Contracted By My Ex’s Father In Law
When he finally spoke, his words were smooth and twice as deadly.
“I’m the man who pulled you out of the gutter.”
I flinched, shame burning hot under my skin.
“And I,” he continued, his voice dipping lower, darker, until it slithered like smoke through the cracks in my soul, “am the man who can give you what you want most.”
My breath hitched. “What I want—”
He smiled then. A slow, sharp curve of lips that wasn’t a smile at all. “Revenge,” he said simply.