Chapter 3: Eve Basti
Malakai's expression was a mixture of confusion and dumbstruckness.
"What?" he rasped.
"You," Eve repeated again, taking cautious steps closer to him. "All I want in return is you. I want you to marry me."
"Marry you?"
She nodded her head. "Yes, you'll marry me and give me all your protection. That, and I'll help you take down both the Zolotovs and the Morins."
That earned her a side eye from Malakai, before he stalked towards her and grabbed her by her thin bicep towards the door. "Get out. And don't you dare pull this sort of stunt with me again. Think about that pup you're carrying," he threatened.
Eve knew she should have been afraid, in fact, taken that as her cue to leave, but she didn't.
No, instead, she grasped his hand, holding him still from walking away from her. Malakai pinned her in place with irritated eyes.
"Are you deaf?"
She'd seen this man countless times on billboards, TV commercials, you name it, and if there was anything those braincells up in her head knew, it was that her best shot at survival was with him.