Chapter 3 - The Ghost Accountant
Roman tackled Khloe to the hard marble floor just as the bullet sliced through the empty space where her head had been.
He covered her completely with his own body, shielding her from the deadly rain of broken glass.
Roman pulled his heavy pistol and fired two lethal shots directly into the assassin's chest.
The fake waiter collapsed heavily onto the balcony, his white tuxedo instantly blooming with dark crimson blood.
Roman hauled a completely terrified Khloe to her feet and dragged her toward the emergency fire escape.
They ran down the metal stairs, the cold night air biting fiercely at Khloe's exposed skin.
Roman violently hijacked a black sedan from the valet stand, throwing Khloe into the passenger seat.
He sped away into the dark city streets, breaking every traffic law to ensure they were not being followed.
They finally arrived at Roman's highly secure, underground penthouse located beneath an abandoned warehouse.
He locked the heavy steel vault doors behind them and immediately poured himself a generous glass of whiskey.
He turned to Khloe with eyes as cold as a winter storm, demanding to know why a mafia hitman just tried to execute a simple secretary.
Khloe realized she could not hide behind her oversized cardigans and fake glasses anymore.
She took a deep, shaking breath and confessed that her real last name was not Hayes at all.
Her father had been the legendary ghost accountant for the entire Valente crime family.
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Her father had secretly stolen fifty million dollars from the syndicate before he was brutally murdered in an alleyway.
Khloe looked at Roman and revealed that the Valente family firmly believed she knew exactly where the massive fortune was hidden.
