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“Listen to me.”

“Some very dangerous people know about the chocolate diamond. If I hadn’t reached you first, it would be even worse, trust me. And you do need to trust me, do you understand?”

Trust him? Cullen had come in here demanding a hunk of a diamond that she figured didn’t even exist and now he had thugs looking for him and this alleged diamond and he wanted her to trust him? Right.

She stared up at him. She could imagine him doing bad things, very bad things. He had that kind of look about him. Half treasure hunter, half pirate. All male.

“I won’t go anywhere with you,” she said, wondering about the lesser of two evils.

He sighed. “I don’t have time to argue with you. If you don’t do as I say, they will either torture you or kill you. Or both.”

The banging ended and the sound of crashing glass took its place.

“What’s it going to be, Esther?”