My Second Marriage with the Mafia Kingpin novel Chapter 288

Chapter 288: Let’s Hold Out

What an irony, Ashley thought.

She thought growing up in a world of violence had desensitized her to death. She had seen countless instances of it her entire life and had even sullied her own hands with the excuse of survival.

It was why death... didn’t scare her at all.

But she was wrong.

Because right now, all she could feel was fear.

The fear of the countless what-ifs. What if Lucian did not get better? What if things didn’t go the way she wanted them to? What if he would never wake up again?

What if... he died?

Those thoughts replayed in her head over and over again, from the beginning until now, while she sat in Primo’s room.

Ashley stared at Primo’s sleeping face, as if borrowing some sort of strength just by looking at him. As if trying to remind herself that, regardless of her own fears, Primo was here. Dominion still existed, and problems were about to rise while her husband was fighting for his life.

Closing her eyes, she drew a deep breath.

When she reopened them, she nodded faintly and brushed Primo’s cheek with the back of her hand. Ashley took another deep breath and exhaled heavily, swallowing hard as she pushed herself to her feet.

She quietly left Primo’s bedroom and headed downstairs.

As she descended the stairs, she heard Nolan and Betty talking.

"It’s not that serious, right?" Betty asked, and Nolan answered, "I hope."

Ashley clutched the railing tightly for a second before releasing it. She took another shallow breath before resuming her steps. As soon as they saw her, Betty and Nolan rose to their feet.

She forced a smile as she stood near the table. "Sorry for taking a little too long."

"Madam, it’s alright," Nolan reassured, and Betty nodded. "We already planned to stay a little longer, anyway."

"Is that so?" Ashley cleared her throat as she motioned for them to sit down before she did the same. "Anyway, I told you to stay because... there were certain things I had to tell both of you."

Ashley adjusted herself in the chair as she watched them sit down.

"In the coming days, there will be a lot of things happening in Dominion," she began almost methodically. "I don’t think it will happen, but just in case, people might try to drag Primo into this whole mess."

She looked at Betty and Nolan. "I don’t plan on dragging my son into this, but just in case, I want both of you to keep an eye on him. Keep him safe."

A moment of silence fell over them as both Nolan and Betty stared at her. Her tone was calm, but the words she was saying... were leading to something that made their hearts race just a little faster.

Nolan knew how Dominion’s power moved, and if she was saying that the people of Dominion — specifically those in the higher ranks — were going to openly involve Primo, it only meant one thing.

Betty might not have been in Dominion for long, but she also understood what Ashley was implying.

"Madam," Nolan breathed out as he leaned closer to the table. "The master... is fine, right?"

Betty bit her tongue, not wanting to ask the same question Ashley had already answered for Primo earlier. But since Nolan had already asked, she quietly prayed in her heart that everything would be alright.

Ashley’s lips parted, her eyes darting between them. Then, she closed them again.

"What I’m saying is, I might not have a lot of time for anything else. So, Betty, can I trust you with all the business operations?" She continued, avoiding their concern.

Betty huffed and nodded. "Yes, Madam. If there’s anything, I will contact your business partners. So don’t think about any of that. Is there anything else I can do?"

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