I carefully watched as Jacopo Nicolo stepped further in to my art studio and looked around. His manner was carefree. Unlike the other men I have seen around tonight, he looked less scary. Despite his tall and muscular figure, the expression on his face made him a little bit more approachable.I guess that is why a lot of woman like him from a distance.But then again, the ones' you never expect might be the dangerous ones'."Wow." Jacopo drew out as he looked around the room with amusement."Elizabeth never told me her twin sister is this talented." He commented before he turned his eyes to me.Jacopo looked at the canvas standing tall in front of me and stepped closer.He looked at the woman with narrowed eyes. I watched as Jacopo tapped his right pointing finger against his lower lip."This woman looks oddly familiar." He commented, before he shrugged his shoulders and turned to look at the rest of the paintings.He stared at the ruined canvases first, before he turned his eyes to
I turned around and waited for Elijah to walk up to me. Crossing my arms over my chest, I waited for him to continue.Elijah let out a sigh."Can't we at least go sit down before we have this talk?" He asked as he looked down at me with soft eyes.I could tell that Elijah really wanted to avoid this conversation. But I wanted to get it over with as soon as possible. So I kept my stance firm and continued to stare at him.I watched as he let out another sigh before he nodded his head."Okay... Fine." He mumbled before he ran his fingers through the dark strands of his hair."Do you remember that pendant necklace you gave me?" He asked.I had only given him one pendant necklace, so I had no problem nodding my head."The meeting I went to that night..." He started before he stopped.Elijah looked like he was trying to find the right words to use. I slightly titled my head to the right as continued to stare at him, and patiently waited until he finished looking for the right words."We w
I walked back in to my art studio and stepped towards the window. I looked down at the beautiful garden lit up with pole lights and the smiling moon.I looked towards the circular sitting area.It's been about five minutes since Elijah walked away from me after telling me that he would wait for me in the garden. I looked around and I frowned when I couldn't see him.Did he change his mind? I wondered before I made it to turn around.But before I could fully turn around, I saw a figure moving in the garden, and I quickly returned my eyes to the window.I watched as Elijah slowly walked out of the house and made his way towards the circular sitting area. There was a glass of liquor in his right hand.He sat down at the circular seat facing towards me before he took a sip from his drink. I silently watched as he reached for his blood red tie and loosened it before he pulled it over his head. His fingers made their way to the very first button of his shirt. He released the first two butt
"One of our shipments were stolen by the vipers recently, and the location was known by only a few of us. Which means that there is someone amongst us who is still working with the vipers." Elijah explained further. "We've only fished a single person out so far, and he was our previous distributor." He commented.I dropped my eyes to my notebook."Distributor?" I wrote down before I looked up at Elijah."He distributes the weapons we sell." He commented as he carefully looked at me. "One of our biggest income comes from the weapons we sell. The weapons mostly include big and small guns, combat knifes and other blades, along with grenades.""Who do you sell them to?" I wrote down."Well... We have three divisions. A small percentage goes out to the streets. There are some people in and out of town who don't want a licensed gun, and they will pay a good amount of money to get their hands on a gun. We provide that. About more than half of the weapons are sold to the top payers. Those pe
I stood in the wide Elevator and watched the numbers go higher and higher with each floor I passed.I was a bit nervous. Despite making up with Elijah last night, I was a bit scared that he might send me away again.I shook my head at myself.He won't send me away. Not unless he wants to be wifeless. I clenched the strap of the pink bag in my hands.I looked down at my pale blue sun dress falling down to my knees, small white flowers decorating the fabric.I ran my right hand down the front of my dress before I let out a sigh."Relax, will you. You're making ME nervous." Cane mocked, and I looked at him over my right shoulder with a glare."I didn't ask you to follow me up here. You can leave if I'm making you too nervous." I signed before I turned around."No can't do, Mrs. Smith. I am going to see you off at the floor so someone doesn't try to kidnap you." He commented.My eyes slightly widened at his comment.I slowly glanced at him over my shoulder again, wondering if he was being
I stood in my art studio, finishing the painting I was making of Cilvia. Everything was done, and all the painting needed was the final touch.I stood back a bit and stared at it.My pervious angry strokes have now provided a beautiful background, and at the center of it stood Cilvia, looking just as savage as she always is."Glad to see you like Cilvia enough to paint for her." I heard Elijah's voice coming from behind me, and I quickly turned around.I watched as Elijah walked over to me with a soft smile stretching his lips."Hi." I signed as he stepped closer."Hi." He replied before he reached for me.With in the next second, his lips were pressed against mine. I drank affection from his lips, getting lost in his warm embrace.Elijah pecked my lips several times before he slightly pulled back to look down at me."How was your day, gorgeous?" He asked.A simple question made my stomach burst with countless butterflies.I nodded my head with a smile, letting him know that I had a
I slept cuddled up in Elijah's arms, drowning in the warmth he provided. Being in his arms was something special, it felt like it was straight out of a fantasy book.His warm, scarred and tattoo covered skin engulfed me, and I wanted to be nowhere else but here next to him.I snuggled his chest more, unable to fall asleep after what he told me. The images of young Elijah kept playing in my head. I could almost heart the pain filled crys he must have let out. I could almost see the amount of tears that might have escaped his eyes and washed his cheeks.I could almost feel the deep resentment that had taken a deep root into his young soul and had refused to leave.All the anger and rage in him now made sense. I understood the looks that always swarmed his eyes.I remembered how awful he used to be, and how much he used to scare me with his mere presence. I realized that all of the hate he had harbored was not unfound. And all of the distrust in him was justified.The more I knew abou
A silent scream escaped my lips as I felt the man tangle his fingers through my hair and pulled me towards him.The dark figure quickly turned me around and grabbed my face with his other hand to take a look at me. The grip he had on my face was painful, and the gaze in his eyes was that of a mad man.He carefully looked at me before a huge smirk played at his lips."Found you!" He commented before he lifted his hand from my face and struck me with a hard slap that threw me to the floor of the dining room.I held on to my cheek as tears stung my eyes at the intensity of the slap."I would play with you for a little while but, I have places I need to be and a huge cash prize I need to receive." The man commented.I turned around and watched as he pulled his gun out and twisted a silencer over the muzzle. I quickly crawled backwards, trying to find cover from the man, but he slowly approached.It felt like he knew he had me right where he wanted me.I quickly got to my feet and turned a