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Harker whistles as he leans back in his chair. “Well… we knew this day would come; he’s been watching you for a long while. It was nice knowing you with a head on your shoulders. Next time I see you, I’m thinking you might not look so pretty.”
I glower at him because of course this is what he has to say. “You’re a fucking irritation, you know that?”
Harker laughs, clearly amused by his own idiocy. Everyone else in the room is dead silent because they all know better than to laugh or ridicule me, but none of them have known me as long as he has. Harker, knowing that I’m not enjoying a lick of this, sighs. “Well, they left you alive. What do they want?”
“For me to sell to him.”
“You’d be absolutely stupid not to.”
I raise an eyebrow, surprised that he’d believe I’m such a pushover. “You honestly think I’m just going to say, ‘Here ya go, I hope you enjoy taking everything I slaved over for the last twenty years of my life’?”
“Yeah, I think you should. He’ll give you enough money for it. You take it and go do something else with your life. You’re not going to win this game.”
“There only needs to be one man dead for me to win this game,” I say.
Harker seems to think I’m hilarious now as he contemplates this. “Yeah. You seem to forget that Norn got his rise to power as a hitman. He literally controls a chunk of the network.”
“So then I need someone better. Simple as that,” I say.
“So fucking simple,” he says dryly.
“I know you have a guy.”
“I don’t have a guy, Iknowa guy,” Harker corrects. “And let me just save you the time… he’s not going to work for you.”
“Call him. He won’t refuse when he hears my offer.”
Harker slowly shakes his head before taking his phone out. “Alright… donotcome bitching to me about your time being wasted when this is over with.” He taps some buttons and holds the phone to his ear.
“Hey, Kade Morris wants to hire you… yeah, I told him that… yeah, I know you’re busy but you’re the only one I can think of… just… fucking hell, he’s not going to go for it… fine. Yeah, bye.”
I stare at him, already not impressed.
“He said he wants to meet you first. He only works for guys he likes, Kade. And you’re not a likeable guy,” he says.
“I’m goddamn Mr. Rogers,” I growl.
That makes Harker laugh as he shakes his head. “Oh, you’re going to die so hard.”
“Fuck off.”
“With that attitude, I’ll be the only one at your funeral.”
I glower at him as he laughs like he thinks he’s hilarious. Everyone else in the room is watching with wide eyes and remaining silent.
“Come to my office tomorrow. I’ll take you to see him,” he says.
“There is absolutely no reason that I need to go.”
“He’s not going to work for you if he doesn’t like you.”
“This is a pain in my ass.”
Harker shrugs. “Be there by ten in the morning. Don’t be late. He doesn’t like it when you’re late, either.”
“Is there anything this person does like?” I ask.
“He’s still ten times more pleasant than you. If I had to be stuck on an island with you or him, I’d pick him or drown myself.”
