But it clearly wasn’t working for him. He was too brash and arrogant to navigate the criminal underworld. If he kept pushing his luck, he was going to get himself killed messing with the wrong people.
It took a cold, calculating person to survive with one foot in civilized society and the other in the underworld. David lacked both the intelligence and the level-headedness to pull it off. That only made him more dangerous to Ella.
And then there was Amanda. She seemed to have an even darker side than David. She’d been laying low since the wedding, and I couldn’t blame her.
If I were in her position, I wouldn’t show my face in public either. But I didn’t trust that she was gone for good. My contacts were keeping a close eye on her, and the minute she made a move, I’d know.
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