Black Romance Chapter 30

Fuck, here it comes .

"No," I said sternly .

"He was the same man who paid you before for doing nothing, wasn't he?"

Don't lie, there's no point . He might be testing you .

"He was . "

I heard him suck in a sharp gulp of air . "But he never told you his name?"
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"No . " I lied .

He obviously knows! Why are you lying?

Dragging a single finger up my arm, Virgo traced my shoulder, following the lean muscle in my neck . "You know, you're not a good liar, you never were . I know you just as well as you know me, Jessie . That's what happens when two people spend so much time together . " His finger kept moving, drawing up bile from my stomach as he reached my chin . Pinching the sides of my cheeks with his fingers hard, he twisted my face to his . "You're lying to me . I can see it all over that cunt face of yours . "

My lids dropped down as my eyes turned to pinpricks . "If you know me so well, then you'd know I'm telling you the truth . "

What the hell am I doing? Am I just begging him to kill me now?

I couldn't stop the lies . But in the same breath, I wasn't willing to bow to that man and let him know he was right .

Walking his fingers across my face like a spider, my skin tickled with a sensation that I wanted to swat away . Reaching my hair, he dug in hard, jerking my head back .

I could feel the hair being torn from my scalp as he tightened his grasp . His eyes blackened, the dark abyss spread like liquid, filling in any color that was there . Gritting his teeth, he growled, tugging my head back further, harder, to the point I thought my neck might snap .

My eyes were open wide, filling with water as the tension on my head began to burn . I couldn't move, I was trapped beneath his devilish face as he glared at me with death in his eyes .

"I should fucking kill you right here," he said through his teeth, spraying my face with small droplets of spit . "Don't fucking lie to me, I know he said something to you . "

Shaking my head in disagreement lazily, my eyes caught a glimpse of Aubrey . Her face was frozen with fear . But that fear she had, it only made me want to be stronger . I wanted to show her that you could stand up for yourself, and sometimes you had to, regardless of the punishment .

We weren't livestock, we weren't put on this earth for him to profit . I was a woman, not his fucking merchandise .

"Then kill me . " Keeping my eyes firmly on his, I barked, "I told you he didn't say shit to me, so if you choose not to believe me, then fucking kill me already . " My breathing increased, chest rising and falling heavily as I curled my fingers around the bottom of my chair and braced myself . "Come on! What are you waiting for?"

Virgo studied me, watching my eyes, watching for any sign that I was lying through my teeth . Swallowing hard, I took in slow breaths, waiting for him to do whatever the hell he was planning .

Throwing my head away, he snapped his back straight and ran his hands over his hair . "Good girl," he said, fixing his suit and looking around . "If he comes in again, I want to know . You do nothing for him, not a fucking thing . Do you understand?"

He doesn't know . He believes me .

"Yes . "

Virgo searched for Vin, waving his hand for him to follow him . The two men went off to a solitary corner, where I watched Virgo give him orders, his hands moving around nervously as he spoke . I had never seen Virgo look so unnerved before . Not once had he ever told me to deny services to anyone, especially when the money was so good .

Bentley wasn't just a man, he was a power, one that made my handler anxious and uncomfortable . It made me question just how dangerous he really was . He warned me, he told me that he was the one to be feared .

But I didn't have a reason to believe it until right then .

I couldn't help but wonder what had happened between them . I watched them shake hands, I watched Virgo smile and pat him on the back as they walked off together like they were friends .

But today the friendly mask had been yanked free, tossed into the trash and forgotten as quickly as it appeared .

Who exactly is that man?

And what the hell was I thinking asking him for help?

Chapter end