CHAPTER 14

Nicole

I'm bored as hell. Lying on the bed all day and staring at the ceiling can really irritate the hell out of someone.

Its already noon since I saw the sun went down an hour ago and I'm still here in my bedroom doing nothing at all.

I sat up on the bed and glanced around the room and frowned when I ran out of ideas of what to do right now.

A knock came from outside of my bedroom door and I instantly leaped out of bed and pulled the door open and found Sofia standing on the other side.

"Didn't know you were that excited to see me." She says mockingly and I rolled my eyes at her.

"Boredom got the best of me. So anything interesting you want to tell me? or something you want me to do right now?" Her expression turned serious all of a sudden.

"Not interesting but weird. My brother wants to see you." I frowned and leaned on the side of the doorway.

"What for?" She glanced away, looking behind me.

"Something important, I guess. Come." I sighed softly and reluctantly followed her till she stopped by right outside his study.

"You're not coming in with me?" She shook her head no, and knocked once on the door and we both heard his deep voice spoke from the other side.

"He wont bite." She added and I rolled my eyes at her.

"Whatever." I opened the door and walked in. The sight of him sitting behind his huge desk with his eyes glued to the paper he's signing in front of him while his shirts sleeve rolled up his arms, made me inhaled sharply.

His light brown hair was a bit messy making him look hot and the sight of him sitting behind that desk without glancing up at me makes it so hard to deny that he's definitely good looking and he oozes with power and danger.

I cleared my throat and he finally looked up at me. Our eyes met while he leaned back on his huge leather chair and looked at me with so much coldness in his eyes and hatred.

"Take a seat Nicole." He commands. The way my name rolled off his tongue so smoothly made my heart flutter.

Eew, why am I thinking that way?! Jesus get a grip on yourself Nicole.

I walked forward and sat down in front of him right exactly the place where I was sitting just yesterday.

He kept staring at me and I started feeling self conscious about the way his eyes are glued to me after a minute had passed.

"I've been told that you wanted to talk. So what do you want to talk about?" I finally asked.

He smiled and the sight of it made my skin crawl.

Shit this guy is so damn scary yet hot at the same time

"I know where your father is." My eyes slowly widen and I stared at him with shock and surprise.

"What?" I croaked out and he glared at me.

"Don't make me repeat myself. I know where your father is and I just came back from seeing him." What the fuck is he saying? Is my father dead? Did he do something to him? As if reading my thoughts, he says;

"Don't worry he's not dead. Yet." He added and I clenched my fists by my side, tightly.

"If you already found him then let me go! Why am I still here?" He smirked and leaned forward towards the desk.

"That's because your father and I made a deal. You're not going anywhere Nicole." My heart started beating so fast as I processed his words in my head.

"What are you talking about? The only reason why you're keeping me here is because you wanted to know where my father is, from me! Now that you already know where he is and even met him, you should let me go!" I yelled defensively.

"Well that was the only reason. Now Its a different one. A reason your father also agreed to it for your own good." I scoffed.

"My father wouldn't agree to anything with a cold hearted prick like you. So there's no way he's going to make a deal with you, about me." He folded his arms across his chest and raised a brow at me.

"Oh really? Are you sure about that Nicole?" He asked and I glared at him.

He slipped a paper on top of the desk and pushed it towards me. I looked at it and then snapped my eyes back to him. He nods at me to read it.

I grabbed the paper from the table and read its contents. What my eyes saw, made my heart sink.

It was an agreement paper. A paper that agreed for my father to let me live the rest of my life in this house living with this man sitting in front of me, without a choice. The agreement also said that my father could visit me whenever he wants to and also agreeing for Shane Ryder to make me work for his mafia.

When my eyes traveled down to the end of the agreement, a tear drop fell from my eye landing right on the paper where my fathers signature is displayed and Shane's signature as well.

This cant be happening! Why is he doing this to me? Does this mean that I'm going to take part in whatever is happening here without a choice?

Its then I realized, that my life will not go back to how it was before. Being normal anymore is not a choice and my own father just sold me right to the devil himself.

"What is this? This cant be true." I said when I finally looked up from the paper and stared in disbelief at Shane.

"It is true, believe it or not. You belong to me now." I slapped the paper on top of the table and gritted my teeth in anger.

"I'm not letting this happen to me. You don't own me and you certainly won't rule over my life." He smiled at me and I felt a sudden urge to slap it off his face.

"Unfortunately I do now. Your father is not dead which is why that paper right there is evidence enough. And you're not dead yet, so both of you are still alive because of me saying so. We both made a deal that you belong to me now and that I wont kill him and you. Fiñito!"

Anger and hurt jolted through my body and I stood up immediately and glared down at him.

"I'm not letting you take over my life just because you made a fucking deal with my hopeless father! No way!" I yelled back at him and he stared up at me with amusement.

"If you don't cooperate, then you leave me no choice but to kill him instead and then I'll kill you too." I kept glaring at him and he kept smiling at me.

What to do Nicole? Think, think!

I racked my brain for something to say but my mind went blank. Shit, how do I get out of this?!

"I'm not going to let that happen!" I started walking out of the room heading straight towards the door.

"The minute you step out of this room, your father is dead!" I stopped in my tracks and I slowly turned around to face him.

He flips up an iPad that shows a live footage of my father sitting in a room with papers in his hands and there was red dot marked on his temple without him noticing it.

"The only thing for you to do to save him, is sign this contract." He slipped out another paper from underneath his desk and placed it on top of the table with a pen.

My eyes flicked back to the screen of the iPad he was holding and then snapped right back to his eyes.

"Ten....nine....eight." He started saying the countdown and I started to panic.

Just do it Nicole!

But I'll never go back to normal again.

Your father is gonna die Nicole, just sign the goddamn paper

"Six.....five...." Shane continued and I ran my fingers through my hair in frustration.

Do it! Just say it.

"Three......two....one! Times up." He said out loud and was about to press a red dot on the screen when I finally spoke up,

"Stop! I'll do it!" He smiled at me and switched off the iPad. He motioned for me to sit down again and I reluctantly did.

I brushed away the tears that had managed to flow down my cheek and I grabbed the pen from the desk and signed my life away on the contract.

He grabbed the paper away smoothly from the desk and glanced at it and then smiled back at me.

"Welcome to the knight Ryder's Mafia darling."