Lust For Me, Daddy's Good Girl novel Chapter 96

Chapter 96

Chapter 96

Silas

Everyone knew Hades Sinclair. Hell, I thought I knew him better than most, we’d been close long enough to see the parts other people never did. Still, nothing could have prepared me for the line he dropped over the phone this morning.

“That woman is going to be my wife. If she is the woman I’m going to marry, that means you’re going to be her lapdog. So do everything she asks, and ruin anyone who dares bully my wife. Or else, you’ll end up in the grave with them.”

I sat in my office, listening like a fool. Wife. Lapdog. Ruin. Grave. Each word slammed into a different corner of my skull, ricocheting until nothing made sense. What the hell did he mean? Who was she, really? And why me? It was too much, then again, everything about Hades was always too much.

Maybe that’s what made him Hades. He lived at an angle the world didn’t expect.

The first time I met Hades was back in high school. It was a school full of rich kids who thought they owned the place. But the day he walked in, all of that crumbled. The hierarchy flipped in a single day. Even the teachers gave him a wary respect, like they were afraid to breathe wrong around him.

I was just some scrawny kid who got shoved into lockers for fun. And then there was Hades, sitting on the goddamn roof. Don’t ask me how he got up there. To this day, I still don’t know. But that was where it happened. That crazy bastard looked down at me and asked if I wanted to make a deal with him.

None of us had a clue what the hell he meant. My bullies sure didn’t. But I knew making a deal with Hades was the smartest thing I could ever do. And before I could even blink, he’d beaten every single one of them. Just like that, my tormentors were gone, and my life was tied to his.

We became friends after that, and I respected him because, unlike everyone else who hovered around him in fear, at least he wasn’t fake. Hades was the kind of man who’d steal the most important thing from you, but he’d have the decency to tell you before he did it.

Well, that didn’t make him any less of a fucked-up individual. Honestly? I figured he’d die old and alone, because what sane woman would marry a man that insane? But damn, I was so fucking wrong.

She wasn’t just sane, he was young, beautiful, the kind of woman who looked like she belonged to another world entirely. And unlike the others he toyed with, and I would know, since Alec and I were the ones cleaning up after him.

This one was different.

I scanned the room, a smile tugging at my lips. I already had a good idea of what was happening here, thanks to the report I’d read on my way over, and now, watching the scene play out, it was almost funny. Every single one of them, circling her like vultures.

Idiots.

Did they really not know the woman they were ganging up on? Even the president of the goddamn country would stand when Hades’s woman walked into a room. And yet here they were, bullying her like she was just another target. These people weren’t dealing with a helpless girl, they were playing with the grim reaper’s bride.

Violet’s voice cut through my thoughts. “I’m sorry for asking for you when you were busy.”

I turned to her and grinned, letting my teeth show. “That’s perfectly fine. You could call for me even if I were shot dead.” I said, smirk widening. “I know for a fact that man wouldn’t let me stay dead if you were the one calling.”

She blinked at me, confusion flickering across her face. I chuckled. Did she really have no idea? She might know who Hades was, but did she truly understand the kind of devil she was about to marry?

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“Who the hell is this? Why are you here? We don’t need strangers barging in while we’re having a serious discussion.”

The shrill voice belonged to a woman across the table. I turned my gaze on her, curling my lip in disgust.

“Shut up,” I growled, the words sharp.

The woman recoiled, frowning, clearly stunned at my tone. Violet’s brows lifted in surprise. Well, that was the thing about me, I wasn’t the type to pretend. I said things exactly as they were.

I straightened. “I’m Miss Violet’s lawyer. I’m here to represent her.”

That earned a scoff from another woman, her face as ugly as her tone. “Lawyer? You called a lawyer? Why would you do that?”

Violet crossed her legs. “You brought yours, so I brought mine. If this is about law, then let’s level the playing field.”

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