FIFTEEN

"Huh" she raised her head to look at him in shock.

"Read the story on the first page"

Mary faked rapt attention as she read the story in the newspaper. Mary's hand shook as she read the story on the paper.

Adonis looked at her intensely.

"You see mary, one particular newspaper managed to get that story linking me to a mystery mother case, and the man called me to ask for bribe to prevent the story from getting leaked" Mary listened attentively to him as she spoke, beads of sweats breaking out on her forehead.

" I paid huge amount of money as bribe to prevent that story from getting published, but as you can see. Even my money could not save me from getting linked to a murder case".

Mary's heart was beating even faster now.

"What do you think I should do Mary?"

She looked up to meet his blue gaze, wondering what he wanted her to say, or why he would even ask her that in the first place.

She thought in her mind that he probably knows she was responsible for lea