Chapter 83_ "We are Even"

"I.. I can explain" She quickly blurted out, frightened by what he might do to her. He was already staring at her in a deadly manner.

"How long do you plan on keeping it away from me?" He asked her. She hurriedly picked up the documents and scrolled through them, it had her signature on it. She wasn't able to come up with any lies to defend herself.

"Please forgive me, I… he threatened me" she stuttered, pleading. Leila was so frightened as she recalled what Shantelle told her.

"You shouldn't betray Dominicks' trust in you. You know what he does to betrayers"

She stared down at the documents she held and she realized her mistake. She had just betrayed him. Death is the penalty for betrayal.

The words rang a bell in her head.

She stared at Dominick for a while, she was expecting him to bring out his gun from the drawer and shoot at her but he did nothing. Instead, he poured himself another glass of whiskey and drank it in one gulp.

"You've betrayed me, Lei. But I will forgive you j