Contracted To Be His

The cold sensation of his blade hit her skin and trailed further to her face, the gleam in his silver eyes expressing his lustful intent once more as they locked gaze but Sapphire faltered not. She needed to prove herself capable of standing The Mafia Lord, Crescent Darkfire. Strange, no? Everyone cowered at his name yet she dared to face him, showing no signs to surrender. “You, Sapphire, are truly intriguing,” he was ensnared. How did she transform from the daughter of his debtor, to ‘this’? “Don’t mention my name!” Sapphire snapped. “Upon your tongue, it sounds like a curse.” ************ She’d thrown herself in the line, sacrificed her future to save her family who’s indebted to a powerful mafia, promising to work for him as he wanted. Time hastened and the contract was dissolved, unsaid feelings cresting between them. “Sixty days!” Crescent thundered. “Sixty days to refund $20M or she’s forever mine!” Would Sapphire and Crescent go against the laws of fate to be together, or let the past be past?