Chapter 28I don't like wearing suits.Matter of fact, I hate wearing them.Let me rephrase that. . .I fucking hate wearing suits.It's a messed up excuse to wear heavy clothes and feel and act rich. I don't need to dress up in a suit to know I'm rich. I'm rich and nothing, not even wearing fifty suits a day can make me feel richer than I already am. I'll rather wear a pair of jeans and a tee and go around as unobtrusively as I can. It makes me blend in with the common man.I like common. It's good to look common so when I strike, no one will see it coming.They always never do.I glance at the black pinstriped suit I have on and the cane in my hand. I don't mind the cane, but that's just another excuse to look rich. On second thoughts, I don't look so bad, they make the tats on my hands and neck stand out.Well, the suit is already on and I won't be taking it off till after the meeting. . .The one I'm having wi
Chapter 29I decide to take an Uber and get to Katva at seven instead of eith in the morning, as requested by Oscar.Katva is enormous.Elation soars through me as I take in the skyscraper buildings and sprawling grounds.I had done my homework on this place. I know it's owned by four brothers and is evenly distributed amongst them, each manning a particular section. The oldest brother man's the resorts and hotels while the other three man the shopping malls, strip clubs and night clubs.On a hunch, I tell the driver to drop me off directly in front of the night club. As I come down, three girls file out through the door wearing skimpy clothes and full faces of make up. I don't need a crystal ball to know they just finished their night shift. There's a reason Oscar told me to meet him here, neither am I naive to know I would be taken for one of those same jobs these girls just got off.Even though I'm not a n
Chapter 30It's been almost one week since I heard from Ash, and even though I've been busy with back to back lectures, it still stings.Not one word.Not one text.Just nothing.It's like he ghosted me.No! It's not like. He totally ghosted me.I blink back the tears threatening to pool in my eyes as I settle down for the night. It's a Friday, and while some of my mates are out partying and getting drunk, I'm here feeling sorry for myself. I focus on some of the words from my notes I had been reading and it works. I begin drifting off when I feel my phone vibrating. I pat the bed, only to find out that I'm lying on it. I don't bother checking to see who the caller is, I just answer it.There's a long pause, and just when I'm about wondering if its a prank call, someone speaks. "Hello, hazel eyes."The vestiges of sleep clouding my brain immediately fly away as I sit up straight. "Hi." I squeak."You looked sex
Chapter 31I stand stock still as I watch all the girls undress. Every one of them, with no exception, have banging bodies. I'm pretty sure they've gotten some work done to accentuate them. I look down at myself once more and swear silently.Oscar is definitely not going to hear the last of me, that's for damn sure.Everyone of the girls get undressed and stand, wearing two pieces or a single piece consisting of braws and panties. Some are shiny while others are satin. Some consist of both types of material. The man in the suit calls some names and five girls move forward and cling to the poles as if they're life lines.They probably are.I of all people know how difficult it is to earn a living and look after oneself with meager earnings. If it hadn't been for Mr. Ash, who found me just in time and saved me from those men, I don't know what would have become of me. I suppress a shiver thinking about it. It's
Chapter 32The warmth coming from Hazel eyes' body is giving me several ideas. All of them include thrusting my cock inside her pussy. I laugh when she tightens her hold on me and scoots even closer when I deliberately enter a bump. Her scent envelopes my nostrils- that strawberry and coconut smell that messes with my brain. I never knew she had it in her to confront me about taking another woman to my place.Initially, it had amused me, but when Linda had begun acting all possessive, I had gotten pissed off and told her to get lost. Either way, I'd have told her to leave. Even though Alicia isn't a virgin, her pussy walls are tight as fuck, and the noises she makes, like a kitten, whenever I'm thrusting inside her makes me loose myself every time.I've got a surprise in store for her, I just hope she'll be into it. After asking her which she would prefer amongst the movies, fishing and the beach, she cho
Chapter 33 Isn't a love declaration between a couple supposed to make them almost inseparable? Unfortunately, that isn't happening in my case. Ever since Ash declared his love for me, he's been doing the opposite. Two weeks. I haven't seen nor heard a word from him in two whole weeks and I'm getting antsy. It's fucking killing me just thinking he could be with other women, laughing, or even doing something more physical with them. I stop walking and stand in front of the student board, peering, but not really seeing anything on it. They say men say all sorts of lovey dovey stuff when their dick's inside a woman, but regret it the minute they're done spewing their sperm. Is that what Ash is doing with me? Is he sitting amongst his mafia friends this minute having a good laugh about the naive girl he just found and - "The words won't change just by staring at them, you know." The words are already out of my mouth as I whip round, a welcoming smile on my face. "Ash!" "No, I'm s
Chapter 34 As Lobos tapes the girl's mouth shut with scotch tape, her eyes become big and round. The expression on her face would have been comical if I didn't know what she was going through. I slide my eyes down to the creased pink dress she's got on, and then to her hands. They're tied tightly behind her back to the chair she's currently seated on. The same goes for her legs which are also tied. Her feet are bare, her flip flops discarded somewhere in the warehouse. I can already see the red welts forming from the too-tight ropes on her skin. I slide my eyes back up to her face. The kid's scared shitless. Good. We need to make her think she's really in danger, even though hurting children is definitely not my forte. That, and the fact that she's already suffered enough in the hands of Guilang - her step father. If she believes this is real, she'll definitely act it out naturally. I glance at the camera which is perched on a tripod stand in front of her and set on a two minute
Chapter 35 Time check -10pm. Ash isn't home yet. I toss and turn on the bed trying to catch some sleep. My body is fagged out but my mind is strangely alert. I relive the details of the day, hoping it will enable me better understand what happened at the induction ceremony and why Stalker guy lied to me. No matter how hard I try, I'm not able to wrap my head around why. Time check - 11pm. Ash is still not back and I'm not even close to feeling sleepy. I pace the length and breadth of his room almost twenty times, hoping the exercise would tire me out. Unfortunately, it only makes me feel caged, so I open the door and peep outside. I hear sounds coming from somewhere in the house so I close the door and lean against it. I don't want to look like I'm spying on anyone. What he devil could Ash be getting up to at such an ungodly time? Probably with a woman, lying to her that he loves her, exactly like he did to me. Anger spikes through me and I shake it off. I can't stay caged in h
Chapter 108"Fuuuuck! Must you place this shit around my neck so tightly?" I ask Night eyes with a frown.Night Eyes rolls his eyes but doesn't say anything except to tighten the tie around my neck like a damn noose. He says I've been acting like a prissy bitch since I woke up this morning and realized it's the D-day. My six trusted men, now my groomsmen, are sitting around dressed up in white tuxedos drinking champagne while I'm sweating buckets inside this suit that's more like a straight jacket than any other thing."Will you get your feet off my precious table, Moro?" I say, tugging on my collar as I eye him from the corner of my eyes.He just smirks and continues sipping on his drink like I didn't just give him an order."Ouch, fuck! What the-? Will you take it easy? My neck's not a damn concrete, Night eyes.""Quit bitching, Ash, anyone hearing you would think you're not dying to get married to Alicia,
Chapter 107 The ride is fraught with tense silence and not even Ash's hand in mind does anything to alleviate the tightness in my chest and the dryness in my mouth. I'm freaking the fuck out. He keeps rubbing circles on my open palm with his thumb trying to soothe me but it's pointless. Getting to the meeting place doesn't take long because there's not much traffic. I look up at the large white building as Ash drives into the driveway and my eyes immediately home onto the bold signboard displayed on the front of the building in red capital letters that reads - THE CAMORRA. "You've gotta be kidding me!" Ash chuckles. "I told you they rule everything in Italy so don't be surprised about that." "I understand that, but they kill, and steal, and-" "Ah, ah, ah! Don't say that to anyone here, Hazel eyes, they rule everything, yes. . ." He nods. "Even the police, so hanging up a big old signboard isn't going to make it less real." My heart sinks, because what he just said is even worse
Chapter 106 When I wake, it's still dark outside and there's no one on the bed beside me. I sit up as panic begins to claw its way inside my chest but when I hear the shower going, I know what happened last night was real and Tanya is alive. Even though I haven't gotten much sleep, I feel energized. I feel happy.We're going to have to face them tomorrow.My heart plummets when I remember Ash's words from the night before. He sat me down and told me there would be reprisals and that I needed to get prepared for whatever the five dons that run the Canmora will do. He was a bit evasive about what the reprisals were but I don't need to be a rocket scientist to know it has to do with shedding blood.I'm petrified as his words wash through me but as soon as the door to the bathroom opens, I shake it off and paste on a smile as Tanya comes back inside the room. Her blonde hair is wet and longer than I've ever see
Chapter 106The ghost of Tanya doesn't float toward me as I initially thought, she walks toward me instead, smiling mischievously exactly the same way Tanya used to when she was alive. I blink repeatedly but she's still there, still smiling, and still looking at me."T.... Tanya?" I say once again, noting the tremor in my voice.Tanya's ghost smiles wider. "Hi, sis."Instead of fainting, as most women would, I let out a piercing scream loud enough to wake the dead. A hand snakes around my waist and it takes a few seconds for me to realize Ash is speaking to me.". . . relax, it's alright, please."I focus on his face as his words finally break through my consciousness. "Is. . ." I lick my dry lips. "Is her ghost still there?""I'm right here, sis." Tanya's ghost says from right behind me.This time, I'm not able to take it as the cold hands of oblivion wrap around me and enfold me in their arms.*". . . going
Chapte 105 Ever since I was kidnapped, I had slept fitfully, always keeping an eye open for when Rita and her minions would come to torment me. Not that it would stop her - no, but at least I would be somewhat ready. Now that I'm free, I feel a sense of peace steal through me as the hum of the car engine wraps around me. Soon, I few my eyes close as the movement of the car lulls me into a deep sleep. I don't know what wakes me up but the car has stopped and Ash is coming down. I blink repeatedly to remove the vestiges of sleep still clinging to my eyes and cloudy head before I come down from the car and look around. What I see in front of me gives me pause for thought. It's a plane. Ash is standing in front of it shaking a man's hand as he nods to something he's saying. He turns to me and beckons for me to come over. My legs feel a little wobbly from being cramped up in the same position for goodness knows how long but I manage to walk over without falling. Ash introduces me to the
Chapter 104Ash carries me up the stairs and doesn't let go, even when I tell him I'm okay and can walk, still he doesn't allow my feet to touch the ground. I try to tell him that carrying me - bridal style - will only slow us down but he's not having it.He's fast on his feet, I must admit but that niggling fear is sitting pretty on my chest once again and not allowing me to breathe well. As soon as we get up the stairs and into a hallway, he slows down and looks left and right. His eyes have gone keen and sharp and I don't need to be told we're both in danger. If they see him carrying me out of here, we're both dead.At least I will be.The scorned woman will forgive Ash. . . maybe.I watch his face as he watches the surrounding before moving stealthily. I feel his muscles flex and bunch as he carries me. His strides eat up the floor as he moves toward a door at the far end. I slide my eyes from his face an
Chapter 103I don't know how long I've been kept in this basement. I can't really say for certain, but what I do know is that I've been tortured with icy water that was dunked on me. I've been slapped around and beaten within an inch of my life. I've almost been raped but the scorned woman said she didn't want any of her men to touch me so I could be tight enough for all the men I would get to sleep with at the brothel I will be taken to eventually.The funny thing is, with every taunting word, every action, and every little thing I go through, I grow more hardened, more determined to live. If this is how people are reborn into criminals, then I'm going to be a living example and I'm not backing down. The scorned woman comes to see me every day expecting me to grovel and beg for freedom as well as for my life, but when she sees the blazing fire in my eyes and the determination, it only drives her around the
Chapter 102"She did WHAT?" My voice screeches on the last word and it's all I can do not to throw a hissy fit.Fuuuuuck!"I warned her! I told her about the danger of leaving this house. Does she even know what will happen to her if Dominatrix gets her hands on her?"Clarissa is practically wilting at my outburst. I know I shouldn't take it out on her but it was her responsibility to try to keep Hazel eyes here at home, where she belongs."Tell me once again what happened and don't even leave anything out." I sit on the bed and listen as Clarissa stammers her way through."We. . . I m. . . m. . . mean she-"Someone bursts into the room without knocking and I don't need a crystal ball to let me know it's Night Eyes. He must have been informed by Hilda about my roaring 'cause that's all I've been doing ever since I came home an hour ago. It's fucking two in the morning and Hazel eyes isn't at home. I had to he
Chapter 101It takes me a few seconds to realize I'm swaying - not like a pendulum - but it's a movement not caused by me.It takes me another few seconds to realize I'm unable to move my limbs- what the fuck?It takes me yet another minute to notice everywhere is dark and that I'm blindfolded. That's when the stark realization hits me in the chest -Not again. . .I've been kidnapped.I begin to thrash against the bindings holding my hands hostage at my back and those at my legs. My only joy is that my mouth is not bound, so I open it and scream, but even that is fleeting when I feel the solid nudge of something against my temple.It's a gun. It has to be a gun."One more word out of your pretty mouth and I'll pump lead into your head. Nod if you understand me."I nod immediately and a small sense of relief flits through me when the weight of the gun against my head is removed. I close my eyes, even though I'v