Chapter 4

She wondered what he meant while she lazily walked the large hallway down to her room. She thought perhaps he meant to speak to another person. But why ask for a change of clothes? Where are they going?

It was then it dawned on her that she actually had nothing to wear out. As soon as she walked into the room, she noticed that there were boxes stacked up on the bed.

As she stepped closer to inspect, she finally saw what was inside them. It was clothes, not just any clothes, the most expensive kind, different designer brands, the top of the fashion chain.

“Is this all for me?" She exclaimed. Her internal excitement became visible on her face, she lit up with a smile but was dragged back down to earth when she reasoned the face behind the gifts. All Ben did was unsettle her, with every breath, with every action of his.

She was from a well-to-do family but was sure she had never seen this much designer wear packed together in one spot.

After a while, she had dressed up and was ready,

Knock!

She heard someone at her door.

“Miss Aliyah, the master has called for you"

“Okay, I'll be right there"

She walked out of the front door, and to her surprise, an entourage of 3 Lamborghini Urus each costing about $500,000 were all parked in front waiting. It was one surprise after another since she came here but her thought about that would have to wait.

“Thank you, for the dress," she said as she walked toward Ben who was waiting for the car door to be opened to get in.

“I did not do it for you, The least I could do is make my doll presentable enough, I have a status to uphold and a reputation to guard you see"

A bulky-looking man walked toward them.

“Boss, are we headed for the Hotel?" he asked as he opened the car door for Ben to go in.

“Yes....make sure to tell Levi to keep things running, Till I get back, can't have anything ruining my holidays" Ben replied.

“Alright boss".

Aliyah walked toward the front door in an obviously stupid attempt to sit as far away from Ben as possible in the enclosed space of a car.

She opened the door. And was about to enter when she heard his voice in protest.

“That won't do," He said. “Come sit down right here, next to me"

Ben patted the leather seat of his car leaving no room for Aliyah to argue.

She reluctantly gave in and walked towards the backside of the car sitting a few inches away from him to get some breathing space. After a short while, they departed.

“Boss, I Have something to tell you,"

“Go ahead, I'm listening"

“Fabio's men have been acting a little too bold lately, seems like they've come across a few backers"

“Oh, is that so? perhaps we should pay them a visit soon, with a gift, to remind them of their helpless situation"

“Haha, Alright boss, we'll do just that Sir. " The man in the front seat laughed.

Aliyah listened to the conversation and tried to figure out what was happening but of course, had no idea what they were saying. “What part of giving gifts to someone was funny" she wondered. She did not think too much of it as they went on.

They soon reached their destination. A seemingly 5-star hotel that stood so high in the middle of the city. The word ‘SILVERLINE’ was boldly emblazoned right above the entrance.

It was the most luxurious hotel in the area and it belonged to Ben Carlo, one of his many establishments.

Immediately they walked in they were greeted by the gracefully lit environment, Aliyah could hardly believe her eyes.

All the staff within the vicinity were present, they bowed their heads to Ben as he walked past.

“You must be some sort of big shot, people bow their heads to you everywhere, that's not something you see every day"

“A bigshot? I'm something more than that." He glossed over her question without so much as a smile.

They were about to enter the elevator when a noise could be heard right at the receptionist's deck. A man was visibly upset and irritably yelling at the top of his voice.

“Sir please calm down"

“Don't tell me to calm down, I want the best room, Do you know who I am?"

“Who's in charge here? Where's your fucking manager huh? where's the..."

“what's the cause of all this ruckus here" Their attention turned to the man who was standing right beside them.

“Sir! Welcome Sir, This ma..." The receptionist greeted but was interjected before she could explain the situation

“I want to see the owner of this hotel right now" the man continued without minding Ben.

“You're in luck, I happen to own this establishment, how may I be of help to you?"

“Oh, I demand the penthouse suite right at this moment, I want you to make that happen right now,anyhow you can right away"

He said pointing a finger at Ben who was in surprise at the man's audacity. Ben's head security stepped forward to confront the unsuspecting man but he was halted in his tracks by Ben's raise of the hand.

Clearly, the man didn't know who he just confronted.

“Why are you staring at me? Get to work!" the man yelled.

“Alright, perhaps I might have the solution to your problem"

“Humph! you better do"

Ben seemed to stand for a while while Aliyah and the others wondered what he was planning to do.

He walked gracefully toward the man.

Slap!

His manly hand swept across the unsuspecting man's face sending him to the ground, Aliyah's eyes bulged in shock.

“Arrgh! Are you insane? , what the hell is wrong with you, it seems you have a death wish, huh?"

“A death wish? me? Hahaha" he scoffed. he scanned the area and walked toward a broomstick that was put against the wall.

His men stood behind him and watched from a distance.‘Is he about to do what I think he is?' Aliyah thought.

Ben walked toward the man with the stick which was still in his hand.

“The only person with a death wish, The only person closest to death right now is you," Ben exclaimed as he raised the wooden stick.

“Hey, what are you doing what do you think you are doing, stop! stop!" The man who was still recovering from the slap he was given was in fear as he slowly pushed away from Ben who was edging closer.

Wham!

In a split second, the wooden stick made contact with the man's body,

“aaaargh," he screamed in pain again this time more intense. but Ben did not seem to care.

I hit him again and again and again. Causing As much hurt as he could. Aliyah couldn't bear to watch this violent act so she looked away.

“Please I'm sorry, okay please let me go, the man who was now at the point of tears pleaded.

“Not so fast, This hand of yours, you shouldn't just go around pointing that at anybody you see and I'll Make sure of that"

“Please! Please! Let me go”

Ben clobbered the man's left arm with as much force as he could again and again making him shout in pain.

The man was on the floor barely responsive after taking that much cruel beating before Ben stopped, making sure he wouldn't be using that arm anytime soon. Ben was panting profusely from the exercise.

‘How could someone do such a thing in broad daylight, in front of so many people?' was the question running through Aliyah's mind as she looked in horror, but she didn't dare say a word because she was not entirely certain that she wouldn't be the next. Bruised and battered like the unlucky man.

for Aliyah this did nothing but reinforce the idea that he had a few screws loose in his head.

“He looks better this way... hahaha. Drogo, take this thing out of here" Ben ordered.

“Yes boss"

Drogo called on two of his men to carry the unconscious man out of the building and dispose of him somewhere out of sight.

“let's go," Ben said.

And they continued like nothing just happened.

They soon exited the elevator leading to the highest floor. The penthouse suite.

“Did you really have to go that far?."Aliyah finally summoned the courage to say something.