The Assignment
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Ruth's first assignment is to fire an unscrupulous employee - Martin O'Malley - but he's not the mild-mannered office worker Ruth is used to dealing with. In a foray of drugs, thugs and bullets, Ruth must escape and make sense of her new job at GlobalCore.
This is an extract taken from Ruthless which is also available on wattpad. Ruth's assignments only get more difficult:
http://www.wattpad.com/47288277-ruthless-chapter-1
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