LILIYAI went back to my seat in the plane with Dice's last statement replaying over and over in my head. What did he mean I was stuck with him? True, I had no idea of when this whole thing between us was going to end,but I had not really been looking forward to being stuck with Dice. I still wanted a normal life, one which I knew Dice could not give to me."You do not want to be stuck with me, right? You look like this is the scariest thing I've ever said to you." He spoke all of a sudden, pulling me out of my thoughts. I had not expected the statement, so I jerked forward a little in my seat. He just watched me intently, awaiting my answer.I swallowed before saying, "It's not that I do not want you in my life, Dice... I just think you'd be bored of me sooner than you think." He stared at me with a blank look on his eyes for sometime, then he looked away without saying anything. I decided not to say anything too, because I did not want to worsen things. I had always looked forward
DICEI locked myself in the office of my penthouse for one full hour, my mind filled with thoughts of her. When would she ever leave my head? My best bet was probably never.I pretended to work, typing away at my laptop in a frantic mode and even if the words made sense, I knew I could do better.Slamming my laptop close, I leaned back against the chair, my fingers running over my stubble. Telling her about the duration of the contract was a stupid mistake. Now she would think she had a choice—that she could leave me. Liya would never be free of me.Especially not now, when I had sacrificed so much. I needed her by my side when I finally lost everything my father worked hard for while trying to save her family.Yes, if I was intent on canceling the death list, I would have to step down, for going against my father's wishes. But my last words as their leader would stand. They would not hurt Liya's family, but at the expense of my position as a Mob Boss. There.I laughed mirthlessly, lo
LILIYAI was hot all over, and for a man I swore just minutes before that I'd grant the worst silent treatment ever heard of. Why had I thought that would be possible?Dice was practically breathing down on my neck now, it was like he was waiting for a push… one move from me, before he gave us both what we wanted.I shut my eyes and inhaled as much of Dice's cologne as I could, then finally summoned the strength to push him away, even if my push was the weakest one I had ever witnessed.He moved away from me anyways and I cleared my throat, avoiding his eyes as I said, "I'll just go ask one of those guards for…" I trailed off when I recalled what Dice had done to the other guard because of me. "Never mind, I'll look for it myself."He allowed me walk past him, and then outside in search of the guard. My eyes searched the pool surroundings. The guard was nowhere around. He'd been standing across the pool, by a wall of the building. Why did he leave?I walked up to one of the other guar
DICEI fucked Liya in three more positions, before she fell asleep in my arms. I begrudgingly let her rest only then, and went off to find the guard. I ended up not killing him, though, because I knew my wife would throw a tantrum. I roughened him up to my satisfaction, however.I spent the rest of the time while Liya slept, wandering about my property, responding to work emails and making sure Rex Corp was in order.It was dusk when I went back into our bedroom. Liya was sitting up on our king-sized bed, looking like a dream in one of her silk nighties and those clear square-shaped glasses. It almost seemed like she had come to this trip with the aim of seducing me.This time, she was putting on an all white silk night gown and most of her fair skin were out in the open. Said skin was partly covered with marks—inflicted by me. They made her look even more tempting.She was typing away at her phone which she immediately put away with reddening cheeks when the bed dipped with my weight
LILIYADice took me outside to look at the sky with him. He claimed it was something stupid he'd watched in a couple of movies and he felt I'd like it. I told him he was a low-key romantic which he spanked me for, after denying it over and over. I kept sneaking glances around, in search of the guard he assaulted, but the man was nowhere to be found. My heart was thumping in my chest, but I told myself it was too early to be scared. He was probably just taking care of his injuries.We watched the patterns of the sky, and I even started to describe some constellations, not realizing my words had become slurry until Dicd pointed it out."Go to sleep, princess." I sat beside him on some kind of bench, so he just cupped my head and placed it on his right shoulder. Stubbornly, I raised my head back up."I'm not sleepy." I told him, crossing my arms over my chest as I tried hard to focus on the stars and the moon and… my eyes were closing without my permission. Why were they doing that? I o
LILIYA I went into the kitchen to set everything up. There was a cook here, too. She was younger than Cecilia, actually just a little bit above my age. She smiled at me when I entered the rather smaller kitchen, but her smile wasn't as warm or comforting as Cecilia's. It was painful to remember how much we had drifted apart—Cecilia and I. She was like the mother I never got to enjoy, and I had allowed her to slip off my hands like that. It was not like she wasn't speaking with me anymore, but it was now very obvious that our bond wasn't there anymore. I missed her so much, and I knew she would have jumped with joy if I asked her to join on this trip; that is, if we were still on good terms. Looking at all these, though, would I choose Cecilia over my husband? That would be a big, fat no. I loved Ceci, but never more than… Wait, what? I shook my head as if to shake away the weird thoughts I was having, then proceeded to meet the cook by the counter. While walking over to where sh
DICEI lived for the expression in my wife's eyes. The happiness in her eyes was literally the bane of my existence. And what I would do to keep that expression on her face. Yes, I had gone ahead and gotten myself whipped all over again for this woman and for some reason I had no regrets.I simply gazed upon her fair skin and round, glowing eyes as she watched the band play. There was a smile playing on my lips that would not go away, no matter how stupid I knew I looked.I had arranged the band last minute, and when I said last minute, I meant just a few hours ago. Money was on my side, luckily, and I was able to get them at our residence. I had not been joking about the fact that I had never forgotten her favorite song, the reason being because it had been the only song I had listened to for months after we drifted apart.Pathetic; I knew that already."This is perfect, Dice. This is the start of our relationship." Liya suddenly spoke, looking up at me. My smile widened, but only a
LILIYAI was officially the worst person in the world.I did not regret asking Dice to tell me his story, though. I was only upset about the details. Why did he have to suffer like that? I made him go through everything. If only I was contented with just the two of us; If only I hadn't allowed my obsession for attention get the better of me… Everything would have been different. I was sure that life with Dice would have been the best, if all that had happened between us did not happen."I did not ask you to cry for me, princess. You know I hate it when you cry, don't you?" He stroked my hair as I laid on his lap. I sniffed, but made no move to wipe my tears. The way I had become so free to show off my weaknesses to him was something alarming, and for some reason I could not give two fucks about it. For now, perhaps.I never wanted times like these between Dice and I to end, even though something strongly told me it would. We were in the city of love, and everything probably ended the
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