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
KAYLAI don’t know how long I have been held here but I was sure it’s been days or maybe a week. No one had approached me again or said anything to me since the first day.The only person who came into the cell was a man who dropped off the food and water before he disappeared again. And there was the woman who came to take me to the bathroom about three times a day.I wasn’t stupid to try and fight her off to escape when I didn’t know the layout of where I was, how big it was and how many guards there were guarding the place.The Secret Service would already know that something was off since they hadn’t heard from me but they wouldn’t be stupid to come looking immediately. They would wait for another week or two to give me time to sort out my mess and if they don’t hear from me then, they would send someone to look.The only thing I had done consistently was ask the man who brought me food where I was, and who they were and beg for them to let me go. I had to keep pretending that I d
RICARDOI sat in the monitoring room and watched her. It’s been two days since Enzo questioned her and twelve since I’ve had her.I’ve spent every day watching her. There was something about her that made me unable to stay away even though I knew she could be an enemy I would need to get rid off as soon as I found something concrete.“What should we do? We can’t keep her locked in here forever. The people at the club are asking questions but I told Diego to tell them she went on an assignment for him” Luca said from his position at the door.“We can’t just let her go. There is something about that bitch that ticks me off. I swear she is acting” Enzo groaned, and I glared at him for his choice of words.“Watch your mouth, Enzo. Don’t call her a bitch again” I warned with a low voice.“Don’t tell me you still have that little attraction still going on, Boss? That girl could be the enemy” Enzo exclaimed with wide eyes and I leaned back in my seat without giving him an answer and continue
KAYLAI stayed curled on the floor, my desperation and frustration growing with every minute. I was helpless and it was the one thing I despised more than anything.The rattling of the lock of my cell had me snapping up and sighing in relief when the person who stepped into the cell wasn’t Enzo but Luca Matteo.“Are you okay?” He asked with a gentle smile as he stood in front of me.“How can I be okay when I am locked up?” I snapped but my harsh tone did not cause the smile on his face to waver.“I understand but you also need to understand where we are coming from.” He explained sympathetically. “You need to come with me.”He wasn’t asking so I got up and followed him without another word. It was useless to fight against him or argue. I just had to follow along with whatever they wanted while trying to make sure I never prove their suspicions right.I didn’t take my eyes off the back of his head as we passed hallways that led to wherever he was taking me. The place was huge. Why was
AUTHOR’S POVMiro clenched his fists tightly in his palm from where he was seated on his desk as he listened to the other coworkers talk shit about Kayla. He knew how heartbroken she would be if she heard everything they were saying about her.Kayla had always been fragile even though she put up a confident front that she could never maintain in front of her father…not her father, the man who claimed to be her father.Miro hated how they talked about her as if she didn’t belong there when she was better than most of them. He hated how she had let every word from their nasty mouth make her feel lesser each day.“I bet she isn’t going to last. It’s been months and she hasn’t even managed to get a single lead. What the fuck are we supposed to do info about an arms deal? Will that get those vermin arrested?” Someone sneered, and Miro wouldn’t sit still again.“You better watch your mouth, or I’ll watch it for you” He snapped, glaring at the little group of people that huddled close to eac
KAYLAMy entire body felt heavy as I opened my eyes. I’ve been sore for a few days because of the hard floors I had been forced to sleep on and I could feel the impending sickness looming over my head.Wait…I sat up straight, looking around my environment. I was back home.I didn’t remember how I got home. The past week was so blurry, it felt like it never happened but the aching of my body and the pounding in my head said otherwise.The last thing I remembered was the interrogation room. I could still feel the anger in my blood when I thought of it.I also hated that I was getting knocked out more often than I liked, and I was getting to places without knowing how I got there.First thing I needed was some aspirin and a glass of water, so I climbed down the old bed in the bedroom and went in search of the bottle of aspirin in the bathroom cupboards.I took the drugs and took a good look at the apartment for the first time since I woke up. The apartment was a run down one, better tha
KAYLAI took a deep breath before pushing the door to the dressing room open. I had checked the time, and I had been gone for twelve days so I knew I would be getting a lot of questions.I had gone to see Leila who had become worse because of worry, and I hated myself for being the cause of a setback in her treatment. She claimed she would have come searching for me herself if she wasn’t so sick.“KayKay” Ivory exclaimed with wide eyes and ran towards me to pull me into a hug “Where have you been girl?”“We searched everywhere for you. We couldn’t reach you so we had to go to your mom in the hospital, but we shouldn’t have because she didn’t know you were missing” Diamond added.Leila hadn’t told me that they came looking for me. I was touched by the amount of worry I could see in their eyes. Except Miro and now, Leila, nobody had been worried about me.“I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to disappear on you guys. Something urgent came up” I lied. I couldn’t tell them the truth.“The errand you