?!” I blurted out, my frustration spiking.
“I buy and resell companies, that's the truth.”
I scoffed, but I let him continue.
“Those men weren't after me either, this isn't my fault.”
A knot formed in my throat as I folded my arms over my chest. I had a feeling he was deflecting, but my mind was all over the place, I couldn't concentrate on one question.
“So who were those men?”
Clay opened his mouth to respond as he shifted his weight to face me f
