Chapter 11 - Victor Offers Chloe Her Freedom
Victor called Chloe directly.
His voice was gentle.
“Dominic will get you killed.”
“You sent the man in the green jacket.”
“I sent nobody.”
“Then why did his money come from your company?”
Victor paused.
“Give me the ledger.”
“No.”
“I’ll erase your mother’s hospital debt. Every dollar.”
Chloe almost laughed.
“You think that’s what this is about?”
“I think you’re twenty-four and tired.”
That part was true.
He offered one million dollars.
A new identity.
A life outside Boston.
Then he said:
“Dominic doesn’t protect people. He owns them.”
Chloe looked through the glass wall toward Dominic.
He was standing across the room, deliberately far enough away that she
could choose what to say.
Chloe answered:
“My life doesn’t belong to Dominic.”
Victor chuckled.
“Not yet.”
Chloe ended the call.
Then she looked at Dominic.
“If you ever say I belong to you, I walk.”
Dominic nodded.
“Understood.”
May you like
That was the first boundary between them.
It would not be the last.
