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.

hand mid-massage, turning to face him with a determined look. “I want to hear it. Good or bad, it’s part

eyes to meet hers. The tenderness in his expression deepened

know, he would share a piece of his violent and harrowing past, even

wouldn’t

gave a small nod

gaze on her, his voice steady, and each word carried

pupils shrank, her breath caught in her chest, yet her

₥ₒᵣₑ ᵤₚdₐₜₑₛ ᵢₙ gₐₗₙₒᵥₑₗₛ.𝒸ₒₘ

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

each word carrying the weight of the violence

She couldn’t fathom that Henrik had faced such horrors at such a young

back, killing those who sought my life. I used their bodies as a way to sharpen my fighting abilities, and

taking a step back as though

eyes locked on his. “So how did you get back? Did

then spoke slowly. “No. I stayed in that pit for a long time. After killing those who tried to harm me, I learned to survive in that brutal place. Eventually, no one dared to challenge me. It was only then that I managed to escape. That’s when I realized I had been in a small, war-torn country, far from where I was taken. The pit was a training ground for warlords and killers, thousands of miles away from where I had