Being the live witness of everything Natalie endured, Dave suffered a panic attack thinking of how torturous his death would be. While he was suffering the palpation, Anthony called the tattoo artist. He could be very vicious when the convict is a conniving swine. And Dave had invoked his black eye by bringing him a lot of problems.
"Do as I say." He called the blind man who was waiting for his call outside the room. "Carve the words I say on his forehead - Anthony is innocent."
Dave yelled loudly sizzling like a snake when the needle of the tattoo pen pinched his skin.
"Do you know Dave, your tattoo artist Mr. Elliott is a blind man and his first experiment is on you. Elliott loves drawing but he could not get an opportunity to work anywhere because of his handicap. I encourage talent in every area and decided to realize his long time wish. Look how beautifully he painted my words on your forehead." Anthony showed Dave a mirror. He was havin
Chapter 1He was damn tired. The meeting scheduled in the previous evening extended for more than expected time and the weather changed out of blue. His flight got canceled. The matereology department reported it was the coldest day of the year in the city of California. The dark clouds occupied the blue sky like a thick blanket. It was shortly going to rain cats and dogs. “This sucks!” He grunted fisting and unfisting his hands. Coming back to his executive suite, he saw his phone ringing. “Hello son, how are you?” How did the cotton export deal go?” Ariana, his mom, was speaking on the other end in her ever cheerful tone. Anthony Rodriguez, hotter than hell and maddeningly dominant, is the adopted son of Allen Rodriguez since the age of sixteen. Ten years later, he is the king of the Boston Underworld who makes his own rules. In the chronology of killing looks, he is terrifying… and extremely charismatic. Smart and cold are the added adjectives to him with absolutely no human va
Chapter 2Ten days later…The ambient glow of iridescent lights enveloped her, throwing diaphanous rays on her partially exposed form. She entwined her bare legs around the chilling embrace of the stainless-steel pole—the fortress of her transient sanctuary. “Why can’t I strip when others can? Am I your daughter?” Celeste made a heedless indulgence of her manager giving him a finger and drowned herself in a half a bottle of Jonny Walker. In a mere time of two minutes her act had proven to be folly. It was rendering her mind to go in circles, her vision was in a haze, and her bones were as pliable as wax much against her expectation.Amidst the throng of affluent patrons, whose faces adorned with lascivious grins and waving wads of currency, Celeste discerned Mr. Cold Mogul who came to the club only to see her dance since she took over this new job. He is an enigmatic figure, enduringly established in his secluded booth. His gaze was irreplaceably steadfast and unwavering upon her w
Chapter 3“Be mine” He said with a straight face and zero emotions in his eyes. What did I hear? If her ears were not wrong, did he just propose to her? God damn her delusional state! Her eyes were in a vortex. Everything that she imagined about him was going on right before her. She hated being drunk. And that moment she needed nothing more than to head home and fall into a deep sleep. Celeste walked back into the club with no reply to Anthony. She did not want to make a fool of herself for her hallucination. Anthony was right behind ready to hold if she was about to lose her balance. "You're leaving?" Mr Cold asked her from behind. "Ugh, I can barely stand up straight. Seriously, am I not allowed to leave this place either?" "Nope, no restrictions on your exit,” he retorted, his eyes rolling dramatically. “But, you-know-I was asking for a dance with me." “You know what Mr Cold, you give me the creeps. I'm steering clear of you. Your persistence for a dance all week is unsettl
Chapter 4After the fight between Anthony and Dave, Celeste rushed to her home. So many things occupy her mind.Three years ago Her dad is a mafia boss. The bloody enemy even reached their home. While dodging the bullets she fell from the stairs. But luckily she escaped the cataclysmic place. Tonight she felt the same sort of confusion and anxiety. Somehow this guy, Anthony brings strange feelings in her ... .as if she knew him from her past. Her father was watching a football match on the television and smiled after Celeste walked in. “You're home early today my child?”Unlike earlier Tom discovered Celeste's face was not glowing. After the heavy tips she got from club members Celeste would buy food and medicines for him and Lucy while coming home. Tonight her hands were empty and she was earlier than time. The enthusiasm in her eyes was missing. She slumped on the couch feeling worn out. Did she lose her job here too? Tom was worried.He hated his dependence upon his daughter. Bu
Chapter 5The next morning Celeste woke up feeling the cheer in the words of her father. It was the first time in many years that she was seeing him so happy. “Good Morning princess. I have good news for you.”Celeste rubbed her eyes to lift away the weight of sleep after her dad pushed the drapes aside.She looked at him questioningly. “Dave had agreed to marry you. His parents are elated. Your wedding with Dave Hawkins is fixed next Friday. I know we have very less time to do bridal shopping but….”Celeste did not let Tom complete. “Dad, how could you take the most important decision of my life without consulting me?”Tom stared at Celeste stunned. “Aren't you happy with this wedding, princess? I thought you liked Dave when he came to meet you at the bar.”Celeste pushed her hands in the air exasperatedly. “Dad, liking someone and deciding to marry are far from each other.”Unknowingly the thoughts of Mr Cold clouded her eyes. His sharp look at her, the command in his voice as if h
Celeste shivered with the aura of anger radiating around him. "Don't you dare speak to me in that tone. You have no idea what I can do to that mouth of yours which works foolishly of its own accord."The words of her father rang tough in the mind and heart of Celeste. She can never forgive a man who had brought such a huge grief for her and her family - a mountain of debt, disability of her dad and psychologically unstable mother, all because of this emotionless, insensitive beast with no human values. "You may win me with your power but you cannot rule my heart. You're the poison who destroyed my family. I hate you." She threw the words on him like pelting stones. Celeste was about to leave but his rough hand on her wrist stopped her. 'That touch...she is very familiar with that touch...as if she had dwelled in it for so long...as if she relished it. It brought peace to her soul and goosebumps of thrill on her skin. But then the words of her father rang in her head again. "You keep
Chapter 13“I feel like a prisoner in this room. The servants talk only when needed.” Celeste complained to Anthony. He looked after her like a baby giving her complete bed rest after she broke her ankle. “The servants are meant to work. They are not here to sit beside you and crack jokes. Do you have a reading habit?” He asked her in a no nonsense mood.“I love to stitch and I used to supply clothes to Sasha when I was working in the bar.” She could already see the changing emotions on his face. Why did he hate the talk about strip clubs? After all, he acquaints her from there. Is this guy a gay? He didn't even touch her till date.“I do not like to recall that you were once upon a time a bar dancer. And regarding stitching it cannot be done now with a fractured ankle. I am not allowing you to do that.” The food reached her door on time with not a second on the other side of twelve during the afternoon. “Have your lunch before it gets cold. I will send you a few fiction books. You
Chapter 35“How dare that bastard! He did not allow me to talk to Celeste on the contrary blackmails me that he will turn her against me. Well, I will see how he does that. Celeste is my daughter. All mine. Boyfriends come and go. But I'm here stable in her life. Always. She knows that and she loves me.” Tom blew his vengeance against Anthony with Dave.“Do not think so loose about that asshole. He has enough evidence against you to prove to Celeste what you are and he is smart to turn the tables. The earlier, the better, we need to get her back to us.” Dave spoke in a neutral tone.“Enough evidence? In that case he should have used his magic by now. Why didn't he? Dave had no words for the question of Tom.“He had installed a jammer in her phone and I could not track her location. I don't know where she went, leaving her phone unlocked with a stranger. Otherwise I would have extracted her location long ago. I hope the rascal did not hide her in the woods where the signals don’t reach
Being the live witness of everything Natalie endured, Dave suffered a panic attack thinking of how torturous his death would be. While he was suffering the palpation, Anthony called the tattoo artist. He could be very vicious when the convict is a conniving swine. And Dave had invoked his black eye by bringing him a lot of problems."Do as I say." He called the blind man who was waiting for his call outside the room. "Carve the words I say on his forehead - Anthony is innocent."Dave yelled loudly sizzling like a snake when the needle of the tattoo pen pinched his skin."Do you know Dave, your tattoo artist Mr. Elliott is a blind man and his first experiment is on you. Elliott loves drawing but he could not get an opportunity to work anywhere because of his handicap. I encourage talent in every area and decided to realize his long time wish. Look how beautifully he painted my words on your forehead." Anthony showed Dave a mirror. He was havin
Chapter 83"I can understand, I will wait for you to adjust to the new situations." Celeste pouted, spreading her arms for Anthony.He walked into them and sighed looking down at her slightly visible baby bump.Celeste giggled. "It's only a baby, not an atom bomb to hurt you. You're hesitant even to hug me. What would you do when my tummy grows to the size of a football?"Celeste joked but for Anthony it was not even near to funny. On the contrary it was one of the most horrific things he was about to experience after being born.***"Anthony, I want you to send that bastard and bitch to the netherworld. But before that I want them to clean the dirt they spread against Rodriguez. We are a reputed family who have been in international and overseas business for generations. Some Tom Dick and Harry dare not talk nonsense about us in public and try to corrode our fame. You need to teach these grinches a good lesson so that one
Chapter 82"She is pregnant. Mr Rodriguez, I hope this is gonna be happy news to you." The doctor looked at him doubtfully after she saw the dull features of Anthony.The news came to him like a shock. Anthony did not know what to say. He was not planning for a baby so soon. Though he had experienced Celeste's mood swings and nauseousness off and on, they had taken preventives. He trusted contraceptives more than his intuition and they have failed him. There were exceptions for every issue. It was the truth Anthony had to remind himself. He forcefully spread his lips when he saw reels turning in her head. "How long is she due?"The young female doctor grinned. "She is two months and two weeks pregnant. In fact, double congratulations to you. You are going to be the father of twins."Damn it! Anthony felt like a blast happened in his body no sooner he heard the doctor's words. When he is apprehensive of having one firecracker at home, there are two on the
Chapter 81Each step she took forward Anthony’s heart began to beat faster. A naughty twinkle sequenced in her eyes which nobody would notice but for him. He knew the language of her optics. She was having a lot of fun in teasing him by not even giving him a glimpse of her. But damn the waiting was worth it! She looked like a fallen Angel.“It has been seven days, twenty two hours and five seconds since the last time I saw you. You played enough with me. Wait till my hands reach you, my little soon to be wife.” He whispered in her ears clandestinely and projected the same naughtiness she had in her eyes seconds ago. In a flash the twinkle in her blue irises died down as if caught by a wave. Tout de suite Anthony displayed a triumphant grin which now everyone could see.“Take care of my daughter. Otherwise I will break your bones.” Carson spoke with a smile putting Celeste's hand in his but Anthony did not miss the seriousness behind
Chapter 80"Don't worry mom. He is breathing. Let us take him to the hospital.""Daddy what happened to you?" Celeste cried. She brought a glass of water and sprinkled it on his face to get him conscious. But it had no result. He was lying there like a dead man.Anthony arrived on time. Celeste ran to him and fell in his arms. "Daddy" She cried on his chest showing her father who was laying there a few feet away unconsciously."Don't cry sweetheart." Anthony said in pain while wiping away the tears of Celeste. He can stand anything on earth but not her sorrow. She is his weakness as well as strength. "Nothing is going to happen to him." He tried to rejuvenate her courage and helped Saul to carry Carson to his car to take him to the hospital.Scarlett was sobbing throughout the way. "He is not a man who shares his sorrow with anyone. Before Celeste was born he suffered cancer and he managed to keep it a secret from me till the end until it was
Chapter 79Ariana, Charles’s wife Aliza, Henry’s wife Sania and his sister Edith came to Anthony’s house a week in advance to make the wedding preparations. The children were running around the house while playing. Festive atmosphere was spread everywhere. The house was filled with traffic like the 42 Times Square Junction in New York.“Uncle Anthony, when are you going to buy us planes? You promised you would buy them for Christmas. Christmas is fast approaching.” Asher, the eldest of all the cousins, asked Anthony with his head held up as if he was looking at the Eiffel tower. All the boys old and young starting from 9 months to 5 years surrounded Anthony in Asher’s support.To ease Asher from straining his neck in looking up at him Anthony kneeled before him to match his height. “Did uncle Anthony ever miss to keep his promise, young man?”Anthony waved the hand to one of his bodyguards who br
Chapter 78The private investigation and secret operations team of both Night Eagles and Gangs of Myriad are working on full scale in close cooperation to trace the culprit behind the catastrophe at Carson’s house. It was a huge human loss caused to their boss and the Gangs of Myriad mafia is not going to keep its hands folded.In the midst of chaos the wedding of Anthony and Celeste was planned. He suspects a mafia war very soon because the massacre in Carson’s home was not an easy one. Someone very powerful is behind this and it is the indication of huge disaster ahead. Anthony wants to make Celeste his woman as soon as possible because of the changing circumstances.With Goofy’s death Carson feared Scarlett would once again drown into depression. Luckily Celeste’s wedding came on time. Celeste made Anthony agree to her decision to stay with her parents. As a result Scarlett got over the loss of Goofy’s death pretty soon. &l
Chapter 77An hour agoA pearl of his sweat dropped on her forehead as his sperm spurted into her mouth similar to the fountain stream in the pond of water. A victorious grin crossed Celeste’s features before she wiped her mouth and looked at Anthony with triumph.Like fireflies which bring light in the no moon night, Anthony brought brightness in the glum life of Celeste. Today she has no shortness in happiness. “My beautiful spitfire, it is time to pay back for the naughty deed you just did. You take me to a euphoria and then stop your hands at work to make me beg? Not a good choice.” He winked at her with a snicker.Celeste rounded her lips like a little girl and looked at him scornful. She had no idea it is through these sorts of piques that she makes even as dangerous a mobster like Anthony Rodriguez who can kill people in a blink of an eye go crazy for her.“Do you know you are walking on thin ice by
Chapter 76Anthony had sent Kyle to the hospital where he got the DNA test done of Carson and Celeste.“Sir, I have gone to the laboratory. The hematopathologist who did the DNA test is bribed by an unknown source to tamper the result. He is in my custody now. The original result proves positive. DNA samples match more than 90%. This man with me has no information about the criminal. Should I kill him?”No sooner Kyle asked the question, the face of the physician turned red with fear. “Please do not kill me.” His voice came muffled because of the plaster pasted on his mouth.“He is paid twenty five thousand dollars through a wireless transfer for manipulating the result and sending it to you.” Kyle informed Anthony.“Fucking bastard!” Anthony murmured. “Find out the source from where the money went to him.”“I had already made the investigation, sir. Not much information