Entangled With A Mafia BossChapter 1
Tessa Mariano turned the sign on the restaurant door backward to read 'close.' It was her third time closing the restaurant that week. She had picked up several shifts to keep up with the bills yet she still fell behind.
Sometimes she wanted to give up and quit because of how badly she was treated by the rest of the staff but if she did that, it meant that her mother would die. She had already lost her father when she was little and then, her younger sister during one of the Mafia gang raids in the city. She could not afford to lose her mother too.
The door opened as soon as she turned her back.
"We're closed." She faced the new guest.
"You have to help me." A man with blood dripping down the side of his face said.
Tessa was tempted to scream but he quickly covered the distance and placed his hand around her mouth. The metallic smell of fresh blood flooded her nostrils and stained her cheeks as he dragged her further into the room with his hand around her waist.
"Don't scream. They'll hear you."