Marriage Contract With The Ruthless Mafia King

HERRE

I'd drawn up". I had already emailed Belshar and hadn't gotten a

ed. She was someone I always confided in before I went through

Plus building a relationship that leads to marriage takes time... Th

sends fear slithering down people's spines whenever it is mentioned and n

a thin line after my encounter with Delia the night before. "I am about

tho... You have your firm, why don't you j

to run my firm to the ground... I need someone powerful to back me up which is why I already fixed an appointment with Belshar.

before they finally stopped on me. "You are right

e looked into him; he's

ea," Karen asked, he

't force me to go with Belshar, I

Has there been any of her suggesti

r fault... She made some suggestions that didn

d, Celine, and right now, I don't think she has any good intentions tow

by my side even when everyone left me... Julie is not a bad

ecause they have been by your side for a long time, it doesn't mean they have your b

gh her words kept r

e continued, her gaze holding mine. "You are too pure for all that darkness, and I don't wan

pped the contrac

so used to experiencing only dark days, so what was one more darkness to my already gloomy life, it's not like

burned my face and pushed me off a bridge, but I'd survived... Something tol

**

was probably Belshar's assistant said to me and I nodded, m

ked into Belshar's office, I could feel their gaze digging into the back of my head and that just ma

ow when we got in, I glanced back at the door... Did the girl leave, I could ha

rera..." His deep voice rumbled through the space st

and I cursed at myself. I haven't even been one minute in

traighter, thrust my chin a bit, and then walked toward the in

e you got

ite a mail. I thought you wrongly sent it to me but

"I know it is an absurd request, but if you agree to do thi

ture in the room dropped. The air was chilly and what

e Herrera," he said, then winced as if saying my name pained him. "I decided to look the other way because of a lack of motive and evidence, but now that you are here, a pat

m asking for is ridiculous but my life depends on this... I am going to lose everything that matters to me if I do not get married... And you also need

ped in shock, then I stumbled back when he stepped aw

o my office and spew all this nonsense... You dare make a m

trapped, trapped between a killer and a fucking door. Julie never mentioned that he was married

glared like that night at the bar. "You didn't know? How about I make

down, we can talk about this... I am Celine Herrera, if there's anyone you can trust with your life, that would be me... You can look me up online,

re. Get out," he said and shoved me. I stumbled into the doo

"What do you mean we are done

space making it difficult for me to

nd reaching up to grab at my chin, but his hand never grazed my skin; they just lingered pretty close. "That's probably why you are in a rush to get mar

s occasions so why did his hurt so much? My

orce me to do somethi

ed, not even

a big mistake because his hand caught on my dress instead, right over my left breast, and as h