Chapter 84

"Are you going to head back to the madam now, sir?"

I handed my bloodied shirt to Watson and graciously accepted the clean towel from him.

I nodded quietly in response as I carefully wiped the rest of the blood off of my body, making sure not the miss any of the specks littered around my collar or splatters dripping from my hands. I didn't want to freak Jane out by coming home covered in blood.

She had no clue about the dark side of my world.

She only knew of my clean image as the infamous head of the long-standing and powerful Cordova Industries, but there was no company in the world that could have stayed this strong for so many generations without any bloodshed.

I had enemies lurking in every shadow of my life.

I was greedy and brought her into my life even though I knew it would be dangerous.

And she had gotten hurt because of me.

It was something that I would never be able to forgive myself for, but I was much too selfish to let her go. I had already gotten a taste of how