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
80The buzzer nearly deafened me but I didn’t stop running away. I just wished to get out of the mansion through the hidden exit I spotted and get away before they could reach me and lock me up in a room.I ran and ran and ran until I saw exactly what I feared not to, “No… hell no,” I whispered under my breath while pulling up my brakes. I didn't want him here, I didn’t want him to block my way. Armando was here, he stood ahead of me, wrapped in those three-piece all-black suit with hands in his pockets but now, his arms crossed in dominance, his biceps stretched in agony, his face looked like a deadly weapon ready to murder me, he was deadpan but I was not blind to ignore his real intentions. He was inwardly revengeful, all red in wrath and ready to punish its prey. I was on my reverse steps when I felt him plodding towards me, I feared those thick eyebrows today, the same like I feared when I first looked at them, his jaw was suffocating me like I committed a crime to be raped aga
81Warning: This Content Is Suitable For Mature Audience, Read It At Your Own Risk.“I need you, baby. Take my soul away from my body, I need to be in you,” Armando grunted in my collarbone, I was holding him from his shoulder, he loosened his body and I was supporting his weight till my hands gave up and he fell on me—him above me. “Honey, talk to me, don’t burden your soul by hiding things from me. I’m sure we can solve it better together,” I whispered faintly, hoping he would respond to me and clear my doubts because I was apprehensive about our tomorrow, through his current behaviour I was able to smell something big and devastating was coming between us otherwise he wouldn’t be confessing it to me. “I’m being trapped once again, my inner devil is dragging me into hell, I don’t want to go, I don’t want to lose myself again, it was so hard for me to be normal again, I don’t want to be a poison in anyone’s life,” Armando protested, burying his face in the valley of my breasts like
82Armando Anything that I ever wanted was this lady to stay by my side and be safe. How should I make her understand this world did not think the way she thinks? This world of sins was not for someone like her but unfortunately, she was a part of it, she had to be here because she was written for me in the name of love. The day our pages joined together, I vowed to protect her from the devils of the darkness, who loved to suck the soul of an innocent in the name of power and revenge. This wife of mine who was sleeping peacefully in my arms never paid attention to see how much I worry for her. How much I get afraid of losing her every time she would do something stupid thinking that stunt of hers would help me. No! That never helped me. She should’ve considered a thought about what I would feel if she would’ve run away to that bag of shit and gotten under her along with our son. She never cared to think about the consequences. It’d only worsen the situation. But then, my mind repli
83ArmandoI gathered my men in my room, it was exactly three in the morning. I didn’t care how inappropriate timing it was as I could care less about my people because I pay them for my obedience. I had other things to catch up on such as destroying Claire the way she wanted to diminish my life. Dream on, girl. Many had tried but none could succeed—so as your brother who had a fire of revenge burning within him. I was sitting in my seat, everyone was standing before my eyes, their hands clenched together and eyes towards the ground. I cleared my throat as my right hand held a cigarette and left one resting on the desk. I gaped at them openly, calculating which person was perfect for which task. At last, I decided to break the silence because we had less time and much bigger things to handle for the war. The way she threatened me told me she was prepared for the attack and with that, every second of these days were precious to me, anything could take place in the next minute. “Ther
84ArmandoI’d been longing for Lana from the moment I left her embrace and went to my wardrobe to pack my essentials for the counterattack, it’s like I left my heart with her and now, I wasn’t able to breathe properly. Within fifteen minutes, my belongings were packed and I left for the airport, not forgetting to give a farewell kiss to my little kitten; Isabella. She awoke by the time I was about to leave the room. I was forced to spend some time with her when she opened her arms for me to pick her up, although I was already running out of time but I couldn’t neglect my daughter or my wife no matter what, they’d always come first.After those moments together, I rushed to the airport. When I sat in my car that waited long for me on the porch, I observed my bodyguards' faces holding a question concerning about my late arrival as it never happened before. I was dangerously punctual before my kids but now, things have changed. I was a family man and I had to mould myself for my loved o
85ArmandoIt’d been two hours since Mason left for the operation with his team and in a few minutes, they would be reaching the villa and executing the mission. I was all eyes and ears, my gaze glued upon the screen and all I could think of was Sebastian stepping in the penthouse, hugging my tight in a few hours and I would be the luckiest man alive by then, and after I would get my little man here, then I would start playing with Claire’s fate. “Master, we are at one command’s wait, all teams’ positions are set, we are ready for the attack,” Mason stated through the walkie-talkie. I picked up my receiver and put it closer to my face, listening to each word attentively and calculating the perfect timing. “Are you inside the Villa yet? Turn on your camera,” I commanded Mason. “Yes, sure, I’ve cleared the wall, hiding in the bushes,” Mason informed. I pushed the red button that connected the mike with all men’s devices. “Are we steady?” I asked everyone and each man one by one roge
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