Semua Bab The Mafia Queen's Bethroted : Bab 1 - Bab 4

Lissa“What the hell are we doing in a library?”I didn’t bother hiding the edge in my voice. Hell, I even said it loud enough for the echo to bounce off the stupid marble floor and into the ears of every poor soul trying to study. Some nerdy girl peeked over a shelf and immediately looked away when I glared at her.Good choice.Malik didn’t answer. Of course. Just kept walking like he hadn’t just dragged me halfway across the globe on three hours of sleep, two espresso shots I may or may not have spiked with vodka… and into a building filled with nerdy kids.Sure I was just twenty five and not much older than them but to me they were still kids. Normal kids.“Maybe the library’s a front for an underground ring or something,” Nessa whispered, her bubblegum pink bat swinging lazily against her shoulder like she was carrying a purse and not a murder weapon.The way people kept looking at her made me sure it wouldn't be long before she was swarmed with cops.Then in a completely differen

StanleyIt’s been two days since that message.Two days since someone called me "babyboy", said they liked me, claimed to be my “future wife,” and told me to dream about her.At least I assumed it was a her, since she called herself my future wife.I should’ve gone to the police. But what was I going to say?“Hey, officer. Someone texted me and has been following me for days now, though I've never actually seen her." Right. That’d go great. They’d either laugh, send me to therapy or call it a prank.So I did nothing.Well…not nothing. I learned to walk faster. Checked my phone too often. Started hearing weird sounds that might not be there, it sounded like the flick of a lighter. Over and over again. Some nights I hear it outside my window, but when I check, there’s no one there.I didn’t even tell Julian the full story, just brushed him off when he asked how the other night went. But this morning, I woke up with one thought:Maybe if I get out of my own head for a bit…it’ll stop.S