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"Wait! Wait! Wait!" She yelled out loud, breathing heavily as her heart crept to her mouth and her body went numb. 

What should she do? Even though her father was a scum, she wouldn't want to lose him. He was a great father to her when her mother was still alive and he was the only family she had. She loves her father so much and wouldn't want to see him dead. The man before her is Hades himself.  

"Please give me some time to think. I promise I will bring an answer to you. I will find a way to get your money."

Fabian laughed and she knew his answer. He wasn't going to give her some time to think about his request.

"I said, I don't bargain. You can only give out your answer right this very moment or you will get the privilege to see your father's brain on the floor."

"Please forgive him! Please!" She cried but it fell on deaf ears. He was going to do it. He was going to kill the only family she had left.

What choice does she have? It would be six months anyway. Six months and everything would be over. She just has to endure and stay with the devil.

"Alright. I will do whatever you want for these six months." She yelled out her answer, forcing him to not release the trigger which he was about to do.

"No Lorry. Please don't." Edward cried but it was too late. She had made her choice.

"Very well." Fabian nodded and put back his gun in his pocket. "You made the best choice, my kitty cat." He laughed and walked out of the basement, leaving them chained.

"What did you do? Why did you make that choice?" Edward immediately faced Loretta once he was out of sight.

"What do you expect me to do Father? Watch as you are being killed. I am not that worst of a daughter."

He drew his brows together and tried to free himself from the chains but it wasn't bulging. "You don't know him. That man is evil. He would kill you before that six months is over. He is the devil." He paused his lips and lowered his head. "He is a Mafia boss. He owns a drug house and is feared by everyone. His drug house is the most dangerous and powerful in this country."

"If you know all this then why did you borrow a huge amount of money from him? Why did you put us into this mess? It is all your fault father. All your fault that we are in this mess right now." Her inside was getting welled with anger that threatened to burst out of her.

Her father was angry with her for making a decision that would save his life. It was his fault she found herself in the loop of a Mafia boss.

"I had no idea who he was. I was tricked by a friend to steal his money at the club. It was after I had taken his money that I realized who he was." He explained but Loretta was having none of it.

Not only did he get involved with a Mafia boss but he stole his money. That was a serious offense. She opened her mouth to say something but was forced to shut them back when they heard the door above them open again.

Someone was walking into the basement.

"Listen, Lorry, I am not going to leave you in there. You are my smart angel and I know you always figure out a way. Come up with a plan to escape and in two weeks, I will be waiting for you at the train station. We will be leaving this city and going far away, probably to a country in Africa, and start all over. This time, I promise to be a good father and make it up to you."

Oh great, she would have to figure out an escape plan by herself. She rolled her eyes and looked away from her father.

"I always have to be the one to clean up your mess and still fix the problem." She muttered.

"Please Lorry, I will be waiting for you."

They were both interrupted when a huge dark man walked in along with a younger blonde lady, who was chewing a gun so loud that it almost made Loretta stand up and punch her on her lips if only she had the chance.

The huge man loses the ropes around her, finally getting her freed from it but not without leaving a mark on her wrists. 

"You are the boss's new pet?" The blondie questioned and smirked. "Good luck with that. I hope you survive it." She pushed Loretta upstairs.

She was finally going into the lion's den to meet the king of the jungle. Her life was about to take a new turn.

Getting outside the house, her gaze fell on the white Range Rover before her. She was just getting to admire it when she felt a pinch in her neck. Not a pinch, but a needle going into her neck.

In less than five seconds, she felt the world going around, and everything where doubled. Her body went numb and she fell but got caught halfway. She was injected and quickly, her body gave in to darkness.

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Loretta woke up with a splitting headache and let out a groan as she opened her eyes. It felt as if her head was hit by a truck or she was in an accident with one. Her body felt so heavy too.

She tried sitting up but fell back on the bed. It took a minute before she remembered what happened to her and where she was. 

Without being told, she knew she was in the Mafia boss's house, unless someone came to rescue her and took her to his house which was impossible.

She gasped and sat up, ignoring the sharp pain in her head at the sound of the running water coming from the bathroom.

Could it be the boss? She swallowed hard and drew the duvet closer to her chest while anticipating who would show up from the bathroom. Probably her new roommate or the Mafia boss other human pets.

She scrunched her nose at the thought of that. Taking humans as pets? That speaks a lot about how inhumane he was.

After what seemed like forever, the water stopped running, bringing the room to total silent followed by footsteps heading for the door.

She swallowed down the bile forming in her throat and clenched the edges of the duvet in her fist as the roommate approached closer until the door was pushed open and he walked out with a towel wrapped around his waist and water dripping down his naked upper body.

"Hello Retta, I see you are awake." His deep hoarse tenor voice, echoed in her ears, forcing her to draw the duvet closer to her chin.

"Stay away from me!" She screamed out loud.

Fabian raised his brows as he stared at her for some seconds before his lips curled up and he laughed dryly, with no emotion attached to his amusement.

"You always seem to amaze me, darling." He walked up to the bed and sat beside her while she moved back until there was no space to move again and she was left with the option of falling to the ground or facing him.

"Please stay away from me!" This time, her voice was calm and low, as she tried to convince him by playing the pity card. 

"I guess my pet doesn't know what to do as a pet." He moved her hair from her face and leaned closer, with their nose almost touching.

Loretta tried to move back but he took his hand to the back of her neck and drew her closer. "If my pet doesn't know what to do then I will have to teach her myself." His voice was like a whisper, but his voice was so alluring that it caused her stomach to tighten.