Chapter 3: Getting his attention

There was a moment of silence as Mabel was contemplating on what to say to the rude man. “I was just trying to help. There’s no need to be so rude about it,” she finally responded.

“You wanted my attention and so you punctured my tyre. Well now you’ve got it. Now leave, women like you who stoop so low for attention aren't really my type,” Christian told Mabel who was left astonished with his statement.

Her brows scrunched into confusion as she had no idea of what the man in front of her was talking about. Did he really think she had nothing better to do than stooping so low to get his attention? Sure he was good-looking but that was as far as it went.

"Excuse me? I honestly do not understand what you’re talking about," She stated as she stood unfazed and unbothered by the man's gaze.

"So you just managed to pass by at the same time my car’s tyre got punctured?" Christian asked as he started to move closer towards her.

He had encountered women like her who would try to get his attention through cheap tricks like this and he always ensured to teach them a lesson they wouldn't forget.

Mabel was dumbfounded by how arrogant this man was and she hated arrogant men like him as they reminded her of her father and brother.

“Does it look like I’m attracted to you?” she retorted. “Honestly, if I had a gun, I would put a bullet through your thick skull to make it clear that I wasn’t the one behind whatever happened to your stupid car!”

This one was a good pretender as he almost believed her if not for the fact that he had been through similar scenarios in the past. “Since you’re playing hard to get, let me make it easy for you and give you the attention you crave,” he said and he made his way to where she was standing.

Mabel’s heart pounded in her chest and her breathing became heavier when Christian leaned forward and brought his face close to hers.

Her eyes darted to his lips which were close to hers and she felt the urge to press her lips against his. She felt the sexual allure and it scared her as she had never felt such an allure.

She however, snapped out of the trance she was in when she noticed the man smirk arrogantly. Her brain immediately started thinking about the best answer she could give, and there was only one answer it could provide to prove to the asshole that she had no intention of getting his attention.

"SLAM!!! "

She rammed her knee in between his legs as hard as she could and he groaned in pain.

Christian’s eyes became bloodshot as he realized what had just happened. He raised his head up and if looks could kill, Mabel would have died on the spot.

The driver who had focused on fixing the tyre, eyes almost popped out seeing what the woman he was looking at had done.

She really was something to go this far to capture his boss’ attention. He gulped in fear as he knew his boss wouldn't spare this woman.

Christian couldn't believe what had just happened. He was seething with rage. "How dare you?! You have no idea who I am, do you?!” He yelled in anger and glared at the woman in front of him. Unconsciously, he took a step back in case she would try to do the same thing again.

No one had ever dared to even hit him and she had gone this far? He would destroy her and watch her beg for mercy from him.

He was regarded as a devil in human form because of how ruthless he was as he didn't spare his enemies, and forgiveness was not something in his dictionary.

It applied to both men and women which meant that she and whatever family she belonged to were going down.

Mabel was starting to get angry. Every man she had ever known had a tendency to treat her like dirt and threaten her, she couldn’t fight against the others as she was scared of them but not this stranger. After all, she wouldn't be meeting him ever again.

"Do you really think you can scare me with your glare?" she scoffed and rolled her eyes.

Mabel knitted her eyebrows, seeing no reaction from Christian. "You have messed with the wrong person and you’ll forever regret it," He promised her, his gaze cutting deep into her spine and turning her blood cold

Mabel gulped as she was a little scared but she remained calm on the surface and held her head up.

"I don't give a fuck about who you are. You have no right to speak to me like this so please, don't try to bring your identity into this".

“You’ll regret this for the rest of your life,” Christian promised her.

“Meeting you has already ruined my mood for the rest of my life, so do your worst,” Mabel dared him, after which she turned and walked away.

Christian watched as she walked away with a deep scowl on his face. None of the women who had resorted to such cheap tricks to gain his attention never treated him this way as they were infatuated with him.

Without wasting time, he picked up his phone and texted a number. ‘I want you to find out everything there is to know about a woman,’ he sent to the receiver.

“Give me your gun quickly,” Christian then said to his driver. Even though he was going to ruin the lady till he had nothing left to ruin, he wasn’t going to allow her to walk away without doing something to her.

The driver shook his head when he heard his boss’ order. Not many had the guts to go against Christian Romero and those who had dared to do so, didn’t live to tell the story as Christian slowly destroyed them.

“Here you go, sir,” he said, and he stretched the gun to Christian after he had put the silencer on it so it wouldn’t make too much noise.

Christian didn’t hesitate as he pointed the gun at Mabel and pulled the trigger. Damn whatever consequence this would have on him. He would take care of the authorities and the backlash this would cause in the media.