“Get the bedsheets in your room. We're going down”.Roman's brows lift out, “Are you out of your mind?”I smirk “Maybe, but we don't have a choice”Marcus runs towards the bedroom, not before muttering “I can't believe we're about to do this shit.”When he's gone, Roman looks at me for a second before saying, “What did you mean by they're here? Who are they?”“Not here. Not now” I say just as Marcus return with the sheets, they're bundled in his arms.“Tie the ends together, we're going to make a rope. We can't make it long to reach the ground, but we can have the opportunity to use the windows on one of the below floors to get out”,“You've done this before?” Marcus asks with uncertainty. “You'd be surprised by the things I've done,” I say as we tie the sheets together, making sure the knots are tight.“They're almost here,” Marcus says as he watches the camera, I'm certain.We don't have time, we have to work with this, I don't even think it can reach three floors below us, but that
An hour has passed, and I'm feeling refreshed and better.Although the clothes here are a tad bit too tight.I don't come here often, but I made sure to bring clothes and food if I come here, knowing they'll be helpful I'm wearing what was supposed to be oversized shorts, but they're somehow glued to my ass with a Black oversize shirt.I wrapped my hair into a ponytail before mustering the courage to face Roman.I'm about to get some answers, and it's only right if I am blatantly honest about something if we are to move forward.I push the door open and walk outside to see Roman talking while Marcus is checking for food in the freezer.“I don't think the food in there is still good” They turned at the sound of my voice and I watch Roman's eyes rake over my body, darkening with hunger before he looks away smoothly.It is only that I notice what he's wearing.I remember I brought sweatpants and Cargo trousers here for Caleb since he's my partner in crime, and apparently they fit Roman t
RomanI slam the door and lay against it, Marcus is sitting on the couch in the room facing the wall.The room is pretty decent, big, a good size bedroom with several tables with items that look extremely dangerous when it's in the wrong hands.Marcus turns at the sound of my voice, “You really want to do this? That girl out there cannot be trusted, you know it and I don't even need to convince you of that”I sigh as I push myself from the bed” You're right, but you have to understand she's the only one who can talk to Lucien, perhaps we can make this be on our side”He scoffs” Make this be on your side? Is that what made you tell her your truth? Something you've never liked to talk about?”I keep my mouth shut because he's right. Honestly, I didn't understand why I felt the need to explain to her. Probably because I want to wipe that hatred from her heart, and to do what?I don't know, and I don't have the answer to that.“You can't even answer, your feelings for this girl are cloudin
AshantiMy mind goes blank as his lips connect with mine, I can't think about anything else but his soft and thick plum lips. His tongue lips across my lips and I open up willingly, accepting and tasting him. Fuck, he tastes exquisite.His big hands drag across my back and land on my butt, he grabs the flesh and squeezes them into his palms and I moan into his mouth. I can feel the throbbing between my legs, and I grab his shirt and pull him closer.I suck on his tongue and he groaned and withdraws, looking into my eyes. “You're killing me” He whispers, his warm breath fanning my face.I look up into those beautiful eyes, I shouldn't want this man as badly as I do. I shouldn't feel like I'm going to burn up if he doesn't put his hands back on me.The fact that he hasn't stepped back from me tells me he wants this, he wants me. Even if that didn't point that out, the hard thing poking my stomach says so.He licks across his lips and pushes a strand of hair behind my ear.Fuck This.T
My eyes flick over, and I shut it close cause of the bright light coming in. What time is it? I try to place a hand on my nightstand, but there's none.My eyes widened as I remembered where I was and what I did last night. My head snapped to the side, but the bed was empty, I touched the spot he was last night and it was cold, which means he left hours ago. Good, I am not ready to face that awkwardness yet.What the fuck? Did I fuck Roman last night? The man that I've been known to hate all my life?On the plus side? The man can fuckkk! I've never been laid the way he did me last night, the throbbing and soreness of what happened. Even Mason didn't let me feel this way, and that's saying something. Scratch that, that's saying a whole fucking lot.I push the covers, and it's not even a surprise that I'm naked, I don't remember wearing anything last night after that sex.I plant my legs on the ground, and it trembles at the impact, and my eyes widened. Just how rough did he go last ni
Ashanti“Ah, there you are.” my eyes look up to meet Lucien's, he's standing there casually wearing black pants and a black dress shirt like he didn't just have his men block my way.My eyes roamed the room, there are gray couches in the room, a black table, a minibar, and a black office chair.“What is the meaning of this, Lucien? You couldn't call me?” I hiss as I pull my Hands from the man holding me and throw him a glare.He smirks, " did call and texted, but you didn't answer”“That's because I was busy” I huff out, straightening my shirt.“Ah yes, busy helping Roman Escape, isn't it? A little birdie told me you were at his house minutes before my men attacked, and he was gone. Poof”.I straighten my posture "We had a deal, I will be the one killing Roman, not you”He smirks and turned towards the mini bar and pulled out a red wine. “Wanna drink?”“No”“It's a shame, this wine is one of the best,” he says as he pours the wine into his glass. “Tell me, Ashanti, why did you save him
Ashanti“So, what's the update?” I say as I follow him through the hallway, pushing every thought about Roman away.I remind myself we're different and there's no need to overreact right now. Yes, we fucked, but that's about it, I'm grown, he's grown, and we did what we wanted. Case closed. Right?“Roman was right, they weren't talking because we didn't have anything over them.” I followed him and listened as he speaks carefully. “So I did research, and we found Levi's family”I nod, “Okay, does he know?”He shakes his head, “Not really, Marcus or whatever that big guy's name is was here, and he went to take the family away for us to use”My heart breaks because I stand strongly against this, but if it's the only thing we have to resort to, then fine.“Marcus was here? For how long?”“Not long, he just came, talked to Roman, and left”“Okay, where are we going? This isn't the room they were in when I was last here”.“That's because Roman suggested we separate them, that way they won't
Ashanti“So, what are we going to do now?” Marcus asks.We are sitting in the living room at Caleb's warehouse. Roman is sitting opposite me, with Marcus at his side and Caleb is sitting behind the desk that has a computer, and I'm standing leaning on the wall.“Find Rafael.” Caleb says simply, “The location Levi gave is like two blocks away from here, you can go there and take him to the same place but in a separate room”.I nod, “I want to be the one to question Rafael”“No. You might kill him”. “If I wanted to kill him, Caleb, I would've started with Ric, I would like to be the one to question him because I have unfinished business”“I know. A business you'll finish, but right now, let me and Marcus do the questioning. You can Roman can brainstorm how to figure how the fucker”!I glance at Roman, who has been extremely quiet and staring into space. Feeling my stare, he looks up and meets my eye before looking away.“Okay. Where will we be staying?”“At the same house Roman, Lucien
Dear Readers,Thank you so much for being on this journey that took me almost a year to complete. When I decided to write this book, I didn't actually think I had to deal with the dramas I went through, and part of that is partially my fault since I didn't Balance my schedule.However, hope you enjoyed this book, and thank you for following me through to the end. I have different books coming but will make sure my schedule is balanced before they can be published. I need to be more committed to them than I was to this one, but if you enjoyed it. Don't worry to vote, send Gems and reviews my way.This is also my source of income, so please be nice, I'll edit the grammatical errors and have this book to the T soon. Pray for me and fingers crossed ❤️🫶🏿Have a blissful and wonderful day, until then.Sincerely yours:Angel❤️🫶🏿
AshantiIt's been a year since everything, and I've been traveling around. Trying to know more about myself, and I'm pleased to say that I like different colors other than Black.Yellow for example. It's just so beautiful, and I like how it glows in the summer sun. Mane, I am like a teenager in a candy store when I learn something new about myself.I like to read. I like novels and books, and I even took an online class to have a diploma. I didn't know that could happen, but I found this school that was offering, and I went for it.I'm a diploma holder! Hurray.Although I've been having fun learning and developing, I've missed the people I love.Yes, Love.I've finally understood those words, and although I can't say, I don't think about my past like before, but I am proud to say that I'm no longer bitter and carried hate in my heart.Everything happens for a reason, and it's okay to not be okay.I'm currently sitting on the beach, watching the waves and just looking at the people lau
“Okay. We're waiting for you” I smiled and goes to turn around when I heard a gun sound, I felt the impact before a body falls over me and the smell of blood filled the air.I screamed as I realized the body belongs to Mason, I pushed him to the ground and hover over him.“What's going on?! What the hell happened?!” Caleb screams at the end of the line “What's happening Ashanti?!”“Breathe Mason!” I watch as he struggles to breathe, his eyes are on me, “Fucking fight Mason, you're okay to be okay!”He smiles, although it's a grimace, “I never thought the day would come that I'll see you crying for me” He chokes out, and that made my tears fall harder.“Stop talking please!” I sob, “You're okay to be okay! You're going to be okay! You will be okay” I repeated more to myself than to him “You're going to be okay!”Blood is gushing out of his shirt, I just know he was hit in the chest. I apply pressure on the wound, “Help!” I scream, Angel and Roman run over us, "Help us! Caleb sends help!
AshantiHe runs at me with full force and I feel the impact of his blow in my belly. I tried to block another, but he was relentless, and I can barely keep up with him.“You think you have what it takes to beat me?” He snarls just as he dodges one of my blows “I thought you everything you know today” He punches me and I feel my face whip to the side “And you think you can defeat me?”I feel my eyes reddened with rage, I've never fought him angry before, and from the crazed look in his eyes, he has never fought angry before. I push him and watch as he takes a few steps away from me. I widened my stance and tried to calm my heart, if I'm going to beat him, I will be the calmest I can be.“You may have taught me how to fight, but you didn't teach me to kill.” I snarl, “And I will let you know how it felt when I took my first kill”He snarls, “Come and get me then. You're a weakling and you're pathetic. I should've killed you long ago”I know what he's doing, antagonizing me to anger, push
AshantiI run outside just as the gunshots get louder, it's complete chaos out here.I spot Marcus walking with his guns blazing and taking men down left and right. I can't help but grin. He's a beast.I would like to join in, but I've got a man to target and if anyone steps in my way, they won't live to tell the story.“Duck” Yelled Roman, I just managed to bend before the bullet breeze over my head, I whipped my head up to see a bulky man, I ducked back and looked around for an exit route.I don't want Lucas leaving this building, Roman pulls the trigger and there's a thud on the other side, I nod at him and stand to run while running left and right, helping whoever I can.On my left, I see Angel fighting a man twice her size with bare hands, why men underestimate this woman, I'll never know. I whip out my knife and shoot at the back of the man's knee, he hollers just as Angel somersaults and lands on his neck. She wrap her legs tight around him and winked at me just as she breaks hi
AshantiMy eyes widened in horror as his eyes were fixed on me with humor.I shake my head because I must be losing my fucking mind. There's no way I'm seeing Lucas standing before me.“You?” I whisper, my eyes widening even more, if that's even possible. “You're behind all this? Lucas?”He smirks “The one and only” My heart drops to the bottom of my boots “Tell me Bella, how does it feel knowing you kept running to me, explaining while I was behind it all along?”My vision becomes blurred, and it takes me a while to know that I'm crying. This is the man I thought was my father, the one who stood up for me and supported me, and it turns out “Ah, poor baby. Are you crying?” He taunts, “You can do better than that. I didn't teach you to be a weakling"“So everything, was for sure? Just to know what I was doing and when I explain my story to you, you pretend and when I'm gone, you throw a kick-ass party?”He smirks, “Err I wouldn't say a party but something along that time”Now everything
AshantiMason looks at me and smiles, “You don't mean that, okay? When all this is over, I'll show you how much I love you”“You don't he's going to let me walk out of here alive? Or You? You just signed our death certificate, well, yours because even if he doesn't kill you, I'll make sure to do it myself”He scoffs, “He's not going to harm you, and we will be together. You'll see”My Chest is burning with anger, I redirect my gaze to meet the old ones of Lucien, he smirks when our eyes lock. I glared at him, and he smiles “You're feisty Ashanti, imagine what I thought when I heard you were working with Roman, we've been great. We've done so much together”I scoff, “We were never going to work, you don't trust me as far as you can throw me, same with me. I don't trust you, I never did, and I was right to do so”He smirks, “What I'm curious to know is how you were able Roman was able to convince you to join him. How was that possible?” He turns his eyes to Roman and grins when he looks
AshantiWe walk into the building, on alert. Out of my parallel vision, I see them checking out the building as I am. Just why did Lucien choose this building?“Are you sure we're in the right place?” Marcus asks, falling into role play.“Yes we are” I answer loudly “Up ahead, they're waiting for us”“I just don't understand why we had to meet out this far. We could've used anywhere close to the city”.“Shut the fuck up because we're here already” I hiss out. The building is old, and small paints are falling from it, the ground looks unkept and there's the sound as our feet hit the pavement. We round the corner and right there, In front of us, are Four men, with Lucien in the middle. Looks like everyone was ready for battle because they're wearing black, similar to what we are wearing. The two men standing behind Lucien are tall, bulky, and lean. They're wearing black slacks and with two different colors of shirts.My eyes zero in on Lucien, he's wearing a blue dress shirt and black
Ashanti“I just received the location from Lucien” The guys looked at me, “Where is it?”“About three hours' drive from here. It's further out of the city” I answer Marcus as he watches me closely.Caleb is currently at the safe house with Lee, while Angel and the rest of them are at the warehouse since yesterday.“He sure has this plan, doesn't he?”“He does, are you guys ready?” A silly question to ask, since we've been ready about eight this morning.We took a bath, had breakfast, and been waiting for his message. Strangely, Roman has been looking at me differently since last night, I don't want to think about what it is, but I'm intrigued.“Can we at least talk before we go?” Roman asks as he walks up to stand before me.I peer over his shoulders to find Marcus looking at us, his eyes meet mine before he looks away.“Sure” I nod as I turn to head to my bedroom, his quiet but sure footsteps follow me.He walks into the room after me, the thudding of the door closing and the lock be