Chapter 261 Chapter 9 Giving Up On Dream

Ella

“I’m the son of the city’s most influential mafia boss.” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. I had stepped into this city with a single purpose-to fight against the malignant tumor that was the mafia. Not with them And now, here I was, face to face with the son of the most influential mob boss in the area. And he was my client.

“Well?” he asked, his lips curling up into a smirk at the corners. “We have client-lawyer confidentiality. You know the truth now. I told you that there was more to worry about than my infidelity.”

“Oh god,” Ema said, sounding surprised. “A mafia boss? Can it get any worse?”

“At this point, I wouldn’t be surprised if it does somehow get worse,” I replied. I swallowed. My mind raced. I knew how the mafia worked, at least to a certain extent. I knew, at the very least, that it was dangerous to go against them. That was why Mr. Henderson was so insistent on me taking Logan on as a client. He was afraid.

Logan did bribe my boss with that nice Rolex watch, but he also intimidated him. And now I was trapped in the middle of it all. I had a choice to make: risk my life and my job and pull out of the case, or risk those things anyway and stay working at Logan’s lawyer.

“I won’t do it, Logan,” I said firmly, drawing upon every ounce of resolve I had. “I won’t work for the mafia. I came here, to this city, because it needs good lawyers… not crooked ones. I can’t let myself be caught in your webs of deceit.”

of a smirk touching his lips,

I’m branching out-finance, real estate, technology. My attempts to legitimize

many seemingly unrelated businesses. Money laundering, likely. I didn’t believe for a second

a skeptical eyebrow. “And I’m supposed to believe you’ve turned over a new leaf? I’m sure you have a plethora of other illegal businesses as

recording app on my phone. If Logan gave me anything incriminating, I wanted to

simply smirked again, his blue

a new fire within

trafficking, loansharking, protection rackets, and sex trafficking?”

everything out in the open? No euphemisms, no

the table, swift as a striking snake, and

of nonchalance, tossing my phone back down on the table between us. “But mostly, it’s my father and brother who are managing them these days. I’m

vision. “You’re nothing like me,

simply laughed. “But you’re wrong,” he said. “I, like you, am trying to pave my own way. I could easily

my phone, frustration boiling over. “You think you’re being clever?” I spat, barely keeping my

try to outsmart me, Ella. Right now, I’m just your client. As long as we’re

know? The Moon Goddess wouldn’t have paired us otherwise.” I shot up from

goal in this city was

air between us was electric, the tension palpable. Logan, too, stood up, his tall frame

your dreams? For justice? So, what now? You’re leaving

contract from the table, tearing it up into shreds and letting them fall onto his plate.

Even if it means giving up my dreams. Even if it means

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