Page 4 of The Mafia Husband's Loveless Marriage

But you know what? Sitting down was a good idea, too. She was currently outnumbered 2:1, and so another good idea was not to argue with a man who wielded so much power he and his bodyguard had easily commandeered a room right inside the campus security office like they owned the entire university.

Maika's hands curled around the armrests as the man she formerly thought was kind closed the door behind him. Then he turned back to her and smiled again, but nope, she wasn't buying it this time. It was like a gentle old shark smiling at her. A shark was still a shark, regardless of their age.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Nolan."

Why wasn't she surprised that they knew her name? Had they been surveilling her all this time?

"My name is Orion."

As in the constellation? That had to be a fake name. Right?

"We'd like to ask you a few questions regarding an unauthorized visit that took place yesterday."

Maika's attention was torn between Orion's words and the fact that Mykos Ravensworth's golden gaze was slowly traveling over her from head to toe even as the chiseled features of his handsome face remained coldly impassive.

She tried to put herself in his shoes, but her imagination simply wasn't up to the challenge. She knew what he was seeing when he looked at her: a girl with shoulder-length blond hair and green eyes, dressed in a sweater that had seen better days, and ripped jeans that actually weren't ripped when she first bought them.

But what he thought about Maika while looking at her, though...

Though she be but little, she is fierce.

The line came to her unbidden, because that was what Maika did when she was scared. She quoted Shakespeare. She had first fallen in love with him when she readA Midsummer Night's Dreamin middle school, and since then, it had somehow become her coping mechanism. When one was afraid, one must quote Shakespeare, and—

"You're aware of who I am."

Maika nearly jumped in her seat when he suddenly spoke.He, as in Mykos Ravensworth himself,whose Greek accent was to die for.

Stop thinking about stupid things, Maika!

"Correct?"

Maika managed a nod.

"Then you're aware of the relationship between your father and mine?"

She nodded again, albeit jerkily this time.

"And you are aware of his recent passing?"

Maika nodded the third time. The less said, the safer. Thank goodness for all those movies and TV shows she had watched over the years.

"And the debts he incurred?"

Maika swallowed hard. "I..." Was this some kind of trick question?

"It's alright, Ms. Nolan," Orion assured her. "You have nothing to be afraid of."

She wished she could believe him, but what if they were lying?

"Your father was very loyal to the family, Ms. Nolan. We would like to repay the favor by providing assistance." Orion stepped forward and placed a brown envelope in her hands. "Inside is a list of all the documents pertaining to the loans taken out under your father's name without his knowledge."

It was Maika's first time to hear all this. "Are you saying...he was scammed?"

"Yes, unfortunately so. Based on our investigation, they didn't target your father for any reason connected to his history withour family. Your father was simply...unlucky. His data was leaked, and the scammers didn't hesitate to make use of it."

"And the...the money he owes?"

"It totals $240,000."