Chapter sixty seven(she's in there!)Sapphire's Point Of View:'SMACK!' My hand clashed into hers as she hindered my palm from reaching her face.She pushed my hand down with all the strength she could muster.“How dare you even try to hit me! I'm your helper and I posed as your mother all these years. I fed you and gave you shelter for years without complaining for once. How dare you even try to think about raising your hand to hurt me and even attempt it without fear! Are you out of your mind?”.“You don't deserve to be called a human, not even an animal, you don't deserve to live even for a second, you cruel thing!" I spat.Tiara chirped like a helpless bird, “Same way you don't deserve to be the heir and even have a family. Fate knows what's best for you so know your limits, shut up and get the fuck out of this ma-”.'POW! POW!’ Two loud gunshots flew in the air and a car zoom was heard, setting my heart ablaze.My eyes widened as I looked to my right to gaze out of the window.La
Chapter sixty eight(strip club chaos)Sapphire's Point Of View:FATHER'S NAME: SERGIO RAZINMOTHER'S NAME: NATALIA RAZINBIRTHDAY: 25TH OF JULY, YEAR 2000TAKEN ON: 30TH OF AUGUST, YEAR 2000FATHER'S OCCUPATION: MAFIA KINGFATHER'S COVER-UP OCCUPATION: STRIP CLUB OWNER(HIATUS STRIP CLUB).FATHER'S LIFE STATUS: ALIVE.FATHER'S AGE: 50MOTHER'S OCCUPATION: MAFIA PRINCESSMOTHER'S COVER-UP OCCUPATION: CEOMOTHER'S LIFE STATUS: DEADMOTHER'S DEATH AGE: 25MOTHER'S SUPPOSED AGE: 48EKATERINA WAS STOLEN FROM HER PARENTS ON THEIR HONEYMOON.THE SAGE MAFIA FAMILY AND THE RAZIN EMPIRE HAVE BEEN RIVALS FOR OVER DECADES.FATHER IS BASED IN RUSSIA UNTIL HE CAME ON HONEYMOON WITH HIS WIFE AND HIS DAUGHTER WAS TAKEN FROM HIM.HE BUILT HIS STRIP CLUB AND HAS BEEN SEARCHING FOR HIS DAUGHTER FOR YEARS.I flipped to the next page, my eyes widening. A photo of a man with a tattoo on his neck was on the next page, below was some information.NAME: SERGIO RAZINI immediately closed the file, rolling it up
Chapter sixty nine(Scorpio)Sapphire's Point Of View:'BAM!’ I flinched but his hand didn't hit me.Instead, he staggered, letting go of my hand as his hand flew to hold his cheek.A man was standing right in front of him, his fist balled.He just saved me.His arm was tattooed all over.Without stopping, he grabbed the man by his collar, punching him again twice without hesitation. He then threw him aside.Screams from the bitches flew through the atmosphere as the man's ass sank right on the floor in the middle of the club.Two men emerged from the crowd, each taking one of his arms and pulling him out.The music resumed again, returning the club to how it used to be.I turned to the man who saved me, smiling at him sheepishly as I tucked my hair behind my ears.“Thank you for saving me, that was so nice of you,” I said, smiling."Is this your first time coming here?" He asked, his voice bold and raw."Actually, yes,”."That explains why!” He responded."Why what?”,"Nothing. Do you
Chapter 70(meeting my father)Sapphire's Point Of View:“Yes, I have her trapped. She's right here! Yes, you can come now.”.Trapped?! “You'll be here soon? Alright!".I quickly moved towards the door but before I could hold the knob, the door pulled back, cracking open to reveal the figure of a lady.She didn't bother smiling at me. Her eyes went straight behind me and Scorpio's voice echoed.“Ah. You're here? Thank goodness!" He said.“Where is she?!” She asked, running her fingers through her curly brunette hair.“Come. She's in my room. I trapped her there!".I let out a sigh as the lady walked past me, realizing I wasn't the 'her’ they had trapped.I was just overthinking things but I couldn't blame myself. This was just a sign that I was starting to understand the lesson that I should never trust humans.I went to sit back down, waiting patiently for Scorpio to return.They conversed and their voices reverberated through the entire mansion before the lady returned back to the l
Chapter seventy one(The video)Sapphire's Point Of View:My jaw dropped at the number of people who were at the table.I thought they would fill the seats but they didn't only fill the seats, some of them were standing due to insufficient seats!“These are the important people in the empire, I couldn't invite everyone,” Dad whispered to me as he took my hand.We walked towards the dinner and all eyes were on me.I was led to my seat where I settled, looking at their faces nervously as they all waited for my words.I just felt like I should dig the ground and bury myself alive. Their gazes were mounting nothing but pressure on me.“I-" I stuttered before clearing my throat. I tried piecing words together but they didn't seem to come together.“Hey, everyone. It's really an honor to meet every one of you and be a part of this family and empire. I'm Sapphire, or should I say I've lived as Sapphire my whole life but I actually am Ekaterina. I've always lived as Sapphire Sage.”.When I sai
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Chapter seventy two(darkness)Anonymous’ Point Of View:I sat on the armchair, my elbow resting on the armrest with my cheek on my fist.I stared at my subjects who stood before me with their heads lowered and their hands at their backs in respect.I chuckled, my voice echoing in the dark warehouse.“So he's been busted huh?" I soliloquized."Yes, darkness,” one of my men responded."And she isn't the heir huh? But Landon had made her believe he wanted the heir while we only wanted her.”.I pulled out my phone from my pocket, searching for Landon's number.I gave him a ring and he answered the call immediately.Without letting him speak, I spoke first. “Get over here," I commanded in a low voice before hanging up.In a few minutes, Landon arrived. He walked into the warehouse, making light streak in from the door as he opened it.He halted and lowered his head when he got near.“Darkness, here I am," he said."What was the assignment given to you?” I asked."To bring the girl so we ca
Chapter seventy three(heartbreak)Aurora's / Tiara's Point Of View:I let out a sigh as I looked at the clouds.The atmosphere was cool and nice, even making my day better. A grin was plastered on my face as the cool breeze grazed against my delicate ivory skin.Today, I would be introduced to the mafia family as the mafia Queen. Finally, after all these years, this is the part where I succeed and get everything I want.The asset has been transferred. The assets were several copies of forged arts that could be sold for billions of dollars as there are a lot of them.I stood at the backyard at the edge of the swimming pool in my blue dress.The splashing sounds from the artificial waterfall were relaxing.Just as I got lost in the moment, smiling with my eyes closed, someone came from behind me, breaking the silence.“Darling, what are you doing here? You'll become the mafia Queen in an hour, let's get you inside, Queen,” Mum's voice echoed as her hands wrapped around me.I giggled as
††032††Jasmine's Point Of View:Damon ran out of the booth.“Emergency!!" He shouted. “Someone is in there, he's not breathing!" He shouted again.Everyone gasped. "Did he kill him?” The murmurs increased.Ah, yes, just what I wanted to hear. Music to my ears.As the murmurs increased and everyone began to have their own belief and choose sides, the emergency of the college came with a stretcher, but the murmurs didn't stop.What we heard next was sirens, they were loud and clear.Damon's face looked confused as he spotted the cops who walked in next. A snitch must have called the cops.The cops walked towards Damon and looked at Dylan's dead body for a while before speaking with Damon, saying they would have to lock him up for the meantime.He tried arguing and refusing but that only made him look guilty.They took him away even though he was ranting and refusing. In the very end, everyone still kept murmuring and I had no choice but to leave.In the next few days, Damon was release
††031††Jasmine's Point Of View:I climbed back into the car, looking directly at the chauffeur through the rear view, our eyes meeting.I crossed my arms, not knowing how I should feel about being busted. I felt like it was a useless plan anyway, it wasn't necessary to make him jealous in this particular way.But at the same time, I was mad that my plan didn't work out just the way I planned it. It was embarrassing for me to have to beg her and get her forgiveness for trying to claim what isn't mine in the first place.“Return us to the hotel." I commanded the chauffeur.He nodded immediately, driving off slowly until we arrived at the hotel. I got out of the car, entering the hotel and making my way into my suite.I let out a sigh, my back hitting the bed. I remained in the position, not knowing when I fell into a deep slumber.It was the buzz of my phone on the bed that woke me up. I squinted my eyes, reaching for the phone and looking at the screen closely to look at the time.It
††030††“Hey, you're back." The man said as he flashed me a smile. "I thought you left the child and we've been planning to put them up for adoption actually.”I nodded, forcing a smile as I didn't even know what to say.“If I may ask, what made you leave that day? I mean you just had a surgery and you left straight up which was bad for your health at that moment in time.”I let out a sigh, shaking my head. "I'm really sorry. Can I just get to the next step now? I just want to do this fast and get out of here as soon as possible. I'm sorry if that actually sounded rude but I had no better way to put it. I just don't have all the time in the world.”He nodded. "I understand. Let me go get the papers for you to sign and claim your kids back since we were initially planning to out them up for adoption after proper maturity,”I nodded, watching him get out of his seat and walk out of the office.I sat there, staring at nothing exactly.In no time, he returned, but without any files in his
††029††Jasmine's Point Of View:"You want your child, huh?" I smirked. “So that's all you care about? That's not going to be a problem, the problem is I'm not giving you the child” I scoffed.He looked at me, pleading with his eyes but I couldn't care less.I jerked my hand away from him, turning to leave immediately with my personal bodyguards.We got outside the place and the shielded me from the approaching fans. Just as I was about to get in the car, I spotted Damon approaching on his wheelchair. I halted, looking directly at him even though this was not the best time for this.I swallowed, narrowing my eyes at him.He got to where my car was but my bodyguards didn't let him get close to me.He looked at me, trying to get past the bodyguard who didn't move an inch.“Let's have a conversation," he said, almost as if he was pleading.I shook my head. "No.” I simply responded.He looked me in the eye. “Why have you been ignoring my calls and everything? You've been ignoring me recen
††028††Jasmine's Point Of View:I began to stay at Dad's place as I couldn't return to Damon's home again. I couldn't stay with someone like him again under the same roof. It was like sleeping in the same room with a serpent, but luckily for me, I discovered the serpent even before he could consider biting me.I need not to tell him right in the face that it was over and I discovered all his schemes for him to know that I was no longer stupid.It took me nothing. Absolutely nothing. And he understithat his plans have been ruined. He tried explaining countless times, obviously to feed me lies and ensure his plan still works one way or the other, but I wasn't going to fall for the same trick twice so I didn't even give him the opportunity to get to me.I appreciated his help so far in helping me build a name in the modelling industry, but at the same time, he could have made it clear if he only wanted to do me a favor. And he could have also made it clear if he was using me. If he ment
††027††Dmitri's Point Of View:I just couldn't believe she could have done this to me. I understood that she hated me, but despite the hatred, I didn't see the need to do this to me.She knew well that my health was on its last legs and I was in pain. No one would be heartless enough to do this to their own father because he put them up for adoption.I thought I heard her mention that it was only an assignment, but that didn't matter.A lot of things have been happening recently and I thought life was only against my wife and I. I never knew it was all orchestrated by my own daughter who I already apologized to. I even went as far as arranging a letter for her, thinking she would understand and forgive me, only for her to send people to burn down my house, the place I've been stuck for months now even though I had more mansions.My health just didn't permit me to be moved here and there anymore. I only remained in one place, traveling from one place to another was stressful for me.B
††026††Jasmine's Point Of View:As I cracked the door open, I heard a high-pitched moan flowing out from inside the room. The moan continued, becoming louder and louder and what followed was the sound of meat slapping against each other.I swallowed, peeking into the mansion to get a glimpse of whatever was going on in the house. Just then, I was met with the shock of my life.There was Damon, thrusting into a woman with pull force and pulling out immediately, grinding in and out of her.That was none of my business, but what shocked me the most was that he was fucking standing which means he…. he was never actually crippled.Damon was able all these while? But he was only hiding it?A gasp fought to escape my throat, but I cupped my mouth immediately, silencing the gasp. I didn't realize tears were welling up in my eyes until it began to prick my iris so badly that I had to blink multiple times to hold back the tears.I felt my heart squeeze in my chest. I didn't know what hurt the
††025††Jasmine's Point Of View:“Where the hell do you think you're going?” The security men asked.I scoffed. “What do you mean?"“You haven't paid for the cleaning if all these. You need to pay the money we would give to our cleaners to clean this mess.”"Do I look like the reason this place was set on fire? I'm sure he was paying several thousands for this place in a year, so why can't you guys take care of little maintenance like this?” I asked, frowning."This isn't a little maintenance. This is a whole lot,”“The money he paid for this year hasn't been exhausted or has it? The year isn't over yet so use the rest. Thank you.” I responded, shoving them out of the way before walking out.I went out of the building and went straight out if the estate the into the car.“Where are we going to, miss?" Rufus asked, tilting his head to look at me.I fastened my seatbelt. “The headquarters. I have something to do there.”"Alright then.” He responded, starting the car and driving away.In
††024††Jasmine's Point Of View:After the man called the firefighters, they arrived in no time with their truck and equipment.As they trooped into the estate, I went in with them too, climbing on their truck with them and allowing them to carry me and the security men back to the burning house.They stepped out of the truck, gesturing for us to get down and move back, away from the fire and allow them to do their job.I swallowed, reluctantly going back as I watched them extinguish the first starting from the gate to cool it down.They then got closer to the gates, breaking it open. They then went in, extinguishing the fire of the whole mansion slowly and steadily until the whole house was safe.The two security men held me back as I tried to run inside, yelling and shouting to go search the mansion myself and see if my father was in the building.I fought hard to escape their grip. But all my attempts were futile as they held me even tighter.“Let me go!” I screamed, but they didn'