Lorenzo’s POV.I clenched the gun in my hand and pulled its trigger. I watched as it dived through the thin air before sinking deep into the middle of the target at the far end of the shooting range. I didn’t understand why, but seeing Honey walking around half naked and without a care in the world that others were watching her made me so furious. She was mine! And the sooner she knew that, the easier it would be for her!I needed to do something to release my anger. And this was the reason I had gone to my indoor shooting range and was endlessly shooting at the innocent targets. I balanced the gun in my hands as I aimed for the center of the head of the shooting target before shooting at it again. The sound of the gunshot echoed around every corner of the room. I knew I had to get out of that house before I lost my cool. I wasn’t known to be a patient man and Honey was pushing me to the edge. If she kept acting like that and disobeying my commands, I might have ended up putting a b
Lorenzo’s POV Carlo frowned before giving Mateo a weird look. “Hell no! Why will I do that?” He asked. “What I’m trying to say is that I’m planning on going out with her.”Mateo blinked. “Are you trying to say you want that stripper to be your girlfriend?”“Yes.”I stopped shooting and walked up to them. I cleaned my face with a handkerchief before slumping down on the chair close to Carlo. Mateo didn’t pay attention to my presence as he was still looking shocked at what Carlo had told him. To be honest, I was also shocked. Carlo was a smooth heartbreaker who had never dated a woman before. He believed in having sex with them once before dumping them and now, out of nowhere, he was ready to date a stripper who he had just met the previous night. That was crazy to think about.“Are you fucking serous?” Mateo exclaimed, looking at Carlo. “Like, I mean, Carlo all my life I have known you as a playboy and now you met a chick last night and you are thinking of stepping it up?” He purses
Honey’s POV. Lorenzo hadn’t returned since he left in the morning. I had been taken back to my room and this time, Madam Q ensured the door was locked so I was basically restricted from going anywhere. It was a good thing I wasn’t bound with any of those ridiculous ropes. It gave me a chance to observe the room I had been locked in. Throughout the day, I had searched every nook and cranny of the room for any clues on how I could escape from this hell of a place, but Lorenzo was smart. He hadn’t left anything to aid my escape plan. It would have been easier if I could get my hands on a phone. I would have been able to reveal my location to the police so that they could come to my rescue. When I hadn’t found anything of good use, I had remained in my bed, deriving satisfaction from making up different scenarios in my head on how I would get back at Lorenzo for locking me up here. I was thinking about poisoning his drink when the knob in the door turned and the door opened. Heavy foo
Honey’s POVI was quiet throughout the flight to Sicily. He had ensured I was tied to a seat and wasn’t even allowed to ease myself. Throughout the flight, I kept thinking about the deadly glint in his eyes when he had shot that man. How little he had cared about taking away one’s life. And right now, he had my life in his palm. Gosh, I closed my eyes. I didn’t even want to think about whatever he had planned out for me in Sicily. I just wanted to go back home to my parents. I wanted to forget ever meeting him or knowing him.We landed in Sicily in the middle of the night. There were fancy cars waiting for us the moment we got down from the private jet. The masked man came to where I was tied to a seat and I glared at him as he untied me. The moment the private jet landed, Lorenzo and his men had stood up and gotten down. So it was basically only me and this masked man left along with the stewards and pilots.“You need to get down.”I shook my head and shoved myself into the seat,
I was shown the room I would be staying in and the moment the lady left me alone, I rushed to the door and yanked it open. My heart dropped to the pit of my stomach when I saw that it was locked. I bit my lip, thinking of how I could escape. Maybe I could try to find a way to ask that kind lady for help. She could help me alert the police about my whereabouts so that they could rescue me. I was still deep in thought when the door opened and Lorenzo came inside. He seemed a little drunk as he walked up to me. His eyes narrowed as he observed me sitting on the bed before saying the word I was starting to hate. “Strip,” he commanded. It was unwise to disobey him or provoke him when my life was at his disposal so I did what he asked and untied my robe, letting it slip from my body. My whole body still aches from how he had roughly had his way with me the previous night. I wasn’t sure I could handle the pain of him fucking me tonight. “Lorenzo, please I’m tired,” I started. “Can we do
Honey’s POV.I sat at the back of the car, watching through the window as the world blurred away around me. Carlo was sitting at the front seat with his girlfriend and was blasting a loud music which his girlfriend was singing along to while smiling with him. They looked like a perfect peaceful couple, contradicting whatever the hell was happening between me and Lorenzo. Lorenzo wanted me to follow him to an event and had told Carlo to take me to a boutique to get a dress adequate for the night event. I sighed, resting my head on the back seat. I have no idea what this event was going to be about. I was starting to realize how dark and heartless Lorenzo could be, if anything was going to happen to me in this event, he wouldn’t even have a care in the world. Watching how jovial Carlo’s girlfriend was with him caused a twinge in my heart. When I first met Lorenzo, I had had a daydream of a moment like this. Us alone in a car, singing and laughing to ourselves. I shook my head, brush
I was expecting Avery to be shocked, even scared, but she looked unbothered. The next thing she said was like the last hammer to my doom.“I know.”I blinked, not quite believing my ears. “You do?” I asked. “Then, why are you still here with him?”There had to be a reason why Avery could have chosen to stay with Carlo despite knowing how dangerous he could be. Avery shrugged. “I have my reasons,” she said, looking back at the closed door of the dressing room like she was bothered about wasting time with me. “I just need you to know this, you need to stay strong. If there is any way I can help you, just let me know.”I nodded. She wasn’t going to explain herself to me and I didn’t even need to know anything. I just needed her help. “I need you to call the police,” I said quickly. “Tell them about my location.”She looked at me in an odd manner and my body stiffened when she laughed. “Honey, the police can’t help you,” she pointed out as if stating the obvious. “They work for Lorenz
Lorenzo’s POV I ran my hand through my hair as I paced around the dressing room, trying to suppress my anger. I stopped walking and looked back at Carlo. “You really need to put an end to whatever you have with that stripper,” I warned, waving my hand upward at him. “It is Messing you up.”Carlo sighed. “I think you are the one who needs to take a break,” he said. “Your pet is going to hate you if you keep hurting her. Do you really think she would steal that phone if she wasn’t scared of being around you?”I tightened my hands and snarled at Carlo. I didn’t know what sort of affection he had towards Avery which messed up his head. Love was like a slow poison and I wouldn't be so ignorant to let it kill me.“It is a good thing she knows that she should be scared,” I said. “I don’t need her to love me.”Carlos nodded, not looking convinced. “But you do love her, don’t you?”I moved close to him and emphasized every word. “I Don’t Love Her.”“Lo, I have known you for a long time,” Car
Honey. Lorenzo had kept his words. He had let me used one of his private jet to travel to meet my family. All through the flight, I was feeling nervous and excited at the same time. This was the first time in forever that I will be finally seeing my parents and couldn’t wait to give my father the gift I had got him at the shoe store. Yes, Lorenzo had gone to collect it for me from the shoe store. I still wasn’t free around Lorenzo, but I was starting to believe he was changing for the better. I clenched the gift box in my hand, smiling. When I got to the restaurant Lorenzo had booked for my father’s birthday party, I rushed inside. My Mom, Dad and Amelia were seated, anxiously waiting for me. The moment they saw me, they all stood up and came to hug me. When my father embraced me, I broke down in his arms. “Honey, what’s wrong?” He pulled back and looked at me with concern. I smiled and stopped myself from crying. I don’t know why I was crying when I was finally given a chance to
Honey.I was still walking away from the gazebo when I felt a hand hold on to me. “Honey, wait!”I turned and shot him a glare. “What?!”“I understand that you are angry and you wish I didn’t kill Avery, but no matter what I do now, it won’t bring Avery back so can’t we just try to move past that?”“Even if it doesn’t, that doesn’t stop you from killing others.” Lorenzo furrowed his brows, his gaze darkening. “Everyone I had killed deserves it one way or the other. You might not see things the way I do, but showing mercy is something one shouldn’t have when you run a business like mine. It always comes back to haunt you. I know this because I watched my father go down because of it. He had mercy on the wrong people and they came back and killed my whole family and took him to jail. At the end, he was murdered there,” he sighed, his gaze looking distant, like he was thinking about something dark about his past. “Honey, all my life I've been betrayed and alway feel like I should be one
Honey.From a distance, I could see the bright golden light shining around the gazebo and there was pleasant music drifting in the air creating a peaceful and relaxed ambiance. There were petals of roses lined up the pavement leading to the gazebo. I took in everything in confusion as I walked towards the gazebo where Lorenzo stood with his back facing me. He wore a classic tuxedo. The kind that made him look more like a gentleman with a heart of gold. The kind that completely hid the monster he truly was. The kind that would make one feel safe around him. I walked up to him and he turned to me, his magnificent smile taking my breath away. I stood before him, not knowing what to do. I looked around my surroundings, taking in the bright and decorative lights around the gazebo, the lovely flowers which were sagged around the pillar of the gazebo giving the place an inviting fragrance. Lorenzo was standing at the end of a long table filled with a variety of food. At the center of the
Honey.“Then be my girlfriend.”He said it with all seriousness, I wasn’t sure if he was joking or not. But I knew Lorenzo wasn’t one to joke around with such things. What he had said was so out of concept. So sudden that it left me feeling confused and lost. When he noticed I didn’t say anything. He looked down at me with impatience. “Say something, Honey.”“What will change if I become your girlfriend?”I asked the most important question. “Will I still be locked up here and restricted like a slave?”His eyes looked distant as he thought of what I had just said. I’m sure he hadn’t meant to ask me to be his girlfriend. He just wanted a reason to make me stay here with him and he found one. “You won’t be restricted and if you need a break from here, you can go whatever you want.”“I want to go back home.”His chin clenched. “Except from there.”“Then what is the point of asking me to be your girlfriend if I don’t have my own freedom?”“Honey, you can’t go home now. You can go anywher
Honey.The first thing I noticed when I opened my eyes was that I was resting on something warm and strangely welcoming. I turned on the bed, dragging my hand along the surface of whatever I was sleeping on. It stirred underneath my touch, causing me to look in its direction. I pulled back when I saw Lorenzo sleeping soundly with me on the bed. I couldn’t remember everything that had happened over the past few days except that I had challenged myself to die. To give up on everything. I had thought Lorenzo was truly going to let me starve to death, but to my surprise the food had kept coming and every time I had refused it. What will be the point of living for one more day just to end up dead with a bullet buried in your head. Lorenzo might not have found out that I was the one who stole those details, but he would. Nothing ever escapes his attention. And thinking about all that, you could imagine my shock at seeing him sleeping beside me on the bed.Have I skipped a century or what?
Lorenzo. “What happened to her?”The maid shook her head, tears pooling in her eyes. Tears weren't a good sign. I didn’t feel good seeing this. The short silence that followed my question made me uneasy and irritated. I needed this maid to say something before she stepped on my last thread of patience!“Speak up and answer my question! What the hell happened to honey?”“I don’t know. When I went to give her her meal, l met her unconscious.”I rushed down to her room. The maid and Madam Q followed me from behind. “I think she is dead.” The maid sobbed as I reached for the handle of Honey’s room door. My hand froze on the handle and my whole body ran cold. What does the maid mean by Honey is dead? Hobey should be anything, but dead!I pushed the door open and halted on my steps when I saw Honey lying lifeless on the cold floor by her bed.Was she… really dead?I couldn’t move from where I stood. I was too scared to find out the truth. It was funny. I had killed countless people, but
“You hate me that much?” I asked, my voice silently breaking. “You talk like there is much to like about you.” Hearing her words, Something broke inside me, leaving a swallow feeling. I wasn’t used to feeling this way. It was messing me up. “Since you hate me so much then I don’t care if you starve yourself to death,” I said coldly, turning my back on her. I didn’t want Honey to see how much her words were hurting me. She must not see the crack she had created in me. I walked towards the door and paused as I reached for the door handle. I looked at Honey from over my shoulder. “In fact, I’m going to save you the trouble. There will be no food delivered to your room from now on and you are forbidden to step outside. You can rot inside here for all I care.” With that, I opened the door and left. Two days later, I was dressing up when a knock came on my door. “Come inside.” The door opened and Madam Q walked inside. “Good morning Mr Russo,” she greeted. “You called for m
Lorenzo. It had been two days since we left Las Vegas. I had been trying to cover up any trace of the details that Avery had given the DEA. Lot of money had been lost due to this and to say I was beyond pissed was an understatement. Killing Avery was to send a warning to others who were thinking or planning to betray me in the future. I needed them to know that I wouldn’t show any mercy on them when they turned their back on me. I had been too busy to check on Honey and see how she was handling the death of Avery. It wasn’t like I cared about her or something, but I knew how soft Honey could be despite how hard she tried to appear. Avery had been cunning enough to get Honey to care about her. I just hoped Honey wouldn’t do anything stupid at the loss of Avery. I was in the shooting range, checking the effectiveness of the new arms that just got delivered to me when Madam Q walked into the room. She stood close to my left. “Mr Russo, there is something I need to say to you.” I dr
Honey. I looked down at the stripper who was still trying to breath properly and laying weak on the floor. I swallowed hard and took in a deep breath. My hands fidgeted with the hem of the blue pajama I was wearing. I opened my mouth to say something, but I couldn’t. How will I confess to Lorenzo that I was the one who stole those details. Lorenzo was a monster, he would kill me if he found out that it was me. But still, I couldn’t stand here and watch him kill an innocent person. I needed to do something. I needed to think of what to say that would save us both. Standing before Lorenzo’s cold glare, my mouth seemed to be tied in knots. “It is because… I um… it is because…” I stuttered. The frown on Lorenzo’s face deepened and he was starting to look irritated by my presence. “If you don’t have anything to say, just shut your mouth!” He snapped. He looked away from me and focused his attention back on the stripper. The stripper was now sitting on the ground, her body trembling