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off so I would walk away from the business.”
    “Marry you off?” Ethan huffed. “Who got the door prize at that bazaar?”
    A laugh bubbled up Roni’s throat and slipped out before she could stop it. She couldn’t help herself, even if the joke was on her. “That is totally something I would say. You’re a funny man, Gunn.”
    “Ethan.”
    She sobered. Too intimate. “We’ll see, Gunn.”
    He gave her his striking profile as he peered down the hall. “That’s fine. Back to the list. Who did your uncle want you to marry?” He faced her again, and she hated that she liked that view too.
    “Jared Finlay.”
    “The racer?”
    “Only because of me. I taught him everything he knows and sponsored him all the way.”
    “And?” Ethan asked.
    “And what?”
    “And should I add him to the list?”
    Roni dropped her gaze to the floor, giving a reluctant half nod after a few moments, questioning how much more information to give Gunn. She would surely regret trusting him. Just as she regretted ever trusting Jared Finlay. Gunn should know how she worked, just in case he got any ideas.
    Roni lifted her chin to the criminal before her. “You should know Jared’s days of racing are over. No sponsor will touch him. I made sure of it.”
    “So you ruined him. Is that what you’re saying?”
    “I’m saying I know how to make people who cross me wish they never did. I’m trusting you as you asked. Don’t make me regret it.”
    Voices drifted down the hall, followed by a deep voice bellowing, “Where’s her guard?”
    The Boss was back.
    “Everyone was called to look for Gunn,” someone else spoke quickly.
    Ethan reached a hand out and twisted Roni’s arm behind her, catching her off guard.
    “What are you doing? Let me go!” she yelled.
    “You think you’re going to break out of here? Not on my watch.” Ethan spoke so loud she ducked her rattling ear away.
    The door pushed open wide, exposing the Boss and Guerra with more guards in suits. “What’s going on? Why are you in here, Gunn?” Guerra bellowed.
    “Caught her sneaking around the place. I was bringing her back to lock her up.”
    The Boss sent a scathing look her way, but it didn’t even come close to the one she sent Ethan Gunn’s way. If this was how he would repay her for trusting him, it would never happen again.
    “See what I mean?” Guerra said to the Boss. “He’s like a chameleon, but he always delivers.”
    The sleazy owner of this place turned his gaze onto Gunn. “You’ve bought yourself another day on this earth, Gunn. Miss Spencer, I’ll expect you at my breakfast table, and you better have a good explanation for leaving this room. You can be sure there will be more guards posted, so you won’t be walking away unnoticed again.”
    Roni yanked her arm from Ethan, but he sent her toward the bed with a slight shove. He made his way to the door before the men. As he stepped over the threshold, he looked back at her and caught her gaze. Something in his expression had her holding her tongue from spilling her side of the truth. Once again she wondered why she trusted Ethan Gunn. The man had just thrown her under the bus to save his own hide. He used her for his own gain just as Jared had. He should be receiving her wrath.
    Instead, her lips stayed sealed.
    Roni dropped to the bed for the first time since being tossed in here. The horror of what this meant floored her. Her panic tripled.
    Why? What was it about Ethan Gunn that silenced her? He wasn’t a killer, as he’d stated. She didn’t fear for her life.
    And yet, she did.
    But somehow, it was different.
    Her hand went to her neck and the silk of her scarf slipped through her fingers like water. One moment in her grasp, in her control, the next...gone.
    She had her answer, and it scared her. She felt her control disappearing in the presence of Ethan Gunn. He had something Jared never had, even when Jared was in the driver’s seat.
    Ethan had power over her.
    She never gave