72LanaIt was a tiring flight but being beside my man always makes my fatigue go away. He was my instant relief. Right now, I glanced at him, he was looking out of the window, following blurred trees as we were in a motioned car and yes, he didn’t forget holding my hand as if I’d pulled away, he would run out of oxygen. But why did he look tense? His eyes looked lost and yet highly concerned about something unknown. I leaned on his side and whispered in his ear, “Honey, are you okay?” He snapped his head abruptly at me, trying to mask his racing shades in his eyes. “Very much yes,” He lied, keeping his face straight as holy hell. “But why do I feel otherwise?” I reasoned, he blinked repeatedly as he successfully veiled his worried expressions with a smile.“That’s all in your head, kitten. Have you ever noticed me tense before?” He asked, trying to divert my attention gradually. I sighed, making a mental note for the future, there’s no way in hell that I was going to leave my husb
73ArmandoKitten left my hand just because of this whore who betrayed me four years ago and now God knows whose sin she came up with spilt shit in her ears in front of me, she legit got a bitchy mouth all this while. I watched Lana going away from me with each passing second, my heart shattering into pieces. No, it shouldn’t have happened. I couldn’t lose my wife just because of a gold digger who loved to run after money. My head snapped towards her, I couldn’t care that I was gripping her jaw a little too firmly, she was the sole reason for my kitten’s sadness, back on our trip, her happiness was touching the skies and now, she must be crying in her room as she assumed I had have cheated on her with this worthless shit. “Did you see the look in my wife’s eyes for me? She was taking me as a disloyal husband and you know how much I care about her feelings for me, huh aren’t you? You saw me suffering for her when your dead husband; Nathan kidnapped her from me, you saw it all right?”
74LANAI was sitting on the cold marble, crossing my legs and burying my face in my thighs. The coldness of the floor was numbing my body, affecting my heart the most. The anaesthetisation almost made me thoughtless; freezing my whole system. I kept staring outside the window which was on my right side, the moon showering its gloominess on my strengthless body.Who would have thought our married life that was hardly stabled in its tracks would fall apart just by one person reappearing in our lives? How much I cherished my family for four years, I thought no one could take away my seventh heaven. I paid every sum to get lucky for our future. My life had gone free from all traumas and now, the only rapture was all I would encounter.But I was wrong. The realisation made me cry my eyes out, cried over everything I believed, the myth I supposed about the man to who I gave a chance to was only mine. I was assuming butterflies in the wicked air, how stupid of me. He was never only mine, I
75“She is running out of the mansion with Sebastian,” That was the only thing that kept ringing in my mind until I started breathing heavily. The fact that she was running away didn’t bother me but she was taking my son away from me tore the ground under my feet. Stealing a piece of my heart that I couldn’t live without, my hand started shivering, thinking what could she solely do to my son just to revenge on me. The worst ideas made me panic in Armando’s arms. “S—She is taking our son away from us, Armando—Do—something!” I didn’t heed my behaviour. If I was in my senses I would have considered my actions as yelling, perturbation and hysteria. I was a tears-mess. “Leo, don’t let her pass the main gate, shut every corner of exits, she shouldn’t be stepping out of the mansion and if she dares to do I’ll have your heads.” I heard Armando commanding his right hand while lifting me in his arms and taking me away from the danger zone. I couldn’t control my cries but suddenly I got hit by
76LANAI had to search for the bitch, she hadn't gone too far. I kept racing the car with target-radar eyes. There’s no way now I would let anybody bully me or my family in any way. I glanced at the small screen that showed 1:32 in the morning. Gosh, the time wasn’t right for me but I couldn’t rest at home knowing my son was in trouble and that bitch, she’d be roaming out freely. I was alone in the LA Downtown, no car or even human could be seen here except for me. I pulled over my car abreast of the pavement, I cupped my face and let out a frustrating groan, I felt impotent, vulnerable and attackable. I sighed deeply and clutched my hands firmly on the steering wheel. Straight away, I glanced at the car sensor that detected some shadows of humans on the right street. I closely noted their movements, they seemed like a few people coming fast-paced towards me. I unbuckled my seatbelt and was about to open the door when I saw a girl running in my direction like she was running for her
77Warning: Heavy Violence In The Chapter. Please Read It At Your Own Risk With An Open Mind.ARMANDOI tramped inside the warehouse, my every step trembled the ground and I was convinced those three men were aware of my presence as I could hear my men announcing my arrival. Those three of them came before sight, sitting on chairs, tied with ropes. “Bravo, my monkeys, lookin’ good sittin’ there. Heard that you wanted me to pay a visit,” I sneered, my eyes lashing out the malice all my heart contained for them. “What is it that I was required for?” I asked, folding my hands across my chest, my biceps stretched out as I fisted.“We want to make a deal…” The middle one asserted, raising his head to meet my face. “And what exactly is it?” I gritted, clenching my jaw so hard it just looked like a blazing knife. “We want drugs in exchange for the information,” Add the bald man. I turned my eyes towards him and then rolled them back to where Leone was standing with hands crossed, I narrow
78LANA“Are you liking me hitting you? Are you enjoying it?” Armando sneered as he continued hitting me with a hockey bat. I swore my chest was in my mouth. “No, p-please, I-I’ll die, please don’t h-hurt me,” I pleaded in my defence while folding my body in a roll and covering it with my arms. “I’ll hit you till you tell me where our son is,” He growled, his shout resonated everywhere in the dark warehouse. The bat hit my head and I hissed in pain, praying God this pain would end soon when I’ll be dead. “I-I d-don’t know,” I cried, gasping for air as my head started clouding and I knew my end time was near. My childhood again repeated before my eyes the first time when he was about to kill me in Spain.“You bitch *A hit on my head* You’re lying,” No lie another hit on my head would be my death. As I saw the bat revolving around my head, I glanced at Armando for the last time and every memory of us rewinded in my scarred mind, from the day when he saw me in the torture room till no
79“Claire, is this really you?” I couldn’t accept it. The abductor of my son was no other than a woman whose brother was killed by my husband. It was indeed a blow to listen from her after so many years, there was no logical answer of her calling me until she broke the silence after I concluded her motive. I swear I wouldn’t leave any hair on her head if she would try to harm my son in any way.“It’s nice to see you recognise me, I missed you a lot, do you know?” Claire tried to fuck up my mind with her endless shit in a British accent.“What the hell you want?!” I growled, clutching the phone near my ear. God, give me power to control my anger because I was already shivering and tinting in red.“Relax. Relax, why to rush? I have plenty of time to explain to you what the hell that I want and been wanting. You first tell me when are you coming to see my nephew? Also, you should bring my niece too, she will love it here,” she said, making it sound like Sebastian was having fun of his l
103Warning: This Chapter Can Be Challenging For Readers To Read. Kindly Pause Reading If You Feel Anxious Or Depressed. You’re Already Warned. LanaIt was a female. It was her. I knew I would be stabbed by Nathan’s cousin who’s jealous of me or who would accuse me of seducing him. Maybe, she would throw me in the river like my intuition tried to tell me but I ignored it lately. I should’ve considered my gut feeling rather than Nathan’s request. Look, where I stood; in the mouth of death. I tried to struggle in her hold but she roared at me, keeping me in the hold. I tried to shout but it wasn’t loud enough to call for help. I thought she would push me any second but the hope of survival arose when the sirens started to buzz, deafening us to death. Within seconds, there was an army steadied to kill this culprit. Their weapons were locked on their target and the voice that soothed me came across my ears. “Leave her alone!” Nathan shouted at the top of his lungs. My breath started to
102LanaI wasn’t ready for this night. My heart was racing horribly in my ribcage. Something was not right, something would go wrong and someone was going to pay for it terribly—maybe this child in my womb. Maybe tonight I would be stabbed by one of Nathan’s bitchy cousins who would accuse me of seducing him, just like Armando’s cousin did back in Spain. I prayed to God for the abortion and yet I tried to convince one of the doctors during the clinic visit but no one agreed without Nathan’s approval. My heart just said this child won’t see this world. It would die. I just didn’t want to go through with the stabbing pain once again. I wasn’t that strong to bear pains anymore. I had enough and if this time, anyone would try to harm me, I would end myself with my sinful hands. This was it, this was the solution to end my problems. Maybe, after all the while God wanted me to end myself. He gave me enough clues yet I delayed realising them. It had been three hours since I was continuou
101Next Week Somewhere In LondonNathanIt’s a beautiful feeling to be a dad again. I waited long enough to feel this moment again, yet I had never known that I had to force the pregnancy on a married woman—but it was written to happen under such circumstances and I should be less guilty about it. All because Lana left me no choice. Moreover, not only I was happy because I would be a dad again but also that it was time to finally eradicate that motherfucking Armando and his two carbon copies from the earth. Lana wouldn’t have to bear much pain once she would give birth to our baby. Those little devils would be gone and my little human will replace their space in my queen’s heart.Everything was going perfect the way I wanted and sure enough, it would end the same way I planned—except the culprit’s escaping part. Armando’s breakout wasn’t on the list yet he successfully flew away, killing four of my men in the process which he will pay really soon as I got the lead about his whereabo
100LanaIf it’s true then I was gone. I was busted to live anymore. If Armando was to hear about this I would be much more than trouble. Pregnant? With some other man’s child? I did everything to avoid it. I even bribed Mary to steal birth-control pills for me, how come I got pregnant. Argh, I wanna vanish my existence. If the pregnant part was real, I would really jump off the cliff. I couldn’t prepare myself for the bloodlust of my children or this foetus. This unborn had to die or Armando would kill him and me. I knew how far he could go. He was a maniac in my case. And as far as he was possessive about me being only his. I could predict I would pay a big price for Nathan’s deed. “Good to see you, Mr. Knightley, how may I help?” Malinda’s voice rang in my ear like a driller screwing my head. Though she had a velvet voice but right now, she was the person I needed to stay away from. Her clicks of heels grew louder as she came closer to me and Nathan who had been playing with my h
99LanaPhew. Thank God I successfully got control of the situation before I could finally be thrown to the bed and lost my chance for a dinner outside of this room. It had been fifteen minutes since leaving the house. I was sitting on the passenger seat beside Nathan who was driving his posh Lamborghini. It was the smooth black ride up in the mountains and the view I was having all the while was completely mesmerising. The street lights and the moonlight seemed like having a competition to glorify the route for me tonight. I would’ve enjoyed this moment even more if Nathan would be in his casket like he should’ve rather than driving the car like my man. I sighed at this thought. The pleasant feeling in my chest faded away with realisation of Nathan’s presence. I couldn’t just swallow the thought that I used to die for this man once, I even prayed to see him again when I had affection for him. But the very affection died when Armando started becoming a man of my dreams. He deliberat
98Lana“Speak,” Leone said with the second line connected. My heart palpitated but I overcame my growing anxiety. “Leone, It’s Lana…” I enlightened him. “… They imprisoned us separately for months. I had no connection to Armando even though I tried to encounter him once, Nathan had security at every step. I am not sure if he’s still in his torture cellar or they have done something to him or sent him to God knows where,” I ran my mouth like a bullet train, giving him no chance to speak. “Is everything good on your side?” The second I asked this question had me panicking inwardly. “We are drowning, my lady…” he said in a monotone but the effect his words brought was enough for sinking my heart, “…Our businesses are being sealed by the board for illegal conspiracies. Someone had cracked our shares in the underground sector and we are losing our men count. Our weapons are being stolen from the ports and many more harm’s been done. Everything is out of order. We lost three hundred me
97LanaNathan caught me faking my sleep. I had my eyes closed when he came near and sat beside me on the bed. He didn’t do anything for ten minutes, just quietly sat there and admired me from afar—that’s only what I could get with my eyes closed. But later, I felt his thumb striking with my cheek that ascended inside the blanket and he ended up scooping his hand inside my panties, rubbing my core and wetting me. When he slid a finger in me, I moaned and my eyes wide-opened. I gawked at him with astonished eyes. “What the heck, Nathan, leave me for God’s sake,” I huffed, disapproving his touch in between my moan and got his hand out of my pants, for a fact I hated reacting to his touch so intensely, that makes him full of himself a little more every time. He honestly knew all the perfect spots—but this time his perfection wasn’t my main focus. It was basically the fact that I had a phone and key hidden in my socks that churned my stomach for bad.“I was checking if you were still hot
96Two Months LaterLanaTwo months. A heck of a long time that I spent in a single gigantic room as a hostage. These fucking two months had me crying, screaming, begging for help, pleading for mercy and at last swearing at Nathan for being an asshole with me. I never thought Nathan could be like this. He raped me often. Yes, I would call it rape. He didn’t care what I said to him he only wanted to be inside me thrice a week.He provided me with clothes, food, Netflix and everything any other girl would desire but I was more interested in being able to breathe freely. Moreover, I missed my kids. Not even a single day passed by without me weeping for them. I never left them alone. I didn’t know if Sebastian reached home safe to Nancy or not.I was only stuck here for nothing and I see this situation going to nowhere good. I was hugging my knees, trying to think of a breakout for the thousandth time since two months. This time my escape wasn’t easy because I wasn’t sure if they kept Arm
95Lana“Then, I can even make you have dozens of kids containing your blood just now,” Nathan stated fearlessly. I blinked twice as his words sank in my stomach, each word containing tons of heavy metals that felt like ripping through each ounce of my soul.Making babies appeared to be a joke to him. How could he mock something sacred so efficiently? He wasn’t like this before. I remembered him as someone gentle and considerate yet now, he was portrayed to be cold and selfish. “I don’t want to believe in my ears, speak something real, Nathan,” I replied, foggily. “Do my face tell you I'm joking to you, Lana? If children are the only reason that’s bonding you with that generational motherfucker, then I shall eliminate the root cause and set you free,” I wanted to believe that it was Nathan speaking with such a grudge but somewhere my heart denied. His awful mindset was making him loathe myself for falling for him once. Maybe God saved me from an absolute devil through a qualified de