CHAPTER 45

♠️RYAN♠️

We were in my apartment together, thankfully, it had been cleaned up very early in the morning and Bella was playing a soft slow music.

I walked to the desk close to the end of the window, picking up the cigarette pack laying on it.I tilted my head to the side to take a glimpse of Rachel.

She was standing in front of the entrance door, she looked scared and flustered. I get it, to her, I am a monster, an unpredictable and unpretentious ruthless gangster.

If only she knew, I was protecting her from a number of things.

The world... the world is a wicked place. People use people and not things. I sighed, walking towards her with the cigarette pack in my hand. She looked at me and then her eyes fell on what I was holding.

“Do you wish to smoke with me?” I asked, my tone was calm.She nodded, taking a cigarette stick from the pack. I was surprised to see she wasn’t hesitant.

“Lighter?”

She asked.I stuffed my hand into my pocket, in search of one. I took it out, handing it t