Love Slave to the Mafia Boss's Passion 18 novel Chapter 303

“It’s too risky…” Hayden repeated softly.

“Well, as I just said, before that you have to trust her enough to let her join the meeting in the first place,” Harvey said with a pleased smile as he summarized up his thoughts nicely.

Hayden was no where near pleased about what his brother had just suggested and that was mainly because he knew that his brother was spot on right. He clicked his tongue in annoyance as he frowned.

“Thank about it. Although, if I’m not wrong, you’ve already made up your mind,” Harvey said with a knowing smile.

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It became increasingly more challenging for me to listen closely to the conversation while handling my headache that was quickly making me feel nauseous. I could feel Hayden glancing over at me and I forced a smile to my lips to let him know that I was fine. It would be a problem if I got sick and distracted him from the meeting. I was more than aware that my presence was already an inconvenience to Hayden without having him worry more about me.

Ethan was good at manipulating people with his words and actions as always and I realized that he wasn’t going easy on me. The questions that he asked were probably meant to provoke me and somehow use me against Hayden. Even though I knew that I couldn’t steel my mind and resolve enough to completely ignore his words and their implications.

Instead, my mind started forming trains of thoughts based on his words that led me to even more confusion and doubt than before. At this rate, I would become even more of a burden to Hayden and that thought scared me more than anything else.

“Malissa, are you curious to hear more about the partnership between Torex and Silva?” Ethan asked, his attention suddenly turning to me.

It took me a while for me to realize that he had directed a question at me.

While I was struggling about what to do, I felt a nudge on my ankle. I realized without looking down that it must have been Hayden. Instead, I glanced over at his face. I then gasped in surprise at the calm smile and reassuring smile that he gave me. Slowly, Hayden shook his head at me a little and I was reminded that I didn’t have to do anything or respond in anyway to Ethan’s questions or provocations. After all, I didn’t have the permission to speak.

“Relax…” Hayden whispered so softly that I had to partially read his lips to understand fully what he had just said.