Chapter 109: "Good Luck!"

“Abandon any thoughts of the mark. There’s nothing going after that will do for you.”

A frown lines my face but I nod all the same.

“For now you have a company to run. Roman is counting on you, so do that.”

Again I nod.

He’s right and I need to focus on that

Danis walks out of my room and I slip into my work outfit. It consists of a white button-up, a dark skirt, and a pair of heels.

I take some time to check myself out in the mirror and I like what I see. I look young, clinical, like a breath of fresh air.

A scoff escapes my lips and I chuckle right after. I am aiming to deceive everyone in the Ironclaw headquarters building, so this look should be just right. There’s no way anyone would look at me in this and think I’m a runaway Luna or a mother of one.

That is what I should want, yet Roman appears in my mind’s eye with brown hair.

He changed something about himself just so he could fit into the role we wanted for him.

Something like that might seem simple, but it’s a compromise