Chapter 21. A Little Help

Rose’s POV

I woke up to a text from Ryan, the notorious son of the Mafia boss of our city. “Hey Rose, I have a proposition for you. Are you interested?”

I was intrigued, to say the least. Ryan and I had crossed paths a few times at the club where I worked as a stripper. He was always charming and polite, even though his reputation preceded him. I had heard rumors of his bad temperament. But he never came across as rogue or arrogant with me. He had even recruited me in his gang.

And then I remembered that his ‘proposition’ was definitely about the little help that I asked from him earlier.

I replied to his message, “Sure, what’s your proposition? What do you have in mind?” I asked, cautiously.

“I want to go on a fake date with you,” Ryan said. “We’ll make it look like we’re a couple, and we’ll go to all the places your ex-boyfriend likes to hang out. We’ll make sure he sees us together and make him jealous. Hopefully, that will scare him off.”

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