Senna left her alone as Balia had asked. She hadn't seen him for over four days. She felt really relieved.She never met him in the dining room, and she didn't bother to ask Tina. She didn't care if he got killed or something. In fact, she wanted that to happen so she could finally escape and find something to do.For the next three days, she felt better than ever. The headaches had stopped, and she spent more time with Tina, who took her around the house and showed her places around the mansion. It was more peaceful now than ever. This was what it felt like to be alone. Balia wanted this forever.And as for Senna, he immersed himself in work and was rarely home to even spare her a glance. Most of his nights were spent at his suite in one of his hotels around the country. He closed business deals, handled shipments, and made sure everything went smoothly. There were a few glitches in the way, but he was able to take care of it all. And whenever he returned home, it was usually really
Balia's POVThe following day, I woke up feeling better than yesterday. It had been over three days since I last saw him, and I wasn't bothered. He probably had business to attend to. Plus, the guilt I had seen in his eyes a few nights ago must have driven him away from me.But I knew Senna. If he could drive his fist several times into Smith's face because he touched me, then he was capable of worse. He was unfeeling.I threw back my bed covers and climbed out of bed. I went to the bathroom to wash my face and mouth. I looked less messier than the previous days, and it was a perfect thing.I heard the sound of my door opening as I stepped out of the room. Tina was gently placing a dress on the Chippendale chair. I didn't recognize this dress as mine."Good morning, Tina," I said as I slipped out of my clogs and walked over to her. "Uhm, whose dress is that?""Yours.""This isn't my dress," I frowned, walking over to pick it up. A pale blue sundress with thin straps for arms. It was g
Balia didn't reply to the text he sent to her. Senna didn't bother checking if she had replied to it or not. He had more important things to do. The only reason he forced himself to do this was because of the guilt eating away at his heart. All he had to do was make it up to her and make her see him in a different light.Senna slipped into the chair behind his desk and picked up a file. Rocco had printed it out at the meeting. It recorded shipping and logistics from other mafia groups from different countries and states. It had been printed to track Diablo's movements as they had gotten intel on the company that worked with him.But there was no trace of him. He had no idea if bothering about it was a hassle. Diablo was a snake and could strike at any time.He tossed the paper to the side and took out his phone to check on Trey, as it had already been over two hours since they left.Trey picked two rings later. "Boss.""How are things going?""Quite interesting. She's taking a ride o
Balia's POVWell, today ended on a good note. Trey drove us to the Italian restaurant and booked us a table. He had offered me a seat, asking me to order whatever I wanted so he could leave the card with the cashier and wait in the car.Well, I disagreed. I couldn't sit here alone. Not when it had a lot of people sitting around and dining at the same time. Now that I thought about it correctly, I had a little social anxiety. Why couldn't I sit without tapping my feet on the floors or playing with my fingers?I decided that I couldn't sit alone, so I pushed back my seat and walked over to where Trey stood before the counter and tapped him."Hey, got any problem?" He asked as he placed a black card on the table. He slid it over to the lady behind the counter, and I didn't miss that she had been baring her teeth before him like a predator.I scratched the back of my neck. "Uhm, I'd love you to be at the table with you."He shot a perfectly carved brow up. "You think?"I nodded. "Yeah. I
Senna's POVI felt her before I saw her, and the urge to smell her rushed through me. I couldn't control myself. Immediately, I saw her wearing that dress and looking sumptuous. All I wanted to do was touch her and inhale her heady scent. But she was confusing me. Or was it me?These past few days of avoiding her had been shitty. Nothing seemed to please me. Not even the beautiful strippers at the club. I never really fancied any of them. All I did was watch them move their attractive bodies. It was enough to make a man's night.But none of that had happened since she vented. I had immersed myself in work, hoping I would forget about her in a day or so. But it was impossible. At every waking moment, all I thought about was her: the look of pain on her face as she spoke, the tears streamed down her cheeks as she broke down. I'd been left speechless, unable to act. I couldn't even comfort her or see her later to know what was wrong. Heck, I didn't have that in me. I was the least empa
BALIA.Last night had been a mix of amusing and annoying because why the hell had he been a bit nice before biting me with his words?I was glad that he hadn't followed me to bed, so I just watched a movie till I fell asleep.I woke up to my face on the screen of my iPad and sunlight pouring into my room. Squinting, I shielded my face and turned to the other side, yawning as I slipped out of bed.I walked to the window with the intent of pulling the drapes close. I wouldn't say I liked too much light. Tina must have pulled the drapes open while I was out.But when I got to the window, I stopped when I saw a familiar body moving through the pool. I squinted towards the pool, eyes widening when the swimmer stepped out. Senna.It was illegal for anyone to look that hot, and I wondered why I wasn't hearing the wail of a thousand sirens waiting at the gates to arrest this specimen of a man. I saw the reason why no woman could look away from him. His hair. It had been cut low. As muc
SENNAI'd been getting ready to leave for a meeting this morning when one of my men came to inform me about the strange man requesting to see me. I hadn't wanted to, but they tagged it as necessary. He had also been wounded, so I believed it was something serious. So I shifted the meeting to an hour later to have time with this strange man. He looked unkempt and like he had escaped rehab. He was a drug addict. I could see it from his eyes, teeth and skin. He also sported bruises, so it meant he had been beaten up by a group he owed money. "I have dirt on Diablo." He said as soon as he got to the door of my mansion. I gave him a once over, taking in his unkempt demeanour. I took the steps down and lowered to sniff him. Then I leaned away. "Coke addict?" He began shaking his head, but when I glared at him, he quickly nodded. "Yes. But I stopped a long time ago, sir." "And that must have been a week ago, when you had no money to get more, and your sellers refused to giv
BALIAIt had been two hours since the encounter with Senna and the oddly familiar man. I knew he'd looked really aware, but I decided not to dwell so much on it.Since I had nothing to do, I decided to read a book, sleeping off in the process. I woke up later in the evening, feeling irritated at the monotony in which I lived my life.According to one of the maids, Tina had gone home for the weekend and would be back next week. I'd been slightly disappointed as she was the one I felt the most comfortable with.I was standing on the porch when I caught that same figure. I squinted my eyes and stretched my body to see that it was the same man I'd seen with Senna.I moved to the other side of the porch, following his movements. He rounded the fountain and started moving towards the other side of the mansion, and for a brief moment, he whipped his neck towards me, and I caught his face.My confusion heightened, and I suspected something off about this man, so I ran down the porch steps, hu