Chapter 15. Silver Lining

Mariah woke up with a dizzy head. She had trouble sleeping in a new place and she was not used to big rooms. Mariah’s psychiatric friend once told her that bigger spaces make you feel small and tiny and you feel more lonely, guess she was right.

Mariah felt every bit of it. She was too afraid to step outside the door that someone might think of her as an intruder and shoot her right there and then but she didn’t know that Adam had already ordered everyone not to hurt her and to give her everything she asks for instantly.

Adam knew that it would take some time for her to adjust in this new environment but he was relieved as he thought that Pete would be able to make her comfortable so he told him to show this place around.

Pete’s soft smile makes him charming and less like a mafia man. Mariah heard the knock on the door and suddenly became alert. She saw the maid and let out a sigh of relief.

“I’m sorry, Madam, did I wake you up?” Mrs. Sally asked when she sa