Entwined With The Devil

ia's

re plopping down on the bed beside me. I could feel her eyes on me, and it didn't

wine. I didn't bother to respond, just kept s

get it. Are you crying because he broke up with you, or

mom's surgery. Josh was going to pay for it after we got married, but my mom showed up and ruined ever

osh is hella abusive. Why would you risk your life trying to get him t

him," I mumbled, wiping my face. "

mp into because of your current financial situation. You don't want t

even hear how dumb you sound when you try to play the motivational speaker?" I teased,

for making me laugh. "We should probably g

'll get a taxi that late, considering I don't

e pick you up. The strip club,

orrected her, taking a sip from my

't believe what happened yesterday,"

Tasha's excitem

so hot, like really cute. But he was also ridiculously arrogant. I still can't believe he called me '

trying to get you to notice them

ried himself... he screamed authority. I've never said this about anyone be-fore, but he's my own defini

you're forgetting something," she

she meant. "Oh!" I laughed. "He loo

laughing, the soun

uldn't find a broke guy attractive

f moment, the weight on my sho

***

music filled the room, and I had a bowl of popcorn by my side. I was in my usual loungi

a mouthful of popcorn, "and he sounded

re?" Tasha's voice crac

lients," I shrugged, propp

é if you don't know them. What if they try to

se gigs. And seriously, no one's going to kill me. I'm not a celebri

e. I'll come pick you up," Ta

uietly. But suddenly, the music cut off, and the room fell silent. I froze, turni

hand instinctively reaching for th

emergency button, his tone calm but firm. "We contacted you before com

, sorry about that. Please, have a sea

g at 9:00 p.m. I wasn't

don't have time to waste," the man who seeme

s laugh. "That's plenty of time. I

but you're also great at covering your tracks-leaving n

"What exactly do you need done? I can hack security ca

transfer everything in it," the man said,

style. I avoided monetary fraud at all costs. But after Josh dumped me and left me broke, I need

he name of the account holder?"

ssandro," the

o family. His reputation was legendary, and not in a good way. Ruthless, merciless, infamous for his revenge tactics. I'd heard the stories, seen

hacking it would be sig

e one from the Alessandro family?" I asked, my

ered casually, like

d to find another hacker," I said, tossing the paper aside

you get it out, you get five perce

eam of. But no amount of money was worth dying f

someone else. I'm not doing it,

felt something cold press

d, the blade digging

hair. "Turn on your laptop and start the job. Don't try an

the account details. In less than ten minutes, I broke through the security b

ard felt like a countdo

ady. I knew the truth-I was living on borrowed time. These men wouldn't let me walk away from this, not after what I just did. But some sma

. "Clean up the mess. If Kai tracks you down, he'll have yo

I had done countless times before. But this time was different. This time, the weight of my actio

to the leader, whispering something, but hi

let her live? She's use

air on my neck stand on end. I froze, barely darin

e of the biggest mistakes we'l

sinking in. I'd known this was coming, but hearing it-he

e. But the silence that followed was suffocating, and I could feel the wa