I Spoke Back To A Mafia Boss — The Next Morning, A Black Box Arrived At My Door

Part 3

The terrifying question of whether the man who gave her the black card would even care that she was gone was answered almost immediately, though Megan Robinson wouldn’t know it until much later.

Tony Moretti cared entirely too much, and his response to her disappearance was already setting the New York underworld on fire.

The air inside the Obsidian Room always smelled heavily of seared Wagyu beef, expensive truffle oil, and old, established money.

Located in the deepest, most exclusive pocket of TriBeCa, it was the kind of restaurant where the wait staff were expected to look like high-fashion runway models and act like absolute ghosts.

Megan Robinson fit absolutely neither of those descriptions.

She was a solid size eighteen with thick curves, a sharp tongue, and a permanent, agonizing ache in her lower back from years of carrying heavy trays.

Her restaurant manager, a draconian woman named Brenda, never missed a single opportunity to remind Megan that she was a visual anomaly in their high-end establishment.

Brenda would trail Megan like a hawk through the dining room, hissing at her to tuck her blouse in and try to take up significantly less space because they sold elegance instead of comfort.

But Megan took up space unapologetically because she simply had to survive.

Surviving double shifts on her feet while carrying trays of heavy Baccarat crystal and dodging the wandering hands of entitled Wall Street executives required a thick skin and an undeniable physical presence.

She was entirely invisible when the wealthy patrons wanted a servant, but glaringly obvious when they wanted someone to belittle and demean.

Megan had spent her entire adult life shielding herself from the cruelty of the city, protecting her younger siblings and swallowing her pride just to pay the rent.

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It was a Tuesday night, entirely unremarkable and exhausting, until the front doors of the restaurant opened and the atmospheric pressure in the dining room noticeably dropped.

Tony Moretti had arrived for dinner.

He didn’t just walk into a room, he possessed it entirely, drawing the nervous attention of every single person present.

Dressed in a bespoke charcoal Brioni suit that clung perfectly to his broad, athletic shoulders, Tony was the reputed head of the most organized, violently efficient crime syndicate on the Eastern Seaboard.

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Rumors surrounding him were whispered in dark back alleys and sterile FBI boardrooms alike.

He had supposedly dismantled the reigning Italian families by his thirtieth birthday, and he definitely didn’t leave any loose ends behind.

Accompanied by his loyal underboss Paul and two other men whose tailored suits couldn’t completely hide the bulk of their shoulder holsters, Tony was led immediately to the secluded corner booth.

Megan was working table four, actively ignoring the agonizing throb radiating through her swollen feet, when she saw Tyler approach Tony’s table.

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Tyler was the newest and youngest busboy on staff, a nervous teenager who was clearly entirely out of his depth in the high-stakes environment.

He was holding a heavy silver tray of water glasses and an open, extremely expensive bottle of Opus One Cabernet.

Tyler’s hands were shaking so violently they looked like they were vibrating on a cellular level.

Megan widened her eyes from across the room, silently begging the kid to breathe deeply and hold it together for just five more minutes.

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But Tyler didn’t breathe at all.

His awkward foot caught the raised edge of a thick Persian rug, causing his wrist to buckle under the weight.

The heavy silver tray tipped sideways, defying gravity for a split second before disaster struck.

The dark, expensive vintage spilled across the table in a chaotic arc, soaking immediately into the fine Italian wool covering the billionaire’s knee.

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The bustling restaurant went dead silent instantly, as if someone had pulled the plug on the entire room.

The faint jazz music playing gently through the overhead speakers suddenly felt completely inappropriate and entirely too loud for the tense moment.

Tyler dropped to his knees immediately, hyperventilating as he choked out frantic, terrified apologies, begging the silent men for forgiveness.

Paul, standing near the edge of the booth like a coiled spring, didn’t say a single word in response.

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He simply reached slowly inside his tailored jacket, his cold, dead eyes locked entirely on the weeping teenager.

Megan didn’t even stop to think about the immense danger she was putting herself in.

Instinct forged by years of protecting her family and surviving a city that chewed up the weak simply kicked in and took over her exhausted body.

She pushed her heavy frame purposefully through the frozen dining room, stepping directly between Paul and the terrified boy cowering on the floor.

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She ordered Tyler to get a mop immediately, her steady voice cutting through the deadly silence like a sharp, cracking whip.

Tyler scrambled away instantly, leaving Megan standing completely alone in the crosshairs of New York’s most dangerous men.

She grabbed a thick linen napkin from the adjacent empty table and looked directly down at Tony Moretti.

She didn’t apologize on behalf of the restaurant, and she absolutely didn’t cower under his intense gaze.

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She just coldly evaluated the dark, spreading stain on his expensive suit.

She offered to have the trousers dry cleaned, keeping her tone utterly flat and stripped of the fawning desperation he was undoubtedly used to hearing from everyone else.

She told him bluntly that club soda wouldn’t fix fine wool, and they both knew he wasn’t waiting around in the VIP lounge in his boxers while she scrubbed his pants.

Paul stepped forward immediately with his jaw tight, aggressively warning her to watch her mouth before she regretted it.

Tony casually held up a single manicured hand, causing Paul to freeze instantly and step obediently back into the shadows.

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Tony leaned back against the plush leather upholstery, completely ignoring the expensive wine seeping into his trousers.

His dark, calculating eyes swept slowly over Megan’s flushed face, observing the strands of brown hair escaping her messy bun and the heavy curve of her hips.

He noted the absolute lack of terror in her rigid posture.

He observed softly that she wasn’t shaking, his voice a rich, gravelly baritone that commanded absolute, undivided attention.

Megan replied confidently that she worked sixty hours a week, and fear required a level of excess energy she simply didn’t have right now.

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A faint, almost imperceptible smirk tugged at the corner of Tony’s mouth as he leaned slightly forward, intrigued by her defiance.

He asked for her name, the heavy, diamond-encrusted watch on his wrist catching the dim candlelight.

She told him it was Megan, shifting her weight to her less painful foot while refusing to break eye contact for even a second.

He murmured her name thoughtfully, noting out loud that she seemed remarkably unfazed by standing directly in the line of fire.

She told him she was a big girl, and it took a hell of a lot more than a spilled drink and a dirty look to knock her off balance.

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Tony stared at her for a long, heavy, silent moment while the rest of the restaurant held its collective breath in terror.

Finally, his voice dropped a husky octave meant only for her ears, asking what she would want if she could have anything in the world right now.

Megan let out a short, cynical laugh, wiping a bead of exhausted sweat from her brow as she thought about her bleak reality.

She thought about her massive mountain of medical debt and the cheap, sagging mattress waiting for her in her tiny Brooklyn apartment.

She joked dryly that she wanted a day off, turning her back on the billionaire syndicate boss and walking straight back to the busy kitchens without waiting to see his reaction.

If she had bothered to look back, she would have seen the ruthless syndicate boss pull out his phone, his dark eyes locked intensely on her retreating figure.

Wednesday morning broke over Brooklyn with a gray, unforgiving light as Megan’s cheap alarm clock shrieked at six o’clock.

Every single joint in her overworked body screamed in protest as she rolled over the sharp springs of her terrible mattress.

She stared blankly at the cracked ceiling, mentally calculating her dismal bank balance and dreading the upcoming double lunch shift.

A sharp, authoritative knock suddenly echoed through her tiny apartment, sounding much too professional to be her grumpy landlord, Mr. Miller.

She pulled on a thick, oversized fleece robe and padded cautiously to the door, looking through the peephole to see a man in a sharp black suit.

She unlocked the deadbolt slowly and cracked the door open, eyeing the stranger with deep suspicion.

The man politely handed her a sleek, heavy black box slightly larger than a passport and asked her to sign for the delivery.

She scrawled her name quickly on his digital tablet, and he walked away down the crumbling hallway without uttering another word.

Megan locked the door securely and carried the immaculate matte black box to her cramped, cluttered kitchen counter.

She pried the tight lid off, finding a thick envelope resting beautifully on a bed of dark, luxurious velvet.

Sitting just under the heavy paper was a dark piece of metal.

She picked it up cautiously, feeling the surprisingly heavy, cold, solid titanium in her palm.

It was an American Express Centurion card, the legendary black card, and embossed across the bottom in elegant silver lettering was her name.

She stared at the limitless titanium card on her counter in absolute shock, her hands trembling violently.

She ripped open the heavy cardstock envelope and found a handwritten note on impossibly thick stationery.

The note simply told her to take the day off, adding that eviction was no longer on the menu, and was signed with the initials TM.

Megan whispered to the empty room that this had to be an elaborate, cruel joke.

But the immense weight of the titanium on her counter was completely undeniable.

Tony Moretti, a terrifying man she had spoken to for exactly three minutes, had just handed her a literal blank check to the universe.

There was absolutely no preset spending limit on a Centurion card.

Panic and adrenaline immediately warred in her chest as she stared down at the heavy metal.

If she actually used it to buy anything, she was consciously accepting mafia money and intertwining her life with a known criminal.

But as she looked down at a final notice from an aggressive debt collector sitting next to her coffee maker, a reckless, desperate wave of exhaustion washed over her.

She told herself out loud that she would just test it, just to see if it was actually real and active.

She grabbed her cheap laptop, her fingers trembling wildly as she booted it up and navigated to her mother’s hospital patient portal.

The screen flashed her mother’s outstanding balance in bright, aggressive red numbers, showing fourteen thousand dollars.

Megan firmly selected the option to pay in full, carefully typing in the sixteen digits from the heavy titanium card, followed by the expiration date and security code.

She squeezed her eyes tightly shut and clicked submit, waiting nervously for the inevitable error message or the loud fraud alert to trigger.

Instead, the screen refreshed smoothly, and a bright green check mark appeared alongside a beautiful zero balance.

Megan let out a choked sob, falling back heavily into her wobbly kitchen chair as fourteen thousand dollars evaporated in a single second.

A manic kind of energy suddenly possessed her, because for the first time in her entire life, she wasn’t completely broke and drowning in debt.

She wasn’t struggling to survive anymore.

She threw off her worn robe, dragged herself into the tiny shower, and put on her best wrap dress.

It was a deep burgundy number that actually flattered her thick curves instead of hiding them like her awful, boxy work uniform.

She walked out of her apartment building and completely ignored the subway station, confidently hailing a yellow cab instead.

She told the surprised driver to take her directly to Fifth Avenue.

Her very first stop was a high-end luxury footwear boutique, because she was entirely done with wearing cheap shoes that mangled her toes.

When she walked into the polished, marble-floored store, the two thin, immaculately dressed saleswomen immediately gave her a dismissive, judgmental look.

It was a quick, silent assessment that immediately determined she was too big, too poor, and far too out of place to bother helping.

One of them asked if she needed help, her tone dripping with polite condescension while noting that their wide-fit selection was quite limited.

Megan didn’t blush in embarrassment, and she didn’t shrink away toward the door.

Tony Moretti’s deep voice echoed powerfully in her head, reminding her that she wasn’t shaking.

She demanded custom leather loafers, pointing to a display case and telling them to measure her exact arch for two pairs.

The saleswoman offered a tight, patronizing smile and warned her that those shoes cost three thousand dollars a pair.

Megan simply reached into her purse and slapped the heavy, solid titanium black card onto the glass display counter.

The metal made a sharp, authoritative clack against the glass, drawing all eyes in the quiet boutique.

The condescension instantly vanished from their perfectly contoured faces, replaced by pale, wide-eyed shock as they stared at the legendary card.

The store manager rushed out from the back room immediately, practically begging Megan to drink expensive champagne while she waited.

An hour later, Megan walked out onto the bustling sidewalk, feeling absolutely invincible in her temporary, cloud-like supportive walking shoes.

But as she stepped toward the curb to hail another cab, the beautiful illusion of safety violently shattered.

A massive, armored black SUV screeched to a halt directly in front of her, dangerously blocking the entire crosswalk.

Before she could even react or scream, the back doors flew open, and two enormous men in cheap leather jackets jumped out.

They didn’t move with the polished grace of Tony’s men; they were rough, completely lacking any shred of terrifying elegance.

One of them reached out and grabbed Megan roughly by her upper arm.

His brutal grip was like a steel vice, biting painfully into her flesh as she thrashed against his immense weight.

She shouted at him to let her go, but she was overpowered instantly by his sheer strength.

A third man stepped out of the vehicle, an older mobster with silver hair and a jagged scar cutting through his left eyebrow.

He looked Megan up and down with deep disgust, a cruel, mocking smile spreading across his weathered face.

Greg Ivanov sneered as he stepped dangerously close, telling her that he wanted a word with her.

He casually explained that his organization had a mole inside American Express who flagged high-value transactions.

He laughed at the sheer absurdity of Tony Moretti’s private, untraceable account suddenly paying off a massive hospital bill for a waitress in Brooklyn.

Megan’s blood ran ice cold as she realized the black card had been actively tracked by Tony’s enemies.

Greg continued maliciously, noting that Tony was a machine with no family and no weaknesses, until now.

He laughed an ugly, grating sound, looking directly at Megan’s fuller figure and ordering his men to throw her in the car.

The black Mercedes SUV smelled sickeningly of stale cigarettes and cheap cologne.

Megan was wedged tightly between the two massive henchmen in the backseat, her wrists bound securely with thick plastic zip ties.

She stared blankly at the dark partition separating them from the driver, her mind racing through a panicked blur of desperate survival instincts.

She wasn’t a stranger to rough neighborhoods, but this was an entirely different stratosphere of lethal danger.

This was the Russian mob, and they were using her as bait.

The heavy vehicle finally lurched to a halt after what felt like an hour of sharp turns and jarring stops.

The heavy doors were yanked open, and rough hands dragged her forcefully out into the freezing air.

They were in an abandoned industrial sector surrounded by rust-streaked shipping containers and dilapidated warehouses.

The terrible smell of salt water and decaying fish told her they were somewhere near the desolate Navy Yard.

One of the men grunted aggressively, shoving a heavy hand between her shoulder blades to force her inside a cavernous, dimly lit meatpacking warehouse.

The air inside was absolutely frigid, biting ruthlessly through her thin burgundy wrap dress.

Rows of empty metal meat hooks swayed gently from the high ceiling, clinking together like macabre, terrifying wind chimes.

In the center of the vast concrete floor sat a single metal folding chair positioned under a harsh halogen work light.

Greg Ivanov was waiting for her there, leaning against a rusted steel table while peeling an apple with a wickedly sharp hunting knife.

He commanded his men to sit her down forcefully.

They shoved Megan into the hard chair, securely tying her ankles to the metal legs with thick rope.

She bit the inside of her cheek hard to keep from crying out as the hard plastic cut painfully into her skin.

She looked down at her brand new custom leather loafers, which were now completely scuffed with warehouse dirt.

A hysterical, bubbling laugh threatened to escape her tight throat.

Of course, the universe finally threw her a bone, and it came securely attached to a brutal death sentence.

Greg asked her if she found something funny, taking a slow bite of his apple as he walked over to her.

He told her that Tony Moretti was a ghost who left no paper trails and used shell companies to buy his daily coffee.

He stopped inches from her face, his pale blue eyes calculating how a heavy-set waitress from TriBeCa fit into the billionaire’s life.

He assumed she was a secret wife, a beloved mistress, or someone holding the vital bearer bonds from the docks.

Megan took a deep, shaky breath, bravely meeting the brutal Russian’s gaze.

She bluntly told him that he was an absolute idiot.

One of the massive henchmen stepped forward instantly and backhanded her viciously across the face.

The sharp crack echoed loudly in the empty warehouse.

Megan’s head snapped violently to the side, the metallic taste of blood instantly blooming on her tongue.

Greg chuckled darkly, holding up a hand to stop his man from breaking his new favorite toy before they could fully play.

Megan spit a mouthful of bright red blood onto the concrete floor.

She turned her furious eyes back to Greg, her deep fear crystallizing into pure, white-hot anger.

She fiercely declared that she wasn’t anyone’s toy, and she had met Tony Moretti for exactly three minutes.

She explained that a kid spilled wine on him, she refused to wash his pants, she asked for a day off, and he sent the card.

She mocked Greg, pointing out that he had kidnapped a civilian over a dry-cleaning dispute.

Greg stared at her in disbelief before throwing his head back and laughing a harsh, grating sound.

He told her she was a terrible liar, because Tony Moretti was a ruthless sociopath who didn’t do charity.

Megan shot back that he clearly didn’t know his enemy as well as he arrogantly thought he did.

Greg’s cruel smile vanished instantly.

He pulled a heavy encrypted satellite phone from his coat pocket and dialed a sequence of numbers.

He pressed the speaker button and set the phone on the steel table.

It rang twice before a sharp click signaled a connection.

Tony’s voice filled the massive warehouse.

It wasn’t angry, and it wasn’t raised.

It was unnervingly smooth, chillingly calm, and carried the quiet promise of absolute, devastating violence.

Tony gave Greg exactly ten seconds to explain why his tracking algorithm showed his personal property sitting in a decommissioned warehouse in the Navy Yard.

Megan’s breath hitched painfully in her chest at the terrifying sound of his voice.

Greg grinned maliciously, leaning heavily over the phone.

He asked Tony if they were talking about the titanium card or the pretty little waitress holding it, proudly declaring that he had both.

A heavy, suffocating silence stretched ominously over the line.

Tony finally murmured that he understood the situation.

Greg demanded the lucrative shipping routes out of Newark, his thick accent spiking with adrenaline.

He wanted the docks signed over to his family, promising that perhaps he would let Megan go back to serving pasta if Tony complied.

If not, Greg threatened to start mailing her back to him piece by piece, starting with her lovely, soft curves.

Tony asked quietly if she was hurt, causing the temperature in the warehouse to seem to drop another ten degrees.

Greg glanced casually at the dark bruise forming on Megan’s cheek, claiming it was just a scratch to show her they were serious.

Tony ordered Greg to put her on the phone immediately.

Greg grabbed the heavy device and held it up to Megan’s face, commanding her to speak.

Megan swallowed hard, nervously whispering Tony’s name.

Tony said her name in return, and for a fraction of a second, the lethal ice in his voice fractured, revealing something raw and intense beneath it.

He asked if she was bleeding.

She rasped that only her pride and her new shoes were hurt, forcing a brave bravado she absolutely didn’t feel.

She joked weakly that if he was going to give someone a limitless credit card, he should probably warn them it came with Russian stalkers.

A low, dark chuckle vibrated warmly through the speaker.

Tony asked softly if she was shaking yet.

She whispered that she wasn’t.

Tony told her to close her eyes, his voice steady and resolute.

The call disconnected abruptly.

Greg frowned deeply, staring at the dead screen of the phone in complete confusion.

Before he could even dial back, the massive steel doors at the far end of the warehouse didn’t just open; they violently exploded inward.

The concussive shockwave knocked Greg clean off his feet.

Dust and concrete shrapnel rained down aggressively from the ceiling as the heavy metal doors buckled under the force of military-grade breaching charges.

Suddenly, the massive warehouse plunged into absolute darkness as someone expertly cut the main power line.

Megan squeezed her eyes tightly shut, obeying Tony’s last command as all hell broke loose around her.

The deafening roar of suppressed automatic weapons echoed violently off the concrete walls.

There were frantic shouts in Russian, followed by sickening thuds, and the sharp, bright flashes of muzzle fire cutting through the pitch-black air.

It was utterly chaotic, but it wasn’t a battle.

It was a calculated, precise execution.

Tony’s men moved with terrifying, synchronized precision through the darkness.

Within sixty seconds, the gunfire ceased entirely, replaced only by the groans of dying men and the hollow dripping of melting ice.

Emergency backup lights flickered on reluctantly, casting the ruined warehouse in a dim, blood-red glow.

Megan slowly opened her eyes.

The two massive henchmen who had abducted her were lying completely motionless on the floor.

Greg Ivanov was pinned violently against a shipping container, his shoulder bleeding profusely, staring down the barrel of a customized weapon held by Paul.

And walking slowly across the concrete, wearing a pristine black tactical vest over a tailored dress shirt, was Tony Moretti.

He didn’t even glance at Greg.

He didn’t look at the bloody carnage surrounding him.

His dark, consuming gaze was locked entirely on Megan.

He dropped his weapon to his side and stepped directly into her personal space.

Reaching into his pocket, he pulled out a folding knife and quickly sliced through the thick plastic ties binding her wrists and ankles.

As soon as her hands were finally free, the massive adrenaline spike that had been keeping her upright violently crashed.

Her shoulders slumped forward, and a violent tremor overtook her entire body.

She pitched forward, fully expecting to hit the unforgiving concrete floor.

She didn’t fall.

Tony caught her effortlessly.

His large, strong hands gripped her waist firmly, pulling her soft curves directly against his solid chest.

For a man who was synonymous with death, his touch was impossibly, achingly gentle.

He shrugged off his heavy, cashmere-lined overcoat and wrapped it securely around her trembling shoulders, completely engulfing her in his warmth and the scent of expensive sandalwood.

He murmured that he had her, and she was finally safe.

Megan buried her face desperately in his chest, her hands fisting the expensive fabric of his shirt.

She told him through her tears that they wanted Newark.

Tony said softly that they weren’t getting Newark.

He slowly turned his head to look at Greg, who was watching the scene with wide, terrified eyes.

Tony declared coldly that they weren’t getting anything ever again.

He nodded once to Paul.

Paul pulled the trigger.

Megan flinched at the sharp noise, but Tony held her tighter, shielding her face entirely from the violence.

He effortlessly lifted her off the ground into his strong arms as if her weight meant absolutely nothing to him, telling her they were leaving.

Megan protested weakly, her cheeks burning as she insisted she was too heavy to carry.

Tony interrupted her, his voice a low, commanding rumble that sent a shiver down her spine.

He told her he could lift a massive man by his throat, and she weighed absolutely nothing to him.

He ordered her to let him carry her.

She finally stopped fighting.

For the very first time in her difficult life, she let someone else carry the heavy weight.

Tony set her down gently on a massive, curved velvet sofa inside his cavernous, immaculate penthouse.

He disappeared into a sleek wet bar and returned a moment later with a crystal glass of amber liquid, pressing it into her trembling hands.

He ordered her softly to drink, promising it would help with the lingering shock.

Megan took a slow sip.

It was the smoothest, most impossibly expensive bourbon she had ever tasted, burning a warm path down her throat and settling her frayed nerves.

She looked around the penthouse and then up at the billionaire mafia boss standing over her.

She asked him why he did it, her voice finally steady as she pulled his oversized coat tighter around her.

She pointed out that Greg was right, and Tony didn’t do charity.

Tony pulled up a leather armchair and sat directly across from her, leaning his elbows on his knees.

The harsh lighting of the penthouse highlighted the sharp, aristocratic lines of his jaw, and the intense, obsessive darkness in his eyes.

He explained slowly that he was constantly surrounded by people who were either terrified of him or wanted something from him.

His gaze traced the curve of her jaw, lingering angrily on the dark bruise the Russian had left on her face.

His jaw clenched in lingering rage before he forced himself to relax.

He told her that every smile he saw was bought, and every compliment was a calculated move.

He recounted walking into a restaurant and finding a woman working sixty hours a week on swollen feet who looked him dead in the eye and told him to clean up his own mess.

Megan blinked at him, completely stunned.

She asked if he gave her limitless money simply because she was rude to him.

He corrected her, his voice dropping to a hypnotic whisper as he told her he did it because she was real.

He explained that she didn’t shrink herself to fit into that pathetic restaurant.

She didn’t make herself small when his heavily armed men stepped up to her.

He told her she took up beautiful, unapologetic space.

And he suddenly realized he wanted her taking up space in his life.

Megan’s heart hammered wildly against her ribs.

The intense way he was looking at her wasn’t the way men usually looked at her.

He wasn’t fetishizing her curves, and he certainly wasn’t settling for her.

He was looking at her like she was the most valuable, magnificent thing he had ever stolen.

She told him her loyalty couldn’t be bought with titanium cards and expensive bourbon, her voice shaking slightly but her chin held high.

A slow, devastating smile spread across Tony’s handsome face.

He reached out, his knuckles gently grazing her unbruised cheek as his thumb brushed over her lower lip.

He murmured that he knew she couldn’t be bought.

He told her he didn’t want to buy her; he wanted to partner with her and show her the beautiful world she actually deserved.

He pointed out that she had spent her entire life serving people who weren’t worthy to even look at her.

He declared it was finally time someone served her instead.

Megan looked deeply into the dark, dangerous eyes of Tony Moretti and knew her difficult life as a struggling waitress was permanently over.

She had cynically asked for a single day off.

Instead, she had been handed the keys to an entire empire.

She leaned into his gentle touch, a small, daring smile finally playing on her lips.

She whispered that she supposed she would need a brand new wardrobe if she was going to be partnering with the mob.

Tony laughed, a genuine, deep sound that filled the massive penthouse with warmth.

He promised her anything she wanted, entirely limitless.

THE END


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