Chapter 20

Jennifer

Luciano Bernardi, the man who had the power to numb me in one finger’s snap. He was standing before my eyes, near the glass window, his hands in his suit-pockets. While there stood his men apart from him, outspread in every corner of this lounge, steady to obey any command given by the man I become terrified of the most. Luciano’s aura was frighteningly aloof and that teased me the most. His eyes expressed nothing. No emotions, just blank there and that was a thing to worry about. 

I had no clue why I was here. What sin did I do to attain the devil’s attention? His sharp jaw looked like a weapon ready to slaughter the lamb—me. I sighed loudly, my eyes joined with his and God knew from where I got the courage to look straight in those piercing hazel eyes. 

I mustered up the courage from within to speak my side, “W—Why am I h-here?” These simple words were the most difficult to utter at the moment, it’s like there was nothing