Chapter 2 Two
Matthew stared at her.
One second. Then another.
The silence stretched.
It dragged on until it felt like minutes.
Finally… He slammed his hand on the table.
“Fine. I accept.”
“You can’t be serious,” Anna shot back immediately.
But Matthew didn’t even look at her.
“However,” he added, voice firm, “whatever happens, the company won’t be held responsible.”
A grin spread across Mira’s face before she could stop it.
“Sure, sir. Thank you very much. I promise you won’t regret this.”
Matthew gave a small nod.
“Anna will brief you on what you need to know.”
Anna’s head snapped toward him, eyes sharp with disbelief and anger.
Mira couldn’t understand why she was so pissed. She was literally doing them a favour.
“Get out,” Anna said suddenly, turning back to Mira. “I need to talk to Matthew alone.”
Mira didn’t move she stood there her hand folded.
“Don’t make me repeat myself,” Anna added, her voice colder now, lazer shooting from her eyes.
Mira held her gaze for a second longer, then looked at Matthew. He gave a small wave, signaling her to go.
Only then did she step out.
The door closed behind her.
But Mira didn’t leave.
She stayed close, just outside, leaning slightly near the wall.
Inside, Anna’s voice rose almost immediately… angry, frustrated, cutting through the door in muffled bursts. Words like wrong choice, dangerous idea, and Corvin slipped through in fragments.
Mira exhaled quietly, arms crossing as she waited.
She still didn’t understand why everyone was acting like this was a death sentence.
Like how bad can the guy be.
After what felt like five minutes, the door finally opened.
Anna stepped out first. Her expression was tight, but her eyes were cold enough to freeze anything in her path . She was mad as hell.
She didn’t even look at Mira at first.
Then, she spoke sharply
“Follow me to my office.”
Mira pushed herself off the wall without a word and fell into step behind her.
The hallway felt longer than usual. Every click of Anna’s heels echoed like a warning. Mira noticed the way people lowered their voices as they passed, how quickly they looked away when Anna walked by.
But Mira didnt let herself be intimated by the fear of others. She wasn’t scared of Anna.
Anna didn’t say a single word until they reached her office. She pushed the door open and stepped inside, not bothering to check if Mira followed.
The door shut behind them.
Anna turned around slowly.
For a second, she just looked at Mira… like she was trying to figure out what kind of problem had just been placed in her lap.
Then she spoke, voice low and sharp.
“You don’t understand what you just walked into.”
Mira didn’t say a word. She just stood by the door.
Anna exhaled through her nose, clearly frustrated.
“This isn’t a normal easy peasy undercover. This isn’t even a normal man.”
She walked past Mira, dropping her files onto the desk.
“Salvatore Corvin… doesn’t just scare people because he’s rich or powerful. He scares people because everything around him dies.”
Mira’s brows tightened slightly, but she still stayed quiet.
Anna turned back to her.
“Six wives,” she said bluntly. “All of them dead.”
That finally made Mira’s expression shift, just slightly.
Anna continued.
“The first one died within months of marriage. People called it coincidence. Then the second. Then the third.”
She paused, jaw tightening.
“Now it’s six.”
Her voice dropped further.
“Six wives, Mira. And now two of them his dead in just six month.”
Silence filled the room.
Anna watched her closely, as if expecting fear to hit.
“It doesn’t matter how they died… accidents, illness, ‘unexplained circumstances’… the pattern is the same. Every woman who gets close to him ends up dead.”
She took a step closer.
“And you want to go undercover into that?” Anna laughs mockingly “ You think you can handle that?”
Mira finally spoke, quiet but steady.
“So no one knows what really happened?”
Anna let out a dry laugh again.
“Of course not. He controls everything. Reports, investigations, media… he buries whatever he wants buried.”
Her eyes narrowed.
“And people who dig too deep don’t stay in this job very long.”
Mira swallowed hard
Then Anna added, colder now..
“You’re not going to be safe around him. Not even for a second.”
Mira eyes stayed on Anna, her expression unreadable. She wasn’t about to let Anna get to her with all the fear talk.
As long as his not a ghost or wizard she could catch this man.
Then she asked softly..
“Then why hasn’t anyone stopped him?”
Anna stared at her like that was the most naive question she had ever heard.
“Because Salvatore Corvin doesn’t get stopped,” she said. “He gets survived. You beg for mercy he spares or life if you don’t… you die”
“So his an asshole.. that needs to be caught asap.”
Anna exhaled sharply, clearly losing patience now.
“You still don’t get it,” she said, voice rising. “This isn’t a story you chase for promotion. This is your life you’re playing with.”
She stepped closer, pointing slightly at Mira.
“Six women are dead. Six. And you think you’ll be the lucky one who walks in, gets information, and walks out untouched?”
Her laugh was short, bitter.
“No. That’s not how this story ends.”
Mira stayed quiet, watching her.
Anna’s eyes narrowed.
“You should go back to Matthew right now and tell him you can’t do it,” she continued. “Tell him you changed your mind. Tell him you want to stay alive instead of becoming another headline no one even bothers to finish reading.”
Her voice dropped, more serious now.
“Because if you go anywhere near Salvatore Corvin… you don’t come back the same. Or you don’t come back at all.”
Silence settled between them.
Anna crossed her arms.
“I’m giving you a chance to walk away. Take it.”
For a moment, Mira didn’t move.
Then she looked at her.
And smiled.
That small smile made Anna pause slightly.
Mira tilted her head a little.
“If I backed out every time someone said something was dangerous,” she said quietly, “I wouldn’t be here in the first place.”
Her smile widened just a bit.
“And I didn’t come this far to start quitting now. Especially not for a mad man”