LILIYAI lay beside Dice, and at first I did not want to sleep—I had not planned to sleep in fact. I busied myself with just watching him; my husband. He lay beside me with his eyes completely closed and his breathing even. It had not taken him long to fall asleep. I could not help but bust a grin at that.Before we started really sleeping beside each other, I had known that Dice had insomnia. He never slept; like never. I could tell because many times while I slept, I could hear his footsteps going up and down the stairs sometimes. Other times I would wake up to him talking over the phone. Not too loud, of course, but enough for a light sleeper like me to peel my eyes open.Now, Dice was always the first person to fall asleep when he was next to me. He would watch me for minutes, then proceed to tell me just how perfect I was before closing his eyes to welcome sleep. Sometimes he would mumble the rest of the words and plant kisses on my forehead as an apology for his tiredness.I nev
DICEMy garden looked like it was about to witness a whole circus that it did not sign up for. I knew this was all Liya's idea and I should not have yelled like that but I could not help it. I was shocked for the first few seconds when I stepped into this."Well?" I went ahead to ask when Liya just opened and closed her mouth without saying anything. She finally swallowed and answered, "It's a concert I'm planning…""A what?" Did I just hear her right? What did she mean by a concert? This place was a secret location; she was not planning on bringing musicians and other performers here, was she? I was a public figure, for crying out loud. She knew that perfectly well."It's not what you think." She assured me with a nervous smile. The cook stood beside her, shaking like some goddamned leaf. I was not even raising my voice, but I supposed it was my heavy presence taking its toll on them."Then what is it? You are preparing a concert. This only means you plan on bringing in musicians an
LILIYA I wasn't even exaggerating when I said Dice looked like a snack. The man was literally smoking hot in that casual fit. It was simply loose jeans and a black T shirt but that was Dice. The man made everything look ten times better. What made it even hotter was the fact that Dice never really wore fits like this. He had attempted dressing casually a handful of times, but this was truthfully the most extreme. The fit had automatically gone from a basic 6/10 on a normal day to a whole 1000/10 all because of the fine specimen who was wearing it. With the shirt hugging his muscles and abs like second skin, he looked like a true bad boy. Without any doubt, he could actually pass for a bad boy. I made sure to take a little extra time washing up because the garden had really dirtied me up. When I was out, I smelled of cherries and vanilla. A perfect mixture if you asked me. I just loved smelling edible—it was so damn sexy. The first thing I did after getting out was to blow dry and
LILIYAWe took turns with the verses until the song came to an end. And then, we curtsied. Devin stood up and started the applause. I watched Dice expectantly with round eyes until he sighed and got up too, a small smile on his face. Good."Oh my God, the way he only smiles around you! I'm still not used to him smiling… I'm sorry." Inker gushed, smiling so widely. I shook my head at her, but I could not stop smiling myself. It was true that Dice had changed in a lot of ways; and it was because of me. He had really bendef a lot of his rules and behavioral patterns for me and I did not even deserve it.I sighed and turned to glare at Inker. "Stop gushing over my husband so explicitly, woman. Like, do not even gush about him at all. Explicitly or otherwise."Inker rolled her eyes playfully. "All right, all right, whatever."The men had gone back to their seats. I spoke into the mic now, "Uh, there is really no need to get comfortable now. Before the ladies wow you with a dance, I suggest
LILIYADevin insisted on singing for Inker next, and I knew it had something to do with the fact that she had tears rolling down her cheeks when Dice finished singing.The two men had something in common—scalding jealousy. I just chuckled and sniffed, wiping my tears with the back of my hand as Dice approached me. He looked as serious as ever.When he got to where I stood, he swallowed, then stretched his hand to wipe my tears too. Moisture began to fill my eyes again and I muttered a string of cuss words under my breath, hating how emotional I got when it came to this man."I did not sing the song to have you bawling your eyes out, princess." Dice complained, frowning as he kept wiping my eyes. We were chest to chest now and our eyes held each other's. I sniffed again before answering, "I'm sorry, I just can't handle it. You're so good to me. Why are you so good to me?" I inquired, tilting my head to the side. He sighed, then shook his head slowly."I truly wish I had the answer to
DICELiya did not sleep in our bed. She and that Inker woman insisted on sharing a room. Just great, I thought, more than royally pissed now.Not only was I very angry at the moment, I would also not be getting any sleep this night, all because a certain woman decided to throw a tantrum over her father's sins.In reality, I had no clue what I wanted to do to Aleksander. He was definitely going to be punished—that was for sure, but I still did not know how to go about it.Normally, anyone who dared to cross me in this manner got instant death sentences as penalty, and when I had first heard the news, I had only one thought in mind—kill. But then Liya's voice surfaced and that thought died faster than it came.I had no doubt in my mind that Aleksander probably thought his daughter had gotten me weak. Hadn't she? I was completely and unapologetically under Liya's spell at this point and I did not have the least idea on how to end this spell which she had over me. At least just a bit. Did
DICEShe finally slept off. I had expected it, so I took off my jacket and covered up her upper body with it. She stirred a bit, but did not wake up. It was enough to confirm that she truly had not slept a wink last night. I was both upset and filled with guilt because of it.Fuck Aleksander, fuck Brandon. Just when everything had begun to look like perfection for us. Just like that, it was as though we were being transported back to square one all over again.Moments later, Inker fell asleep as well. Devin covered her up, but not before telling me that it was not because I had done it first. According to him, he was just very caring. I did not bring up any arguments in that regard, settling for just sitting still, plotting murder scenes in my head.Devin eventually came to sit down beside me and he heaved a sigh as he did so. I was still quiet. The warehouse that had been burnt down cost too much to start lengthy conversations. I believed that action spoke much, much better than wor
LILIYAI stirred and stirred, uncomfortable in my sleep. I felt like I had somewhere to be, and that I was wasting a lot of time by still being here. After tossing and turning for one more minute, my eyes peeled open and I sat up right away on taking note of where I was. The familiar walls and furniture of my room greeted me; the signature scent of the environment too. Wait. Why was I being covered up with a blanket inside my room when I had fully planned on following Dice to the venue where Papa was? I began to panic immediately."No. For fuck's sake, no, this cannot be happening." I climbed out of the bed and reached for my phone first. I heard Inker stir, but I did not pay attention to that as I got my phone and dialed Dice's number. After ringing his phone for two hours without success, I called Devin. When there was still no luck, I dialed Papa's number.For some strange reason, he did not pick up as well and that was when I began to really panic. I turned back to face Inker and
EIGHT MONTHS LATER Liya had a tear rolling down her right cheek as she gazed at the child in her arms. He was hers. Perfect, a bundle of joy, and most of all, utterly and undeniably hers. She thought she would burst of happiness just by watching him wiggle and whimper in her arms. Was this the love of a mother they spoke of? Just a few hours ago, she thought she would definitely give up due to the amount of pain she was passing through while pushing the baby. Dice had held her hand while she pushed, encouraging her to push for him, and she tried, heaven knew she put in her last strength to get the baby out. She did it. He was here now, even if his dad wasn't, at the moment. She already missed him, and she wanted to see how proud he was of her, because it was always there in his eyes—how much he appreciated her strength. She had missed that look in his eyes, because she had fallen unconscious immediately after the baby was all the way out. The nurse said he had stepped out sometime
LILIYADice immediately pressed his lips to mine, kissing me like I was his oxygen. I knew, because I felt that way too. I kissed him back with as much affection, pouring all my love into the single kiss.We kept going at it until I was nudged onto the bed, and I started to protest right away."Dice…""I know you're wet for me already, princess. Open those legs." He spoke hoarsely against my ear, and ever greedily, I forgot why I did not want this to happen in the first place and my legs were wide open in no time.Because I was not wearing any panties under my nightgown, his fingers met my most intimate part directly, causing him to groan."What a naughty girl…" He mulled, then slammed his middle finger inside me to the hilt. My lips parted in an ‘O’ and stayed like that as his long digit pumped in and out of me without mercy. I was already close to release, so, so close… I could already feel it…He pulled his finger out of my pussy, leaving me needy as fuck and I grabbed his hand, tr
DICEI did not have a good feeling about leaving my wife alone with her bitter sister, Inessa. It was why I rushed to finish everything I had to promptly take care of on time, and before evening, I was on my home.As I drove, I could not help but recall that the contract was ending in a matter of days. It was something that I had been trying to avoid, but it was simply impossible to do so now. It was so close, and even if Liya had not spoken about leaving me in a while, I still had my worries. I could not imagine her leaving me. I just refused to think of it.I was almost close to my house when my phone rang. It was Ethan."Hello—""Boss, Henri! Trevor, actually or whatever. He is… the other men told me that he's inside your wife's room right now and he wants to… he's about to shoot her… I'm on my way upstairs, I—"Boom!And then the line went dead. A fucking gunshot. I had just heard a gunshot, and now the line was dead? My wife… Trevor…"Ethan? Ethan?"I flung the phone to one of th
LILIYAI wanted to cry so bad, but I could not even bring myself to do it. Yet another person who did not want me. My own mother gave me away without thinking twice.I stared blankly at Inessa as she went on and on about our past, and it was only when she called my name loudly that I jerked back to present."Where did you go?" She asked me, rubbing my exposed arm in a comforting manner. I just smiled slowly, unable to quite get used to this side of my sister."I was here all along…""Was not." She retaliated, giving me the stink eye. I chuckled. "I should start the story over again. I was just telling you about the thing that led to me killing Ma's sister and you dare not pay attention?"Well, how could I not pay attention to that now?"Oh, I must have missed that. Tell me all about it."And so she did. Inessa loved to tell stories, and I already knew that asking her to repeat herself would not be much of a problem; she was chatty like that.She had killed Rosa's sister in self defens
LILIYAWe returned home that same day, late at night.Dice and I had just finished taking a steamy shower together, in his room, and I was busy drying my hair with a hairdryer while standing in front of the vanity mirror when my phone beeped, indicating a new text message.I peered into the device on the table from where I stood. It was an email. The first person who came to mind was Papa. Yes, I got work emails a lot too, but for some reason I did not think that this email was work related.I had obviously been staring at the phone for a long period of time, because Dice was suddenly in front of me with his hand waving in front of my face.I blinked twice, then looked up at him. My eyes did not stay up for long, though. They trailed down his shirtless, taut body and wandered down…"My eyes are up here, princess." He taunted and I looked away from his body with the speed of light. He quietly chuckled at this and stepped forward to tilt my chin up so I was facing him. He continued, "Or
LILIYA "She's lying, Papa. How could you believe her? She made up these evidences and you immediately believe her? She's useless and dumb! How could she know all these things all of a sudden?" Inessa yelled, and since I was done playing nice and trying to cover up her ass, I pulled out some more files and walked up to Papa, then chucked the laptop into his hands. "See for yourself, papa. Now, why would I lie about a thing like this?" I questioned and crossed my arms over my chest as I kept my eyes on Inessa. In no time, I could feel Dice's presence behind me and I naturally leaned back into him, causing him to wrap a protective arm around my waist. Rosa's eyes immediately went down to the hand wrapped around my waist and when she looked back up at me, I could not read the emotion on her face. She was not even defending her daughter, which shocked even Inessa. I could see her shock from the occasional glances she threw at her mother and squinted eyes from time to time. Rosa never loo
LILIYA"After this truth, I will leave your lives forever. I know for a fact that it would make you all super happy if I left." I spoke with a lot of bitterness in my tone. Inessa rolled her eyes at once and spat,"Why don't you just get on with whatever you want to say and stop making a party out of it. As you can see, I'm all dressed to go out." She informed me, making a gesture towards her clothing. Dressed in a skimpy dress with heels and lot of jewelries to complete the dress, Inessa really looked like she had somewhere to be. But where could she be going, dressed like that? I shrugged in my head; it was not like that was any of my business. I only smiled, though the show of emotion did not reach my eyes. Only if Inessa knew that she would not be going anywhere for days if I revealed this truth.I did not try to keep them in suspense though, as my parents… or parent and his wife, already had gigantic frowns on their faces."I'll just get on with it." I spoke, then began to take
DICEAll the air left my lungs as soon as Brandon said the words. I waited for sometime to see if he would take his words back, or laugh, anything that would show that he was not serious about this. But Brandon's expression remained the same, as serious as ever."What do you mean by this?" I asked him, my fingers rapping against the table as I struggled to remain calm. I could act like the position of a Mob Boss meant nothing to me as much as I wanted, but in truth, I knew that I totally abhorred watching Rex Corp lose more respect as the days passed, I hated watching the people complain every single day, I absolutely hated watching Rex Corp slowly crumble just because of my decision. It was not that I could choose taking back the position over wiping off Liya's family, but still.Brandon sighed, then ran his fingers through his hair and watched me for a few seconds, intently, like he was looking for something. I did not care what."I was wrong to take the position from you in the fi
DICEShe did not protest when I lifted her off the ground and carried her in my arms, bridal style, moving towards the stairs. She was still sobbing into my shirt, and I did not dare interrupt. She had every right to let all her pain out, even if I personally felt that the people she was crying over weren't worth it one bit.It was the first time I had seen her break down completely; with such a defeated look in her eyes. The results had completely broken her spirit, and while I felt very bad for making her feel like this, I also knew that this was unavoidable, and she could either choose to know this now, or later. She would still learn of it one way or the other.We arrived at my room and after unlocking the door with one of my hands which was underneath her, I walked inside. Then, I laid Liya on my bed, covering her with the duvet before going over to the side to lie beside her.We just lay beside each other—her, avoiding my eyes like they were plagues and me, unable to take my eye