KAYLA “What do you mean by that?” I asked, trying to keep my voice as calm as possible. It was a trap. He didn’t suspect anything, but he was trying to find out if I was hiding something. If I panicked and fumbled over my words, I would be falling into the trap he had laid out for me. “I don’t know." He shrugged. “You tell me." “You want me to tell you what you think is off about me? That doesn’t make any sense. Tell me what made you say that.” I huffed. “You look like a woman who holds too many secrets. Secrets I wouldn’t like and would probably kill you for if I found out,” he answered firmly, and I wondered if I had let something slip. “Everyone has secrets. We wouldn’t be humans without them; besides, I bet your secrets are worse than mine. You look like the calm on the outside but deadly on the outside type. Beautiful like sin but dangerous like the devil.” “You should be a poet." He mocked, but it wasn’t in a tone that was insulting, so I just shrugged with a smirk. “I
RICARDO“And? Does that make me someone you can’t trust?” She huffed, her eyes a fiery pit of blue flames.I opened my mouth to argue when the familiar ringing tone assigned to someone special dinged from my phone.“I have to go, but we aren’t finished” I told her without looking at my phone.I gently nudged her off my lap and couldn’t stop the smile when she grumbled about it being the second time she moved.“It’s not the same.” I corrected when dropping two bundles of cash in her lap “At least I’m not storming out without a word.”“Whatever” She grumbled with a roll of her eyes.A chuckle slipped past my lips. It was the first time in a long time that I was easily amused.“I’ll see you soon, Kayla” Her name rolled easily off my lips.She said nothing and I walked out. I wasn’t stupid. While I was entranced by her, I knew she was hiding something. I just had to figure out if that something was harmful to me or not.When I walked out of the club, I finally looked at the text message f
KAYLAI hurried back to the room after Ricardo left. I tried looking for the girls to tell them that I was going back to the room, but I couldn’t find any of them, so I gave up. If they finished whatever they were doing with whoever, they would find me in the room.The lines were blurring, and it wasn’t supposed to be like that. I couldn’t make sense of what had just happened. Where was the hatred I was supposed to have for that man?It now felt as though my hatred towards him was forced but I had to admit he scared me tonight. I thought he had caught on to me when he suggested that I was hiding something.Thank goodness that I was a terrific liar and was able to steer the conversation in a favourable direction, else my body would probably be drifting away at sea by now.I grabbed my phone from where I had plugged it in by the bedside table and quickly called my best friend. I walked over to the bathroom, locked the door and turned on the tap and shower to avoid anyone hearing my conv
KAYLAMy hands shook with terror as I tried to process what Miro had just told me. No…There was no way it could be him. It just wasn’t possible.“Do you even know what you are saying? How could Ricardo have tried to kill Anita? Didn’t she get into the accident as soon as she stepped out of the office immediately after the meeting?” I emphasized each word because I wasn’t sure he understood the accusation he was pouring out like that.“You don’t have to say it like I don’t know what I am saying, K. Ricardo is responsible for Anita’s accident,” he said again, and my legs buckled even though I was already seated.“But how? She had just gotten assigned in less than twenty minutes and I’m sure it would take more than that for the news to reach Ricardo and for them to assign someone to take Anita out” I argued. I knew he was powerful, but the timing just didn’t make any sense.“You don’t pay attention enough to things around you, Kay. Even before you were assigned, there were rumors that we
KAYLAI woke up with a start, rubbing my eyes to clear my vision. Looking around the room, I saw that the girls were back and sleeping. I couldn’t recall when they had returned from the club or how I had fallen asleep, except that I had spent a lot of time trying to get more information from Issa. However, she refused to talk.I remembered that I tried to keep her awake so she could continue talking, but she was too drunk to do so. She kept mumbling incomprehensible things that were not important.Frustrated, I ran my hand through my hair. At least I now knew that she was part of the mafia or at least had a close relationship with them, and I decided that I would keep an eye on her and perhaps try to get some information from her, although I doubted, she would say anything more since the only reason she talked in the first place was because she was drunk.I got out of bed and headed to the bathroom to brush my teeth and wash my face. I also decided to order breakfast and some hangover
KAYLAThe short break was over, and we were back at work Wednesday night. I didn’t see Ricardo again till we left the hotel and honestly, I was happy I didn’t. I wouldn’t have known how to stop the hatred that would have been on my expression when I saw him.I had taken the time I didn’t see him to pull myself together and now I was looking forward to seeing him soon. I needed to get this over with so I could go back home. I just had to look for a way to meet him and spend more time with him alone.“Girl, I can’t believe it’s Wednesday already. I wouldn’t mind spending one more week in those sheets. It was amazing to be fucked into something soft for once” Diamond whined with a purse of her red lips.“Babygirl, that’s too much info” Ivory exclaimed with wide eyes. “and stop acting like you don’t got a nice bed at home”“Let me be and take yo grumpy ass somewhere else” Diamond sassily replied with a roll of her eyes and went back to applying her makeup.As usual, Issa was the first to
RICARDO“Boss?” My driver for the night, Antonio called, snapping me out of my thoughts.“Do you need me to get the manager?” he asked, meeting my gaze through the mirror.I sighed and took a drag of the cigarette between my fingers before dragging my eyes out of the window and towards the club.The driver cleared his throat awkwardly, the same feeling I felt as I watched. For what exactly?Her.I didn’t even know what I was doing here or when I gave the order to be driven here. The car was already parked behind the club when I realized what I had done, and it was too late.Now, I was struggling with whether to go in and demand to see her or go back to the house. She had me going crazy and I had no control over the yearning I felt to see her dance for me again.It was crazy how I was letting her cloud my thoughts. It was easier to push her to the back of my mind after the first visit but after the recent one, those blue eyes and hair, the colour of flames, kept intruding into my thoug
KAYLAMy head hurts.That was the first thing that registered as I blinked awake. Then other things registered. First, I was on the floor, the air smelled strange, and I could see gates in front of me through my hazy vision.This little information had me sitting up straight faster than lightning. This was not my home; I didn’t remember going home after work. I recalled stepping out of the club and confronting those drunk men, but after that, nothing else registered.I rubbed my eyes harshly to clear my vision and fear gripped me when I looked around and saw myself in a holding cell. This was not good. Could I have been figured out already? Did Issa say something to her supposed brother?My breathing picked up as I began to panic. Beads of sweat formed on my forehead as I scrambled to my feet and ran towards the locked gate of the holding cell.“Let me out” I screamed “Someone please help me. Let me out, please” I yelled, as tears streamed down my face.I may be exaggerating the whole