Pampered By The Ruthless Underground Boss

Chapter 387

Chapter 387:

“Are you jealous?” he teased, his hands moving steadily over her skin, each touch carrying an almost hypnotic quality that left Khloe utterly captivated.

“Of course not,” she shot back, her voice defiant even as a blush crept across her face. She avoided his gaze, nervous that he might see just how much the answer mattered to her.

Henrik exhaled, adding a bit more pressure as his fingers lightly pinched her waist, sending another involuntary shiver through her body.

“You won’t like the answer. It’s not a pleasant story,” he said after a brief pause.

Khloe, sharp as ever, immediately picked up on the weight of sadness buried in Henrik’s voice.

This was the first time he had openly let her see the darkness and pain he carried.

to face him with a determined look. “I want to hear it. Good or bad, it’s

tenderness in his expression deepened into something darker and more intense. “Are

Khloe really wanted to know, he would share a piece of his violent and harrowing past, even if

heard it, he wouldn’t let

a small nod in

and each word carried a heavy weight. “I learned it by practicing on

in

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his smile as he continued, “As a child, life wasn’t easy for me in the Watson family. My father favored me because of my mother, but it only sparked jealousy among the other family members. One time, while traveling abroad, I was kidnapped and dumped into a huge pit filled with rotting bodies and trash. Beggars scoured the filth for food there. Everyone, both adults and children, acted like wild animals. In that place, I had to learn

dropped to a low, rough tone, each word carrying the weight of the violence and despair he had

couldn’t fathom that Henrik had

killing those who sought my life. I used their bodies as a

and slowly stood up, taking a step back as though trying to create some space

edge of his robe, her eyes locked on his. “So

then that I managed to escape. That’s when I realized I had been in