PEARL’S POV~I felt like the ground would open up and swallow me, one minute she was holding my hand and the next, she was lost in the crowd.How do I explain this to Nico?Frantically I plunged myself into the heavy crowd, screaming her name, I asked everyone I could but no one saw her.I realised I didn't have a phone and couldn't reach anyone for help. I ran to the swing hoping she’d gone ahead of me.I saw a girl, the same height as her, the same dress too. “Sophie!” I called out happily as I ran towards the little girl but when I turned her she wasn't the one, she screamed alerting her mother who quickly grabbed me and shoved me aside.“what are you doing!” she yelled.I raised my hands to her. “I'm sorry, I'm so sorry I'm looking for my…. A little girl, I came in with her, I lost her in the crowd” I explained, it took a lot more convincing as people were already starting to gather around us.“No! You tried to grab my daughter! You wanted to kidnap her!” she kept yelling and no
PEARL’S POV~ “Get out of the car ma'am” came the guard’s voice, Sophie clung to me, scared out of her mind, what child wouldn't, but I know one thing for sure: I'm not leaving this vehicle until I get my answer. “This isn't the beach house, who are you? Where is this place?” I asked, leaning forward till holding on firmly to Sophie’s hand. “There’s someone inside who wants to see you, both of you” he replied, before reaching for his holster. “So get out,” he added. I couldn't help but feel, this had something to do with Nico and what he was talking about earlier, I started to panic, what do I do? How can I keep Sophie out of harm’s way? So I did the next thing that came to my head, I lunged at the driver, whose strength was overpowering but I held on, “Sophie grab his gun!” Sophie reached for his gun and soon gave it to me, “Get out of the car!” I yelled, pointing the gun at him. “You don't know what you are doing, put the gun down it's dangerous” he stated, angry he hadn't se
PEARL’S POV~I had seen a Minka before, only in movies, a traditional Japanese home,It was beautiful. It's so sad I was going into one with my hands bound and my mouth gagged.“Wait here” the guard instructed, holding me in place, where else could I possibly go?, soon a door was parted in front of me and he ushered me in.“Sit” he instructed again and I obliged, I'd received enough beating to know my limits.I looked around scared, the walls were thin and you could hear through the walls, people laughing and speaking the local dialect, I heard women too, and to my left, I could hear moans as well.Is this a brothel of some sort or have I been plunged into some strange Japanese orgy?The door opened and soon a tall Japanese man came in, he looked expressionless and it didnt take me long to figure out that he was the boss.He sat opposite me and placed his large arm on the table between us, a look of intimidation soon followed.“Where is the girl?” he asked in a thick Japanese accent,
Pearl’s pov~ An older woman came in not long after the kaichou left, he was called out urgently and seemed angry. “Get up child” she started in a low tone, she grabbed my arm and pulled my shaking body up. “You speak English?” I asked in an equally shaky tone. She nodded as she pulled me out of the room to the back of the property. It led to a smaller compound, women were everywhere, and some played with their hair. Some were bathing naked out in the open, but I never saw any men. There were guards stationed out front, at the gates. She slid the door to the side and ushered me in, “you stay here” she said. She closed the door and I turned to look inside the huge room, there was a vanity table, and a traditional geisha kimono hung in cupboards. In the corner there was a bed, someone laid on it, her head bandaged, and slowly she sat up. It was the geisha from earlier, the one who hit her head. I hurriedly went over to her to help her get up, “are you okay I asked, and She sho
Nico’s pov~ “Pearl!” I yelled as loud as my lungs could, “Where are you?” I yelled again.I shoved the weed aside as I ventured through the trees.“Sophia” I called over and over and then I heard a whimper, and then a scream followed.“Sophia!” I ran towards the scream and I froze, I saw a fox growling at my girl, and fear seized her.“Darling! Daddy’s here” I said, approaching her cautiously as I glared at the wolf.“Daddy” she whimpered as the fox’s growls deepened and he prepared himself for an attack.Slowly I stepped in front of her and the fox charged at me, I pushed her out of the way and she landed in a hedge with a small thud.The fox pounced on me and I was so wrestling with it on the ground.“Daddy!” she screamed but I told her not to move.The fox snarled at me, his jaw salivating as it tried to sink its teeth into me.I clamped its jaw with my elbow and pushed it away with my foot.It bit my leg, I saw a log of wood beside me, I raised it and hit it over the head.It how
NICO’S POV~ “What’s the plan, sir,” Lorenzo asked, “the plan…” Like a clink, my odd obsession came in.My mind entwined into a thousand thoughts all at once, what do I know, how? Where what who?“I need information, you”, pointing to Tony Morello, “tell me what we know about Kenji,”He stepped further and Lorenzo stopped him, “ he rose to power a few months ago, but he was his predecessor's right-hand man, and get this, his lawyer” he continued.“How did the last kaichou die,” I asked, “he laced his mistress’s pussy with an allergy trigger, and he died under her, the doctors said it was natural causes” he continued.“But it was Kenji; he always has a way with women”, he finished, I walked towards Liam, “how did Logan find him?” I asked again, “ he came to us” he retorted, I turned, “he did?” my eyebrows arched high. “ yeah, he said he has a way of getting us out of our debt with you,” he continued. “so he offered your half-with brother 20% off, and he signed it” I laughed, “That’s
PEARL’S POV~“Liam?” I whispered the kaichou laughed, “Davis Malone, I didn't think you’d honour this invitation.” He started. “2 million dollars Kenji, and I buy her outright from you” he continued, I was stunned, buy me? The thought of belonging to Logan's brother sent pure irritation down my spine. But it was an irritation I had to endure.“3 million dollars” I heard another voice announce before raising his arm. Kaichou looked into the crowd, “what do we have here?” he laughed.“Tony is that you? I thought I'd recognised you earlier when you came in shortly after Mr Davis Malone” he continued.He got up and pulled me along, “she’s not for sale, she’s just available for the night, I'm going to keep her, she belonged to Don D’angelo and now she belongs to me” he stated.I was scared, a room full of men ready to devour me and here is Liam trying to buy me like a piece of property, how did he know I was here?Did Logan get him to save me? So many thoughts ran through my head and my
NICO’S POV~From above I watched the crowd disperse, men of equal power all scattered in different directions.I'm Nico for a reason, even though I am also a danger to myself.The smoke bomb ignited as soon as the entire room was filled with laughing gas and they all laughed.I saw Kenji cover his nose before he dived into the crowd and out of the room.With the rope I swung down, running after him, when I got outside cars were hurrying to leave, but I recognised some useful faces I would use to exact my revenge.“Kenji, I'm not letting you get away with this” I yelled, stopping him in his tracks. He snickered and turned to me, “I don't remember extending you an invite to my show, this is trespassing Don”I removed my mask, a look of daunting surprise on his face.“It doesn't have to be this way Nico we can still work this out” he snickered.“You almost made me sign my daughter to you you fucking pervert!” I cursed.He was shocked to see I learned his trick and he played it off.“Loo
Pearl’s POVKira and I knew if we didn't follow the clue, it would be lost to us forever, but first, we had to give ourselves a head start. Before Camille returned, we arranged everything and put the room back in order, just as we had met it.Mirelle Point Valley appeared so ordinary, giving me an unsettling, weird, eerie feeling. The kind of place you can't catch me dead in, somewhere you are sure to find satanic rituals it's somewhere in a creepy house. The kind of place where mailboxes with family names in cursive writing are placed and lawns are adorned with plastic flamingos. Kids riding bicycles in the streets, laughing and playing, yet this gloomy cloud hung in the air, winds blew almost perfectly and everyone seemed to be chatty and cherry with each other.Strangers passing by said hello to each other and smoke from a barbecue filled the air as Kira and I drove past the busy streets. During the drive, Kira and I didn't talk much, Something happened to us in that little h
PEARL’S POV~I believe I owe you the backstory on how I got those documents from Camille.I can't believe I did either, what happened shocked me as it will you.FLASHBACK~Kira had called that night, just days after I told Lorenzo I wasn't going to sign those papers, he had stormed out angrily.I never imagined that Kira, of all people, would find me crouching in the dark behind a trash can waiting for her. She had sent me the location via text.She was still as beautiful as she’d left me in the hospital room, and she wouldn't look at me longer than 3 seconds.No eye contact Nothing, and it broke me, whatever it is we shared that’s gone now, all that’s left is a bloodthirsty assassin seeking revenge.She tried to balance her prosthetic leg before crouching down beside me.“Did he go in?” she asked, looking towards a quiet road.I couldn't get rid of the mistrust that had begun as a murmur in my stomach. I called Kira following the altercation with Camille and the odd behaviour Nico h
Pearl’s POV~I was awakened by a clinking sound.I blinked and looked back at the side of the bed my husband used to sleep in, he wasn't there.At first, it felt too real and I believed it to be a dream, the type which leaves you immobile and aware, just gawking into space. Like an out-of-body experience, featuring me but not me all at once. Then her voice came to me. A voice I hadn't heard in what had been a blissful full month of my life.I turned and there she was sitting by the table in mine and Nico’s room.Camille…."Oh, don't wake up on the account of me I see you still need your beauty sleep, I wanted to stop by to say hello to the new Mrs D’angelo, I've lived here since Sophie was born to do of course I'm familiar with the room, hope you don't mind me popping in”I sat up and straightened myself on my bed. What the hell is she doing here, my heart pounding out of my chest I faced her, her eyes quizzed in curiosity as she glanced back at the space on the bed.“Don't tell m
Pearl’s pov~I turned all night, I couldn't sleep, I had to make sure Sophie was okay, but At 2:34 a.m. it arrived. A message, no words just a pictureMy husband Nico, in bed his hair was not like he left, in disarray, his belt loose, and his shirt unbuttoned. And of all the women he had to lie to me to lay with it was FBI Agent Jenny Fucking Beacon.The only FBI agent who has made our lives a living hell from the inception and Nico had found a way into her bed. The same woman who had it out for him, Nico, had been harassed by the woman for months, and now I'm thinking, has it all been a lie? Is there a secret affair between them that I've been blinded by?That was the person who intimidated me in that chilly interrogation room, tried to make me give him up and all this while he has been fucking her!I can't believe this!Her lipstick was smeared, and her lips curled arrogantly, She was fully clothed beside him her fingers trailed his back, as if she had a claim to make. I was ha
Nico’s pov~Four weeks….In that blissful month, I experienced sex like no other.There was an unspoken passion between Pearl and me…Something I once felt with Lola, this raw energy to own each other's bodies in that moment.Unmistakable pleasure.And there came the Peaceful mornings, dinners full of laughter, and kisses that lasted longer than they should in public.It's been hard trying to keep this newfound connection away from staff seeing as Camille was still gone.DM Holdings was finally in a good place and that had shocked Logan as well. August Winters became the latest head of industry at DM Holdings.His technology caused a shocking stir in the market, and different investors started flooding in. Finally, I was back to power and we became the power couple of the business world, soon my old clients all started to reach back to me.New ones came too and so did my reputation in the mafia world grow.Nico D’angelo was untouchable, somehow they found out I'd been in a coma and
Nico’s POV~With Camille strangely gone, It was quieter than usual in the house, my daughter Sophie spent the night with us and we had managed to take her back to her room without her knowing.And now it was just Pearl and I in the room, there was an awkward silence between us ladened with memories of the event preceding us.I looked up to see her beautiful face but all she did was look away.There were unspoken words that neither of us was prepared to confront. Pearl was wearing one of my dress shirts, her hair still wet from the shower, and she sat by the fireplace in our bedroom. I could see that she wasn't reading even though she was leafing through a book.She kept sighing so many times, and I thought to myself how can I unburden her?But my pride won't let me, the moment she sees my weakness she walks away.Lola did and I'll never forgive myself for giving her that chance.But Since the rescue, she has remained at my side.I watched her for a while as her body softened by the
Camille’s POV – The air stuck in my chest and im unable to breathe. Staring at my reflection, my hands trembled aggressively as I held onto the edge of my vanity. I picked up my brush and struck it at the television.“Fuck I want her dead!”My chest is pumped faster and faster as my eyes bulge out with hate. My flawlessly painted lips are pushed into a narrow line. My mind keeps repeating the headlines. ‘A Love Like No Other: DM holding owner, Nico D’Angelo and his new wife, his appointed Ceo Pearl Cavil, Survive Another Attack!" I want to yell, scream the roof down!I should be Nico’s wife not that bitch who just strutted in like she owned the place. This was meant to be handled by Kenji, but he has done a pathetic job of killing her!Simple clear instructions!Kill her and let the child Go!Pearl should be dead and decaying in a ditch, out of sight and out of fucking mind. Rather, she is alive and absorbing all the pity while draped over Nico like a tragic heroine. Oh Go
Nico’s POV ~Mr Winters is a charming man, isn't he? Suddenly logan was no longer my competition, it was a strange-looking man.Making Pearl my wife in the way I did, without raising suspicions or making Camille so on edge that she’d release my documents to my enemies was the perfect plot.It took the grace of God in me not to snap his neck in two the day I married her.He dared to kiss my wife!I've been surveilling him, scratch that've been surveilling everyone Pearl has been in contact with, forgive my obsession but I can't help it.Some have soon disappeared overnight and she would never know.Camille, I had plans for her, I just can't come through on them yet, I'll hurt anyone who hurts my wife a thousandfold and only I know that.As it prepared to take off, the private jet's engines hummed as it sat shining in the sun. August had pulled all the strings to ensure Pearl and Sophie enjoyed a sumptuous three-day getaway.Reasons I'd never know but I knew my obsession would soon urg
Pearl’s pov~Something happened last night, something I had to remember.Nico averted my gaze now and again but there was this smile that lingered too often.I excused myself to go to my room when he cleared his throat, “I had them put your things in my room since we are now married….”“No!” I interjected, “I will not be staying in the same room as you, I w…”“Then you shouldn't have said I do” he interrupted.“We share a room now and that’s final” I looked back at him, unable to understand what he was thinking.I fumed and raced up the stairs to my room.I couldn't for the life of me understand what I'd put myself into.I'm married again!I sobbed, picking up the snow globe from the dresser, I stared hard at it.I shook it and The globe whirled. I couldn't tell if the sluggish, creeping haze clouded my mind or if the wind rushing past me was to blame. I was unable to release my fingers from the around the round object, I fixated on it like my life depended on it.My mind let loose