Semua Bab LUSTFUL VENDETTA; A Mafia Revenge Story: Bab 11 - Bab 13

JORDYN 🌹I didn’t wait to see what anyone else was doing.Not Ty. Not Vanessa. Not the eyes I could still feel lingering on me.I turned away, desperate to be anywhere but under those chandelier lights. The sting of wine on my skin had dried slightly, but the embarrassment lingered. My dress clung in places it shouldn’t, and every step away from that spot sent my heart racing at a breakneck pace.I needed air... Or silence. Or both.Declan had ordered for the broken mess to be cleaned. And while the cleaners attended to it, he turned and walked away without another word.One of the women passed by me with a polite smile, but I only gave a brief nod in return.“I’m fine,” I muttered before she could even ask. I wasn’t, but that wasn’t the point.I’d been there—with Declan. We’d been close, his hand tightly wrapped around my waist, and his hot breath against my face.And it had done something to my insides.For a second, I’d almost forgotten my words, and allowed myself to be captiva

🌹JORDYN 🌹I blinked my eyes at Declan to make sure I wasn’t hallucinating. He wanted me to date him? For what? Six months?I sat upright in my chair, dropped the glass carefully on his table, and faced him with narrowed eyes.“I’m sorry, Mr. Hawthorne. But, I don’t quite understand.”He shrugged, took a sip from his glass and muttered nonchalantly. “I made myself very clear.”“Your girlfriend?” I scoffed in disbelief. “Why? You don’t even know me.”Or did he have a hidden motive behind it? Being the sneaky, two-faced person I was, I knew when people did something like that, it was probably for an agenda.A secret motive.And my gut feeling told me that Declan had one. Even when I wasn’t sure what it was yet.He tutted, his eyes fixed intently on me in a way that left me… self aware.“You’re a pretty woman, Stalkie.”“It’s Jordyn.”“Daring too,” he added, ignoring the correction. “Resilient, persistent, and that’s exactly what I’m looking for.”“If this is about the frequent meetin