CHAPTER 770. PRINCESS BY DAY. A Leak.Cameron took a deep breath and let the water soothe his pain, if only for a moment. But unfortunately, he couldn’t afford to be overwhelmed by it—or by any other feeling—because first, he had to take care of the urgent matter at hand: getting the money for Janick’s surgery."I’ll be fine," he murmured, sounding calmer now.Dandara looked him in the eyes, accepting his words even though she didn’t believe them for a second."Do you need help with your brother?" she asked, even though she already knew the answer was yes—and that he would respond with a no."Don’t worry, I’ve got it under control," Cameron assured her.Dandara chose not to insist because whatever she needed to know, she would find out sooner rather than later. Especially since the pain from his broken rib would make him careless and inattentive.So, she said goodbye to him there in the bathtub and went to her room, patiently waiting for nightfall—waiting for Cameron to get in his tru
CHAPTER 771. PRINCESS BY DAY. With My Own HandsUnfortunately, some people thought they were smarter than everyone else, and Kolo was one of them.Anyone might have thought Dandara had walked straight into the lion’s den, but the truth was that from the moment Kolo had raised that gun in her direction, his fate had already been sealed—he just didn’t know it yet."What the hell are you doing?! Have you lost your mind?!" Cameron growled as he stormed across the room, grabbing Dandara’s hand to pull her behind him. But before he could, she stepped forward, closing the distance between herself and the man before them."Put that damn gun down unless you want to choke on those fifteen bullets. I’m only going to warn you once," she hissed, and the tone of her voice sent a chill down Cameron’s spine."Sorry, sweetheart," Kolo sneered, "but my business depends on discretion. And unfortunately for you, you just overheard a very private conversation. So I think we’re making this deal one way or
CHAPTER 772. PRINCESS BY DAY. An Underestimated SituationThe reaction was instant—but not fast enough.Kolo's shock lasted only a second, but not even in his worst nightmares had he imagined that, in the midst of what seemed like perfect calm, Dandara had used a private TikTok message to send an alert to the third most dangerous predator in the jungle of her life. (Because the second couldn't find out, and the first was currently driving a truck loaded with hundreds of kilos of drugs. And though she didn't know exactly how much, that was the one she should fear the most right now.)The office door burst open, and Dandara immediately leaned back, pressing her weight against the chair and using it as leverage to kick her legs forward. The soles of her boots struck Kolo square in the chest before he could draw his gun, sending him crashing backward with a string of curses and the sound of splintering wood.The table shattered beneath his fat, clumsy body, and before he could even defend
CHAPTER 773. PRINCESS BY DAY. Of Course You CanCameron couldn’t even begin to describe what he was feeling at that moment. Half of him was pure frustration, while the other half was anxiety and fear—not for himself, but for Dandara. Because he knew Kolo wasn’t an easy man to deal with, and she had the most dangerous instincts of anyone he’d ever met.He hadn’t gone there intending to accept any deal other than paying back the money with interest. But all of that had changed the moment he saw a gun aimed at her head.The club had been packed with Kolo’s men. And while Cameron could have fought his way out on his own, he couldn’t do it knowing her life was on the line.Noel might have been half-hysterical, but he was smart enough to keep his mouth shut when he climbed into the truck beside him."You don’t have to come with me," Cameron muttered. "If we get caught, that’s ten fucking years in prison.""Yeah, well… I already know what it’s like to put up with you, so I’d rather stick wit
CHAPTER 774. PRINCESS BY DAY. A Man’s True ColorsThe road was deserted at that hour of the night. Cameron had been careful enough to memorize the entry code for the garage where Dandara kept her best cars. The place also had offices, and inside the complex, an enormous, empty racetrack stretched out—perfect for muffling the explosion that was about to happen.“Damn, I’d swear you brought me here so you could spank me in private,” Dandara murmured as the SUV screeched to a stop inside the warehouse, and the door began to lower.“Well, spanking you is off-limits,” he shot back, yanking his door open and unbuckling her in one rough motion. “But don’t think for a damn second that this is over! I brought you here so I could yell at you without your father firing me—because now more than ever, I can’t afford to lose this fucking job! But that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve to get your ass kicked. And not in the good way!”Dandara pressed her lips together, frustration flickering in her eye
CHAPTER 775. PRINCESS BY DAY. PLAYING DEADIt was sweet. It wasn’t fair for it to be this sweet. Dandara was supposed to be grumpy, strong, and dangerous, yet what Cameron had in his arms was a purring, warm body—one that threatened to completely unravel him in an instant.He couldn’t even begin to describe the fear he had felt for her, the kind that made him realize that, at some point, this had stopped being just camaraderie. He liked Dandara Hopkins. He liked her enough for it to be a big problem because his heart wanted to throw itself at her feet, while his brain was telling him... well, actually, at that moment, his brain wasn’t telling him anything at all.There was only enough time for those desperate kisses as he pushed her against the table, a couple of jackets falling to the floor. Dandara’s lips were absurdly delicious to him, but the rest of her body was sheer agony.Trailing down her throat, leaving a path of bites across her chest, finally pushing the sleeves of that sw
CHAPTER 776. PRINCESS BY DAY. WHY?Cameron felt like his heart was about to burst out of his chest.It had been ten years since he last spoke to his younger brother.Janick was twenty-four now, but maybe because of the poor care he had received, or all the surgeries, or perhaps the wheelchair he had been confined to for the last decade—he still looked like a pale, scrawny eighteen or nineteen-year-old."Ready?" Dandara asked, giving Cameron a little push into the room.But the moment he stepped through the door, Janick’s eyes went wide. As if he had just seen a ghost.In an instant, every monitor he was connected to spiked, and they watched him start to panic, his mouth opening and closing as he struggled to speak—or even breathe—until a few words finally escaped."You... No, this isn’t real... You’re dead... God, I’m hallucinating!"Cameron frowned, exchanging a confused look with Dandara. But unless they managed to calm him down, the doctors would have to sedate him.Janick was desp
CHAPTER 777. PRINCESS BY DAY. A Theater in RuinsJanick and Cameron exchanged frustrated looks. Catching up had been painful enough, but nothing compared to the realization that their parents had spent ten years telling the youngest Lake that his older brother was dead.And though neither of them understood why their parents would do something so cruel, they were about to find out—because no matter how hard Dandara tried to hold them back, it was becoming painfully obvious that Mrs. Lake had no boundaries.“Get the hell out of my way already! No one asked for my permission to move my son to this hospital!” the woman screeched.“No one needed your permission, ma’am,” Dandara replied firmly. “Janick Lake is an adult. He authorized his own transfer, as well as every other medical decision regarding his health. Besides, shouldn’t you be happy? Your son is finally in a hospital where he’ll receive the care he actually needs. And you won’t have to pay a single dime.”“That’s not the point!