DICEI'd never been on a real date.It had never crossed my mind that I'd be on one, too, except recently. Even before the escort suggested double dates, I'd been thinking of taking my wife out for.. a date. Usually, I'd hate when people helped me do the work, but when it came to Liya, my norms become long forgotten.We came third position in the painting position, with Devin and his girl coming first. I saw the visible disappointment on Liya's face and immediately hated myself for not helping her win in the first place.She tried to hide her sadness behind her usual big smiles and cheery voice, but I still leaned in and whispered to her, "We'll win the next game, princess."She ignored me, but I knew she heard what I'd said because she visibly shivered under the sound of my voice.Laser tag was the next game on the list. At the very beginning, though, Inker sustained a minor injury and because of that, a fussy Devin insisted that we ended the game.On our way home, Inker started, "Ca
LILIYAI carried the guilt for days. I'd heard what Dice did to the waiter from Nate. Yes, Nate. We'd started to become a little close, and the younger guard was actually fun to talk to.He had been the one to select a guard to incapacitate the waiter. So as it turned out, the poor waiter was now without a leg. I cried my eyes out on the night I got the news, but there was nothing I could do. This was what I signed up for.Dice acted like he'd done nothing, but I planned to at least confront him about things like this. Sooner or later. It would have to be later, though.Just like that, a month's time was up and it was already Henri and my twin sister's wedding day today. I knew deep in my heart that I wasn't going to enjoy this wedding at all, but I'd honestly moved on from that episode of my life and according to Dice, I needed to show them just that.The stylist's team surrounded my room and there were lights everywhere. They were doing an amazing job so far, and for some reason I w
LILIYAWe walked into the church, arm-in-arm. I could literally feel how tense the environment was, but I was not interested in knowing why. Cameras flashed, and shutters went off, all because Dice had entered the room. I did not look up at the altar until we had sat down. When I finally looked up, I saw Inessa standing there all alone, with her phone placed against her right ear.What? Where was Henri?"She's your sister, right? What's with your husbands keeping us waiting like sissies?" A woman beside me snapped, but I was not allowed to respond. Dice only had to give her one look, before she turned away with a glint of fear in her eyes."Hello? Henri? What do you mean who this is, you jackass? Today's our wedding, where are you?" Nessa hollered over the phone. The cameras were rolling, even when Papa stood up and tried to stop them. He was still in the race for the position of a mayor, and any wrong move could throw him off pedal.The journalists kept swarming inside the church and
LILIYAThere were shrieks everywhere, I had gotten up on my feet as well, my hand placed on my chest in pure fear. When I looked closer, I noticed Nate had only shot at a piece of furniture and not actually a person.His face was dead cold now. "Out."Every single journalist in the building hurried off, some dropping their cameras severally in the process."And if any single one of you in here tries to replace those scumbags by raising a camera later, I'll make sure you do not make it out of here alive. Oh, and you cannot leave now. Not until the wedding's over." He stated.I thought Nate would look in our direction to acknowledge Dice or something, but he did none of that, only turned and left the hall the same way he came.Dice still had a smirk on his face as I sat down. I wanted to slap that expression off his face, but I knew I couldn't, even if he let me. I made him know I was mad at him though, by facing away from him when I got comfortable in my seat."What did I do now?" He i
DICE"I wasn't hiding anything from you, Boss. I did not have any idea what that woman was hiding." Sloan managed to tell me, but I slammed the gun against the side of his face again. Again, blood splattered on the floor."You're still lying to me. When did you start being such a shameless liar, Sloan?" I asked him, my head tilted to the side. He spat out some blood from his mouth, before responding, "I'm not lying to you. I do not know why Jane is taking those babies, or where. I just found out that she got yet another man to help her gather more babies. I confronted her about it and she stabbed me so I would not say anything."I gave his statement a thought. He could actually be saying the truth, because that sounded so much like Jane. He could still be lying, though."Why did you not tell me of her new aide?" I asked."I wanted to take care of it myself, I felt I could handle it, since she listens to me a bit. I was wrong.""Very wrong. You should've told any one of us, that was p
LILIYAWhatever hunch Dice had about me and my new plan was probably valid. Not clear enough to him, probably, but very valid, still.Now, I was preparing for my plan. I had no idea when Dice planned to strike—the death list, so I had to make sure I disarmed him beforehand. For this plan, I was heading to Inker's, as step one.I packed my hair into a bun because I wanted to look all done up for the man I was about to be frolicking with. I was more than sure that it would get Dice pissed off, because I hardly got all done up for him.After packing my hair in a bun, I wanted to start doing my makeup, then thought... Why do it now, when I could have everything going at nighttime? Even better. Just like that, I packed up my makeup products and body con dress, followed by the rest of the things I'd be needing for this mission. For now, I wore XL pants and an XL shirt, with my hair packed in a messy bun. One last look at the mirror almost made me rush for the concealer, but I resisted the
LILIYA"How did you get in here?" Inker asked with a baffled look on her face. Brandon glanced back towards the door like he was surprised about how he entered too, but when he returned his gaze to us, he was wearing a sly smirk."I'm not too sure you want to know that." He said simply."No, I want to. I locked the damn door, this is creepy." Inker complained, and I just sat there with my mouth slightly hanging open."Like I said, I'm not sure you want to know. Plus, that's not what's important right now." He left the side of the couch where he had been standing to make himself comfortable on a couch. When he was comfortable enough, he continued, "You're looking for a man to rile Dice up, and since Devin is off limits, I'm the safest option. He would hurt me, same with Devin, if you had chosen him for the job..." At this point, Inker turned to give me an ‘I told you so’ look."He'd hurt us for sure, but he would not kill us. I hope.""What do you mean by that?" I spoke for the first
DICEThe entire hall had frozen in place the moment I arrived, and I could literally hear every measly heartbeat in the room. The beats were too fucking loud, and as usual I wanted to end the noise. It would be better if the heartbeats just became bloody quiet.I was boiling with rage. Out of all the men she could use to get to me, she chose Brandon. She fucking chose a man who I knew was trying to get evidence that I was about to betray the Syndicate because of her. So fucking stupid."Dice." Her voice was a breathless whisper, but it translated loud and clear enough in my ears. "What... What are you doing here?""My bar, too." I told her, trying to smirk, but failing to pull any expression whatsoever due to how angry I was."Oh." Yeah, oh. Unable to resist it any longer, I allowed my eyes to glide over her tight curves in the sinful dress she wore. She'd dressed like the devil's concubine for Brandon; she'd never done it for me. It was easy to figure out that she'd done it on purpos
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