Chapter 5 - The Diamond Leash
Khloe screamed at Roman, fiercely accusing him of kidnapping her dying mother to use as leverage against her.
Roman remained completely calm, his expression devoid of any human emotion as he weathered her verbal assault.
He bluntly told her that moving her mother was the only way to keep the Valente family from torturing the old woman.
Roman stepped into her personal space and offered her a highly dangerous but absolutely necessary deal.
He promised to pay for all of her mother's medical care and protect them both from the deadly syndicate forever.
In exchange, Khloe had to publicly pretend to be his devoted fiancée to solidify his power and grant her untouchable status in the underworld.
Khloe looked into his cold, calculating eyes and realized she was completely trapped without any other viable options.
She reluctantly agreed to the fake engagement, permanently binding herself to the terrifying mafia boss she used to fetch coffee for.
Roman reached into his jacket and slid a massive, flawless diamond ring onto her violently shaking finger.
He grabbed her hand and escorted her back to the secure penthouse, leaving her completely alone in the master bedroom.
Khloe sat on the edge of the plush bed, feeling entirely suffocated in her beautiful, expensive new cage.
Her personal cell phone suddenly vibrated loudly on the nightstand, alerting her to an unknown text message.
She opened the message and found a covertly taken photograph of Roman shaking hands with Dominic Valente in a dark alley.
May you like
The caption written below the sinister photograph made her blood run entirely cold.
It read, "He is not protecting you, Khloe; he just sold your life to us for the fifty million dollars."
