Page 3 of The Mafia Husband's Loveless Marriage

The men had only told her they would be back tomorrow, and unfortunately, their words had sounded more like a threat than a promise. Worse, yesterday's tomorrow was today, and when they knocked again, she was so, so tempted to just crawl under her bed and hide until they went away.

Knock. Knock. Knock.

She squeezed her eyes shut.Please just go away.

"Ms. Nolan? This is campus security."

C-Campus security?

Maika's legs shook as she forced herself to get to her feet. Her heart was pounding so hard she felt like she was about to have a heart attack at any moment. She raised herself on her toes and pressed one eye to the peephole—

Oh, thank goodness!

Maika quickly opened the door, her body shaking in relief. "Uh, w-what is it?"

"My name is Officer Anson." The older man showed her his security badge and ID. "We've been informed you received unwanted visitors yesterday?"

"I...yes."

"Our deepest apologies for the lapse in security," Officer Anson said gravely.

Maika quickly shook her head. "It's not your fault—"

"We've already filed a report regarding yesterday's visit. It won't happen again. May we invite you to the security office to confirm certain details?"

Maika nodded in quick agreement. "Yes, of course."

And that was how she ended up in this small bare room, and they even offered her coffee and pastries, which she was quite grateful for, but at the same time it also made her question her priorities in life. She couldn't even remember the last time she had been able to buy herself any kind of pastries. Her whole life,she had just been so busy making ends meet and keeping up with the requirements of her scholarship—

The door opened, and Maika straightened, expecting the kind Officer Anson to return, but instead it was someone else. An older man in a suit, with a smile she initially thought as kind, until he stepped to the side to hold the door open—

Oh no.

When Maika was old enough to understand how the Internet worked, the first thing she had done was to search anything she could find about her father, and it was how she eventually learned that her mother had lied to her.

Her father Homer was not a good man. But he was loyal to the person he worked for, Diogenes, who at his peak had been the head of the most powerful Greek-American mafia family. Homer's refusal to cooperate was why he had ended up serving a life sentence...and his daughter fatherless.

Maika had asked her mother if she could contact Homer, but her mother had said 'no.'

This is the only good thing your father has done for us. For as long as there's no contact between him and us, we stay alive. Don't let his sacrifice be in vain.

And that was that.

Maika was a girl who always kept her promises. She never tried to contact Homer, but she had kept herself in the loop (secretly). She had made herself familiar with the people connected to his past, just in case any of them went after her. She just felt that was important, having watched Narcos and all, and well...

It actually paid off.

Because all that sleuthing was the only reason why she recognized who the man was that was now seated at the head of the table like he was the one calling shots.

Mykos Ravensworth.

Dark-haired, devastatingly handsome, and possibly the deadliest man she was ever likely to meet. The world knew him as a self-made billionaire...and the only son of her father's former boss. He was also the first man to make her heart race in sheer terror and shameful desire at the same time.

Oh, Maika, you idiot!

She slowly tried to stand up, thinking that she should at least be on her feet in case either of them wanted to kill her or anything—

"Please stay seated,despoinís."