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
As Loretta ran back to her room, she couldn't explain why the sight of Fabian making out pained her. Besides, she was just a pet and not his girlfriend. Why was she expecting so much from him? It was delusional for her to think she could be with a man like Fabian, a Mafia boss with so much power and women ready to lick his feet. Loretta slammed the door to her room and buried her face in her bed. She reached for the note in her pocket, tore it, and threw it to the floor. Knock! Knock! Loretta quickly wiped the tears from her eyes, "Who is it?" she asked but got no reply. The door opened slowly, and Fabian walked in. "Hey, are you okay?" Fabian questioned, closing the door behind him. "I am," Loretta answered, masking her true pain. "You ran away from the party, you don't like it?""I wasn't invited.""I'm sorry I didn't invite you," Fabian walked closer and saw the note she tore, "You came out. Do you forgive me?""Why do you need my forgiveness? Does it matter if I do?""I c
"Why don't you want to go? You haven't even met my mother.""True, but I have heard about the Tigress, or are they different people? I'm not going." Loretta collected a towel from the maid and wanted to leave. "You have no choice here, Loretta. You're coming with me. Besides, where will you stay if I leave you here?" Fabian called her back. "The bungalow, or you send me back to my father.""Stop this, Retta. Tell me, why don't you want to go?""Your mum, I can't stand her.""But you haven't met her.""You are way above my league, and I'm still your—""Don't play the pet card with me, Retta.""But isn't that what I am to you, your pet?""I have already arranged for a designer to style you and get your outfits ready. We leave tomorrow." The dark-haired man ignored her question and walked out on her. "Tomorrow? That's too soon. Outfits? It's not a day..." Fabian had already gotten far and was definitely not hearing her anymore. "Shit!" Loretta cursed and walked up to her room.***"Wa
"Here's your room," the maid said, opening a door for Loretta to walk in. "Your luggage will be brought to you shortly.""Thank you, but—" Before Loretta could ask the question she had in mind, the maid had walked away. She was just as rude as her boss, the Tigress.Loretta wanted to ask the maid why there were two beds in the room instead of one. Maybe it was a mistake or something, so Loretta locked the door and chose one of the beds to lie on. They were on different ends of the room, left and right.Loretta lay on the bed and closed her eyes to silence the noise in her head.Silence the words Sandra had said to her... But her 'me' moment was interrupted by a knock at the door.She had a feeling it was a guard with her luggage, so without asking who it was, she went to the door and opened it.Standing in front of her was the last person she wanted to see... The person she had been trying to avoid her entire life."Hello, Lori.""What do you want, Roy?" Loretta maintained a straight
"Hey, wake up, it's time for breakfast." Roy tapped his roommate gently on her back."Yeah, what?" Loretta turned to the other side of the bed as she hadn’t had enough sleep.She had been awake all night trying to figure out who had sent her that cryptic text.Even when Roy joined her in the room, she noticed his mood had changed, but she cared more about the text than him."Get up, Loretta, we've been summoned for breakfast," Roy repeated clearly this time."They eat breakfast together here?" Loretta sounded surprised as she sat up, which amused Roy."Yes, they eat together. Now come on, we are guests, okay." Roy chuckled.With that, Loretta stood from the bed and went to take a quick shower.She walked alone as she was still avoiding Roy. Well, she didn't think he would be eating with them.From what she had gathered, she knew Roy was a spy expert or something... So if he was here, he came for a job and not to have fun.Loretta was guided by the guards who were at different position
"No, you don’t. You don’t want to try again," Loretta snapped and tried to get free from his grip, but he wouldn’t let her."I do. I’ve been looking for you ever since.""No, you weren’t. Stop this, Roy, move on. You’re not in your right senses.""That’s the problem, I’m not in my senses because all I think about is you. I’m not on alcohol, so you won’t say I’m dissociating. Please hear me out.""I don’t. I don’t want to listen to you. Do you know what Fabian would do to you if he finds out that—?""But you’re not happy here, are you? He treats you like a rag, he does nothing but hurt you. You’re just his pet.""That’s better than being with you, Roy. I hate you." Loretta made an effort to leave again, but Roy was persistent."I’m sorry, okay? I really am.""Sorry for what? Tell me."Roy took deep breaths, and when he noticed Loretta was no longer struggling to be free from his grip, he started, "I’m sorry for sleeping with Maddie on our first date. I was drunk and I dissociated, but
"Damn it, Loretta," Fabian cursed under his breath."What is it, sir? Is everything alright?" Mikel tried to understand Fabian's change in expression.The mafia boss didn't reply to him or anything and headed out to get her back, but just as he was about to pass through the door, his mum held him back."I would love you to meet these two men. They said they have a solution to your new anonymous business rival," the tigress said."Mum, I can't right now. I need to handle something. Besides, you have this rule of no business at parties," Fabian tried to discourage his mother, though he knew it wouldn't work."Come on, son. I had to get these gentlemen for you. It would be rude if you don't give them your attention," Sandra spoke, giving him the puppy dog eyes.Fabian knew there was no saying 'no' to his mother, so he took a little excuse, "Okay, give me a second, I'll be back with you shortly."The mafia boss went to meet with his assistant, "Mikel, come here." Fabian called him out fro