Even if Bloom wants to answer Duke's question, he can barely breathe from his throat as Duke is literally strangling him.

" I can't answer you right now, boss. " Bloom manages to say. " I can't breathe, sir. "

Duke contemplates if to let him go immediately or not, but he lets him go.

Bloom falls to one of his knees and clutches his chest as he coughs violently, gasping for air.

" You had better start talking if you don't want my arm against your throat again," he warns him.

" I tried to protect her, boss. I did. " Bloom explains. " I was only being careful so as not to get her suspicious of me. "

" If those are the answers you think you have for me, you had better be joking!"

" She has this old friend, a man named Jace. " Bloom quickly adds to save his life " He invited her over to his house and he drugged her. "

" What?" Duke squints.

" I got there in time and took her away, he may have had intentions to rape her. "

Duke groans and grabs him by his shoulder and pins him against

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