Chapter Fifty-Four

♕—Delilah

Fear surged up inside me and my hands began to tremble uncontrollably. I could hardly contain the tears that were welling up in my eyes, and before I knew it, I was sobbing with terror, the tears cascading down my cheeks faster than my racing heart.

My tears streamed down my face as I trembled in dread - I had never been threatened by a man as powerful and menacing as him. I knew I had made a mistake trying to deceive him, and now it seemed like I was completely out of my depth. I was trembling from head to toe with fear, an overwhelming terror gripping my heart.

"Delilah?" he called, but I squeezed my eyes shut.

"Please, Lorenzo. I promise I won't do it, I'm begging you not to kill me. I won't ever betray you, I swear."

I felt his hand rubbing up and down my back, "Delilah? Stop it."

But I cried even harder, panic rose to my throat to choke me. I lost all the power in my limbs, I felt numb with fear. "I won't do it... I won't do---"

He stood up with me in his arms, I n