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CHAPTER ONE DELIA. The night air was refreshing, streets bustling with lights and cars driving around, my heels were killing me but the determination to see what Galvin was doing in a five-star hotel was overwhelming.When I saw my best friend's text I almost went mad. Carrie claimed she saw Galvin in this hotel with a beautiful girl and I rushed here as soon as I heard, ditching my job. My nails dug into my palm, anger simmering inside me as I stared at the massive building with guards at the entrance. I didn't even have the time to change out of the ugly dull brown gown I wore this morning with no clue I would be going to the Golden Hills hotel. My heels were just as worn out as my dress and from the look of things I won't be allowed in, a black Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped a couple of meters away from me and I watched as another Bentley stopped behind it. The driver came out and rushed to open the back seat door, I looked at the guards to find their gaz

CHAPTER THREE DELIA.All the blood in my veins froze when one of them brought out his gun, the guy beside me stepped forward with his hands up."Hey man, I made a mistake-""Get down! Now!" The man with the gun barked and my knees hit the ground, my whole body trembling in fear.Fear of dying on a night out to forget my misery.Fear of dying with my friends back out there thinking I'm having fun.Oh God.What did I do?I should have stayed at home.Tears streamed down my chin but I remained silent, keeping my gaze on the ground while the jerk who was chasing me a few moments ago begged for his life. They were questioning him about how he got here and he was speaking for himself.I could feel someone's gaze on me but I didn't dare to look up and find out who or why they were staring."So you're saying you stumbled here by mistake?" The guy with the gun asked, the skepticism evident in his tone."Yes! I swear it, ask her" The fool said, stirring the attention from

CHAPTER FIVE DELIA.Last night was the last time my pretty legs would ever be seen near a club. I couldn't even tell my friends what I went through because I knew they would freak out.The last thing I want to be is a burden to them, they have their own lives and I can't keep them around because of my mistake."Delia!" My boss yelled at the kitchen and I rushed to answer his call.He stood there fuming with a tray of one of the customer's orders and I don't know if he's pissed at me or the bakers."You left before your shift was over the other day" He glared, referring to the night I rushed to witness my boyfriend cheating on me."It was urgent and I told Marie" I defended, his face turned red at the mention of his ex-wife, for some reason they run the business together and they share shifts. She was the one in charge the day I rushed out after telling her it was an emergency, she approved so I don't know why he's pissed about it now."You didn't inform me befo

DELIAThe car window rolled down slowly, and I froze when I saw her the same woman from Sebastian’s little Mafia circus, Priyanka. Jaw sharp, lips tight, eyes filled with that kind of hatred only insecure pretty girls mastered.“Get in,” she snapped.Not please. Not hi. Just get in.I entered into the passenger seat, reminding myself that I was not trying to die today.Priyanka wrinkled her nose like sitting next to me lowered her market value.“There’s an event tomorrow night. A private gala. Leandro will be there.” She looked at me like she was inspecting a stain. “Did he tell you?”My heart beat faster. This was my chance, the first one Sebastian gave me without meaning to.Lie or die. Easy choice.“Yes,” I said with a confidence I did not possess.“He mentioned… something about an event.”Her eyes furrowed, suspicious, but she didn’t challenge it.“Good. I need to make sure you’re not completely useless.” She drummed her nails on the steering wheel. “You’ll meet him there. And y

DELIALeandro’s expression didn’t change much.But it changed enough.The hint of tension around his jaw.The quiet flare in his eyes.The way his grip on my waist shifted from casual to… protective.Or maybe possessive.I couldn’t tell with men like him.“Cheated on you,” he repeated softly, but his voice held bullets. “With his boss.”I nodded.His eyes flickered toward Galvin and Aliyah, who were laughing too loudly at something that probably wasn't funny. Aliyah’s hand was glued to his arm, and Galvin was eating it up.Leandro faced me again.“And that’s why you were drinking at the club the other night?” he asked, voice low, almost too calm.I looked away, letting my shoulders drop just a little.“Yes,” I whispered.He didn’t say anything for a moment.Just stared at me.Stared through me.Like he was reading truth and lies the way other people read wine labels.“And you didn’t want him to think you haven’t moved on,” he said, more like a statement than a question.I let out a s