"You won't dare get into a fight with me, Clara. I'll end you." Fabian threatened. "First, it's Delia, and second, the battle line has been drawn, and based on statistics, I'm winning, and you're helpless." Delia laughed."Let Loretta go. Don't you play with me, little girl.""If I let her go, what's the fun in that? Well, I might be exaggerating a bit. Mikel is not knocked out; he should still be fighting with them now, while your Retta is trying to escape.""What do you mean?""What I'm trying to say is that if you leave now, you might be able to meet up with them, or not. The clock's ticking."Delia played her cards well, and Fabian wasn't used to losing.At that moment, all he wanted to do was ensure that Loretta was safe, and after that, he would make Delia regret ever choosing to stress him this much."You'll pay for this," Fabian gritted through clenched teeth and stood to leave."Looking forward to hearing from you, Master." A maniacal smile appeared on the red-haired lips as
It had been two days since Fabian kissed her back, and Loretta had not set her eyes on him.But for some reason that Loretta was yet to understand, her mind kept drifting back to him, to the point she was getting pissed he hadn't come to see her.She couldn't remove the memory of the kiss from her mind. She even began to beat herself up for not kissing him back; her emotions were all over the place.Regret, pride, satisfaction, anger... She was confused.But who could blame her? It was difficult to read someone like Fabian, someone who had played tons of games to be the top mafia boss and had lots of women at the snap of his fingers.To get her mind off the mafia boss and the taste of his lips on hers, she picked up the phone he got her and started playing music.It wasn’t even five minutes after she started playing music when a knock came at her door. Before she could speak, the door opened, and a straight-faced guard walked in.This was the first time someone who wasn’t Lincoln or M
"Wait, what?" Loretta forced out laughter, praying it was a joke, but it wasn't."You're staying with me from now on," the Mafia boss stated clearly. From his furrowed brows, his mind was made up."What does that even mean? You said that I was safer at the bungalow and not here. What changed?" Loretta tried to pull up any conversation that could change his mind."Nothing changed. I still want to protect you, and there's no better way than protecting you when you are by my side.""I'm sorry, but I'm not doing this." Loretta held the doorknob and was about to pull it when Fabian caught her free hand and drew her closer to him.Loretta thought she was going to fall but didn't. Instead, she found her hand on his hard chest as she held him for support."I can protect you when I can see you," Fabian muttered, his warm breath falling on her face."I don't need your protection, I'm fine on my own." Loretta tried to move, but he pulled her even closer."It's two ways, Loretta," Fabian started,
"Is something wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Loretta asked as she walked down the stairs in a knit maxi dress with keyhole cutouts and crochet throw-overs that Fabian had gotten her."No, not really. Perfect. You're perfect." A little smile appeared on Fabian's lips, and the sight of that made Loretta chuckle."Just say what you want to say," Loretta smiled."You're very beautiful in that dress, Retta, and I can't wait to see how beautiful you'll be without it."Bam!Loretta rolled her eyes and blamed herself for asking that type of question in the first place, like what was she expecting? She didn't think Fabian would be so raw with his words."Why did you roll your eyes, Retta? Thought you'd like an honest compliment." Fabian brought out his hand for her to hold."Yeah, I do love compliments, but there are some things you just can't say," Loretta said, taking his hand as they left through the door."Okay, fine. I won't compliment you again," Fabian said purposely to se
"It's going to be fine, Retta, just stay close to me," Fabian assured her, holding her close.Loretta's hands were trembling, as if she were reliving the entire moment at the ball."Wilma, Wilma..." Loretta kept whispering to herself, but loud enough for Fabian to hear her."Loretta!" The mafia boss shook her vehemently. "Wilma is not here, she's at the hospital receiving treatment, okay? Now come, let's get out of here."After Fabian had said this, the emergency lights came back on. They were red, not as bright as before."Where are we going? Was anyone injured?""No one was injured.""What about Ramirez?""He's still back there.""Shouldn't you be saving him and not me?""I only save those I care about. Loretta, you are the only one that would get hurt in this room, and I'll give a shit. Now follow me closely, let's leave this place. We still have some partying to do.""Partying? How can you be talking about partying right now?" Loretta stopped following Fabian."Come on, let's have
"Delia, listen to me—""You are not the one with the gun here, Mr. Antonio, and tell your buddy to drop the gun, or I’ll shoot her legs off." The red-haired commanded.Fabian did as Delia had instructed and asked Mikel to drop his gun."Good, now I want you to say your goodbyes before I take her out," Delia added."Take her out? What do you mean?""Unless you force me, I don't plan on killing her anymore. If I do, it would only bring out your dark side, and you'd do to other women what you did to me and your previous pet. I thought I mentioned it — I will sell her off to other Mafia Lords, and they will treat her like you treated me since you don’t want to do it to her.""Delia, you want me, right? Take me, but leave Retta alone. She doesn't deserve this. I do. I hurt you; now hurt me back, but no one else has to pay.""Oh, see you sounding all nice and..." Delia got interrupted by Loretta's grunts, "You better stay in one place, or I'll hit you again." The redhead whispered into Lore
Waking up, Loretta discovered she was in her previous room. The room that was destroyed before by a shooter.Loretta pleaded with Fabian to stay the night in that room rather than with him.She couldn't stand him. After everything with Delia, she was afraid, afraid of him and who he had turned her into—a killer.She blamed herself for Delia's death, though she knew she was just trying to escape.She also blamed Fabian. If he hadn't signed that stupid contract with her father, she wouldn't be here, and she blamed her dad for his gambling addiction.As the morning sun crept into her room, Loretta began to cry. There was no strength to stand from the bed anymore. What hope was out there for her?She was stuck with an abuser, a murderer, a criminal—a monster, and there was no escape because if she tried it, her father would pay for it.She couldn't wait for the six months to pass, that is, if she was going to last that long.Loretta summoned strength, rolled out of her bed, and went to lo
"Have you given her the note?" Fabian asked, standing in his room."I passed it under her door, but waited till she came to pick it up," Mikel replied."Good," Fabian said and remained quiet.The silence in the room was becoming unbearable, so Mikel had to talk, "Sir, I have never seen you this worried about a woman before. What's wrong?""I have no idea," Fabian replied calmly and sat on his bed."What's there about Loretta that's making you this uncomfortable? Just forget—""Don't make me send you out of this mansion," Fabian warned."I'm sorry, I must have crossed my boundaries. I just think we should be celebrating, not brooding.""I am not brooding, Mikel. I'm thinking.""We shouldn't be thinking, we should be having fun. We just got Delia out of the way.""Yes, but who's paying for it? Loretta thinks she killed Delia.""We don't know what happened in that car, but there's no way Loretta could have possibly killed Delia. It wasn't possible. Let's loosen up a bit, clear the air, a