LILIYA"You're such a tyrant." My words were muffled as a result of the amount of food in my mouth. Dice had gone ahead to order for me. Cream pasta, sandwiches, all my favorites. I refused to welcome the giddy feeling that came with the fact that he still remembered. I was done getting my hopes up with this man."Swallow, and afterwards, you can pretend you do not like your meal." He chided. My cheeks turned crimson."Whatever." I murmured, but I'd finished swallowing now.After a long pause, Dice spoke out of nowhere, "You look so fucking gorgeous tonight, princess." I almost choked on my champagne.Dice frowned, watching me grab my towel and immediately cover my mouth while coughing."Do I really not compliment you that much? You looked like you were about to have a seizure." I could tell he was hurt by my reaction, his facial expression had closed on me again. There was nothing to see now, he had his walls back up."You do not really compliment me at all, Dice. Of course, I was
LILIYAThe incident that night did not stop Dice from fucking the hell out of me. He'd even threatened to use my ass if I gave him any more attitude. I looked forward to that, to my horror.Our second date was at home, an indoor picnic sort of thing. Dice was more closed off on this one, but the date didn't go so bad.We now had breakfast together, too, on days like today."I really want to work somewhere, Dice. This is wrong, you cannot trap me here like this." I was nagging him again. "You can work from home." Dice told me."Why? What does your revenge truly entail? It's just to make me feel unloved, isn't it? I already feel very much unloved; this whole thing has nothing to do with letting me work.""Making you feel unloved is not your only punishment, princess. I thought you'd figure that out long ago." Dice responded, not looking at me. I groaned."I want to work, Dice. I need to use my degree." I kept nagging him. His cutlery hit the table with a sound that made me jerk."If at
DICEPAST,——Five years ago—— I kept seeing her face. Even as my nose bled and my face felt like it was on fire, I kept thinking of my mother.My mother was going to die. A call had come from home, requesting for her inhaler which I'd forgotten in my pocket and just as I started to rush towards the exit, Trevor blocked my path and knocked me out with some drug.I woke up to six boys holding me up while they took turns to beat the hell out of me. Yes. It had taken six males to hold me down. And I did not go down without a fight.Of course, Trevor was behind this. He was the mastermind, in fact. My vision was blurred as I glared at him. Blood had gotten in my eyes, my mouth... every damn opening."Liya gave me a go ahead. She gave her consent to this and I'm sure you saw her run off a while ago without sparing you a glance." Trevor said, striking a chord like he'd intended to.Liya. I would deal with Liya later. I gave her my forgiveness. Yet this was how she repaid me. Betrayed my tru
DICE"We can't find her, Boss." Devin announced over the phone."Do not return without her, Devin. Find my wife. Pick up every single guard in that house, I'll kill them myself. Mount new guards immediately." I ended the call with that, then placed my phone on the table. I stood still, sandwiched between my office desk and the chair behind me. Then after a few seconds, I swirled around, lifted my chair and flung it against a nearby wall.That did not calm my nerves, still; the beast in me was asking for blood. I would end whoever was behind this, I just had not decided how it would go yet. One thing was for sure, though. I'd definitely kill the bastard and bathe in his/her blood.All my men were on the move. All my partners—from the top dogs, to the assassins, the gunmen, the messengers... Everyone was working overtime. I could not stop pacing about in my office. Why was I so worked up about a girl I was supposed to not give a shit about? I had no idea, either. All I knew was that
LILIYA"You really thought you could do me dirty like that and get away with it, didn't you? You thought I wouldn't get my revenge?" Trevor spoke, his tone sadistic.I shook violently, in a bid to loosen the ropes tied around me but my attempts proved futile."What did I do to you now? Everyone seems to want revenge against me. I bet I'm some pathetic villain in a book at this point." I cried out. Trevor chuckled. His face was covered with a green mask, but his hair stuck out in different angles, looking rougher than I remembered it. His hair was scantier, too. Trevor was always rough-looking. Handsome as hell, but he always looked rough, like he did not give a fuck about the world's ethics. Back in highschool, it was attractive. Now? Not in the slightest.He crouched down to my height and replied, "Pathetic, yes. But unfortunately, you're far from a villain. People like you do not get such titles, because you're the type that goes around to casually cause havoc, then disappear into
DICEI drove faster than I'd ever driven in my entire life. Just the thought of some other fucker laying his hands on my wife drove me completely nuts. Two minutes had passed since I got that text; Devin had sent the address immediately I drove out of the house.A convoy was following behind me and in front. I did not know how or where they assembled from—I was not in any mood to care about my protection at the moment.I was supposed to be getting revenge against this woman, it was a reminder that kept ringing in my head. I could not care less about it, though, the only thing which lingered in my mind in that moment was how to save Liya.Three minutes. Fuck.My phone vibrated, indicating a call. Not many people had my private number, and no one called me for trivial reasons. It was the reason why even if the number was unsaved, I accepted the call and placed my phone against my ear."My daughter has been kidnapped. When were you planning on telling me?" Aleksander's annoying baritone
LILIYAPapa did not let me stay the night.He offered to drive me back to Dice's mansion, but I refused and insisted on going back alone. Needless to say, I did not return to Dice's mansion. Instead, I called Inker. Dice had thrown my phone to the ground on his way out—thankfully.I had to call three times before she finally answered, her breathing heavy, "Hey, Liya! I'm so sorry, had to gym for a bit. What's up?""Hey, Ink. Um, can I come over to your place tonight? I'm a bit stranded." I asked right away. She didn't say anything for a while. I got nervous and added, "It's okay if you—""Of course, you can come over! Do you even have to ask?" My dry lips lifted in a small smile as I mutter, "Thank you.""I'll send the address." She informed me and then the line went dead.I wrapped my arms around myself and waited. It was hard to do something as simple as that. It hurt so much. I really just wanted to find a bed, snuggle into the pillow and fall asleep.I was now wearing a hoodie o
LILIYAApparently, Devin and my naughty new friend, Inker were shagging. According to her, he'd made her stop her job, because he wanted her for himself alone. I mean, how sweet was that? We talked about it for hours unend, and yes, breakfast got burnt.I also told her about what happened to me. Well, as much as she could understand. She broke down in tears and I could not resist joining in. I'd seen so many girls do this with their best friends and it was one of the many reasons I never kept a female best friend. I believed I wasn't made to be so mushy. Well, all that was before this morning. Inker wasn't a best friend, of course, but she was growing so close to my heart, and quickly. She insisted on helping me bath after our small talk, and I was so grateful for this one.We ended up going out to eat. Luckily for me, Inker had some baggy jeans and an XL t-shirt I could wear. When we finished, on our way out, Inker got a call."Dad?" She'd stopped in her tracks and her face was pal
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