Pampered By The Ruthless Underground Boss

Chapter 120

Chapter 120:

His thoughts wandered briefly to the night before, back in the bedroom. While Khloe managed to rest peacefully by his side, once she fell into a deep sleep, any contact would make her body tense, as if recoiling from an invisible threat.

Henrik had taken his time adjusting to her boundaries, learning to navigate her aversion, though she had grown somewhat less resistant over time.

Khloe let out a soft laugh. “It’s really nothing. Just a few names thrown around. Remember, I survived three years in Zhecrora Penitentiary. That place is no joke, as you know.”

Zhecrora Penitentiary was notorious, not just in the city but across the country, as the harshest women’s prison. It was a place reserved for the worst offenders, those convicted of heinous crimes.

Back then, Khloe had been convicted of intentional harm and plagiarism—offenses that wouldn’t normally warrant such a severe sentence unless someone had manipulated the system.

Henrik had never given much thought to just how merciless the conditions in that women’s prison were. He had seen far worse, far more brutal things in his own life.

watching Khloe casually brush it off now, Henrik’s mind drifted to the reports he’d read about her time there,

get involved. I’d prefer to take care of this on my own.” Khloe turned down

feel the emotional distance she

quiet sigh of

in the first place was her independence and level-headed nature—traits he had thoroughly

her for being clever and self-reliant. After all, those qualities

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it now. Henrik strode over to a nearby

concealing the emotions brewing beneath the surface. Yet

hadn’t yet grasped the full benefits of being his fiancée or understood how to turn to the right people for help when facing challenges, he would take it upon himself to

you please. I won’t get involved.” And with that,

as Henrik’s departure eased the

unpredictable lately. Was something serious brewing in the

crossed her mind that Henrik’s moods might stem from her insistence on independence and refusal to lean