Maid for the Mafia by Jaylee

Chapter 4

The Contract

**ROMANY**

The inside of DeMarco's home was just as one might imagine it to be. Lavishly furnished, marble floors. Chandeliers in every corner of the sitting room. Three sets of double doors lined the back wall, opening onto a large well-lit patio. A tri- level swimming pool complete with jacuzzi waterfall pulsed near the bottom of the steps just behind the patio. The lights in the pool blazed different colors, making the water sparkle and dance.

Ruby waited in the center of the room, sipping whiskey from a glass she must have taken from the bar she was leaning against. "Bout time you folks got here."

"Help yourself," DeMarco teased, gesturing for me to have a seat.

"Don't I always," she said, taking her place next to me on a long velveteen sofa.

"That you do, Ru. That you do."

Ruby's eyes sparkled my way. "Did you two get better acquainted?"

I sent her a sharp look, my eyes narrowing suspiciously. *It's not that kind of party, Ruby.*

"As much as need be," DeMarco answered for me. "Now that you've seen your cousin safely settled, you can leave. You have flight to catch, don't you?" Ruby nodded, downing her drink before standing up.

"Wait!" I yelped. "You're leaving?"

She smirked, her mouth falling open ungraciously. "I don't live here, Ro. You do."

"B-but I thought you might stay a little longer! I'm not really that comfortable yet! I-"

"Ruby has a job to do Miss Dubois. A job she has been devoted to for quite some time. She knows her place," DeMarco warned, his green eyes crackling with ice.

"I haven't signed your contract yet," I spat through clenched teeth. "I still might not agree to work for you."

He laughed, some of the chill from his gaze melting. "Oh, I'm pretty sure that you will."

"Listen to me, Ro," Ruby said, taking my hands in hers. "This is the best thing for you. Trust me."

*Trust you? Trrrruuuusssttt you?* I forced my apprehension into the blaze of my eyes as we stared at one another, hoping she might take pity on me and just stay a little longer. "Ruby..." She cocked her head at me, her eyes shuttering. "I'll be back the day after tomorrow. I'll come directly here. I won't even go home."

"You will not," DeMaro said.

a

He snorted. "Really?"

nodded solemnly, hiking up

muscular arms over his wide, sculpted chest. "Don't fuck this up, Ruby. Make

face transforming into a mask of defiant laughter. "Oh, it'll be

then," he said. "I guess we'll

of job

my mouth, shutting me up. "Don't waste your time worrying about me, Ro. I know what I'm doing. Just

thickly, nibbling on my lip

to give me when were kids. For a moment, I allowed myself to pretend that we were and that she was here to protect me the way she always was in the past. She pressed her lips to my ear and said, "I won't let anyone hurt you. No one. Not even him." She stepped back, releasing me to send DeMarco

gulped, noting that DeMarco was no longer paying attention to us. Instead he was at the

replied. "I'll see you soon. Sleep

I said, watching her

on the couch and I

said. "I have

his dimly lit office I was boiling with rage. "Confined to the

and flesh that God had seen fit to bless him with. This was a man that probably woke up in the morning, swallowed a half dozen eggs, then lifted tall buildings for sport. The corded shift of each of

a member of this household, you will remain here. Under guard. Anything

repeated, my gaze following the path of his fingers as he loosened the top

what I said.

So I'm

clenched. "That's

"For how long?"

sighed, "The contract is for a

stay locked away for a year! I'll

all amenities that my estate has to offer in the meantime.

private use on the third floor. You may

library?" I perked up. "How big

wasn't done talking,"

riot of blood surged forward, reddening my cheeks

suite of rooms down the hall from my own on the third floor. All

stupidly. *What exactly

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