*FIRST KISS* Okay, so Olivia has officially avoided Mason for two days after she slept off in his room. He wasn’t in his room when she woke up that day, she remembered how she had sprinted back to the guest room so he wouldn’t meet her in his room. She just had the urge to avoid him after that day. He made the job easier for her because he wasn’t available as before, he didn’t even visit their house. Olivia’s plan went out the window when she got to the parking lot today and saw that only his car was there. Ace and Michael’s car were nowhere to be found. She stayed a few steps away eyeing the car contemplating on whether she should approach him or not. She took out her phone and called Ace. He picked up and he sounded like someone who just finished a marathon. He told her something came up and Mason will take her home, he hung up after saying that even though she was the one who called him, which made Olivia assumed that he must really be busy. She sighed softly and dragged he
*FIRST KISS* Mason stopped, detaching their lips and she took in the much needed air. She opened her eyes to see his staring back at her, She opened her mouth to talk but nothing came out. “Took you long enough.” He said and she was confused at first but soon realized he was talking to the men behind him. ‘He knew they were there and still did that?’ “Well, it wasn’t easy getting here with their men scattered all over the place. We’ve informed the base. Besides, it looks like you were enjoying yourself, perhaps we should give you more time ?” One of them said amusingly. That was when Mason removed his hands and moved away from her facing the men. He removed a piece of paper from his back pocket and hand it to one of them who took it and nodded before keeping it away. “All you have to do is make sure you get to the back, no matter what. I will distract as much as I can.” He spoke to them with a serious expression. “Matt, no matter what.” He repeated looking at the guy called Ma
*NO SHIT* Olivia has been unconscious for two days. Mason just sat in her room looking at her face with her right hand in his as he caressed it. She had been taking straight to the house by Peter who made sure their doctor was already on standby. They have a building in the house dedicated for medical-related issues and that was where she was placed. There were machines, medical tools and medicines in the room. Mason traced her knuckles as thoughts filled his head. None of this was supposed to happen, the shadows weren't suppose to attack that day, even Peter wasn't supposed to be involved, it was strictly between them and the Don himself. Olivia wasn't suppose to be in this state and Scarlet wasn't suppose to be missing. Everything never went as planned, the information Mason got was obviously wrong and while they were expecting them to bring the battle to the Don, their rivals had a whole different plan of their own going on. None of their own plans worked out and Mason knew
*NO SHIT* "She was my sister, you scum!!" Ace raised his voice as he gave shadow another punch in the gut. The latter did not let out a sound as he maintained his calm expression. ‘Hmmm, like a gang leader is expected to be.’ Mason smirked. However, he was sure that when he finished with him, he will forget everything there is about being a gang leader. He doesn't plan on killing him, he has enough time to play around. All Mason was in haste to know at the moment was his cousin's whereabouts. "Are you going to tell me where she is?" He spoke calmly as Mason sat in a chair opposite their captor and crossed his arms. "Maybe I would have told you if I actually knew where she was." He seethed. "So you are saying you never took her?" "I never said that. Of course we took her but she's one crazy bitch, I'm still trying to figure out how she escaped." He kissed his teeth in anger. Ace snapped his eyes to Mason and he nodded his head. Of course he would know if the man was lying. That
*TEASING* “You k-kissed me.” The sentence came tumbling out of Olivia’s mouth and she wondered why that was the first thing she said to him after waking up from a near-death experience. She could tell he was equally surprised as his eyes became a bit wider and he murmured something under his breath. She looked away trying to ignore the tingles on her hand as his thumb resumes action. “I did.” He affirmed with a firm nod. “Why?” She asked still not looking his way. “Because I want to.” He shrugged before adding “it saved us from the men chasing after us.” “You are lying. I told you they were gone and you said that you knew.” Olivia was starting to get confused at that point and that was making her upset. “Did I?” He raised an eyebrow and the corner of his lips turned up as if he was preventing a smile. ‘So he found this funny.’ “That was my first kiss. You shouldn’t have done that.” She said and her voice raised a bit. “I’m glad it was but what can I do now? It has already be
*TEASING* Olivia has never been in a relationship and she doesn’t think she is ready to get into one, she was just not feeling it. Yet, why does the thought of her in a relationship with Mason makes her heart thud? ‘I bet he’s been around many girls who are much elegant and prettier than me.’ She thought. She had seen how they wouldn’t spare him from their lustful gazes when they were at the club. Even her half-sister, Ruby, was one of them. She breathed in and out heavily still thinking hard. She knew she had brought up the kissing issue but it felt awkward when they kept talking about it. ‘So what if he likes me? What am I gonna do?’ Olivia panicked for a moment. She shook her head when she realized she was taking this too far. She felt like she will develop an headache if she doesn’t stop thinking about it. She kept on wondering why Mason had asked her if she has her bracelet on, her dad had also said to her before that she should always make sure she has it on whenever she
*CONTROL* ‘You kissed me.’ Mason’s mind went back to what Olivia had said. He wasn’t expecting that to be the first sentence she would say to him after waking up. It intrigued him though, he thought she wouldn’t want to talk about it, he would have brought it up anyway.Teasing her was so much fun to him. ‘And the way she averts her eyes when flustered? It makes her look so fucking adorable.’ Mason has come to like Olivia a lot over the past few weeks, she messes with his head unknowingly. She’s as innocent as the word and he could see it in her eyes and actions. He wondered if her personality would have been the same if she had grew up with her family. ‘Probably not.’ He dislikes the women in Peter’s family, except Mrs Carson of course. But then, even Mrs Carson can be annoying at times. Yesterday, he had wanted to see how Olivia was faring when he heard her voice outside the door and was surprised since he was told she was alone in her room so that was why he paused to hear
*REASONING* ‘Yes!! that’s how it should be.’ ‘It even ended like this in movies I’ve watched.’ ‘I don’t fancy the idea but I’m excited at the thought of it happening.’ Olivia has been in the school library for about three hours now and she has been thinking deeply for the past forty minutes. She just finished reading a book and the end got her thinking. In her book, the guy kissed the girl playfully but the girl wasn’t okay with it since it was her first kiss. The girl felt like it was an insult to her morality. Perhaps, she wouldn’t be so angry if the guy actually took the kiss seriously. The guy had a rethink after realizing what he did and tried to make it up to the girl and so he started treating her right after he apologized. They became best friends and the guy later asked her out to which the girl said ‘yes’. This made Olivia think about how Mason had kissed her. Whether it was for fun or not, she wouldn’t know because she couldn’t figure out his intention because of th
[OLIVIA] [A YEAR LATER.]................. Bare footed, with the heavy clothing weighing me down, I ran. Without looking back, I willed my feet to continue moving with just one destination in mind. The sound of the unrelenting footstep behind me pumped my adrenalin till I saw the door wide open and thanked the heavens. I ran towards Abigail and hid behind her using her as a shield as I breath heavily. She was looking around in shock trying to find the source of my problem. Few seconds later, Scarlet came running through the door with her eyes immediately spotting mine. She came to a stop seeing her mother in between us and she bent over trying to catch her breath too. “How are you able …..able…to run so fast in what you are we…wearing?” She managed to speak out. “Oh heavens! Why are you chasing the bride, Scarlet?” Her mother asked. “She was trying to dump that on my dress.” I pointed to the container in Scarlet’s hand. Michelle suddenly came behind her and snatched the containe
[MASON]“You know, I told my brother you were there when he was born and he thought I was lying.” Willow said pointing at the boy who was busy playing a game on what I assumed will be her phone, he was very absorbed in it that he wasn’t paying attention to us at all.“He wouldn’t remember. He was two years old the last time I saw him.” I chuckled.“Yeah, that was when we broke up.”“Wait, how old is he?” Olivia asked.“He’s ten.” Willow answered.“If you guys broke up when he was two, then that means Mason was …..seventeen years old.” Olivia reasoned. “At what age did both started dating?” Olivia looked at me with accusing eyes.“Fifteen, we are the same age. We dated for two years but we’ve known each other longer than that.” Willow answered and I wished they could bring up another topic already.“Fifteen? Is that legal?” Olivia pinched my butt again and I actually winced this time.I’m definitely getting my revenge later.“It’s called puppy love, Olivia. They got together as virgins
[MASON]I was relieved after confirming that Marcus had indeed taken guards with him, the ones that stay in the background and blend in staying hidden unless there is really a threat.All I know is the Don’s presence here comes with a lot of danger. Him stepping out of his safe zone and domain will make his opponents think that he is now vulnerable enough and they would do anything to try to get the upper hand, even if it means harming someone in his life, whoever it may be.That was why I’ve been extra careful about Olivia’s movement since the Don arrived. Her dad is the Don’s shadow after all. We just finished a meeting when I had received Olivia’s text that comprises of pictures letting me know that she and Gray were not in the house.The meeting comprised of the Don, Gerald, Carlos, Peter and I. Dad didn’t beat around the bush at all, he had went straight to the point. He apologized to Gerald without letting his pride get in the way.They apologized not for killing his brother who
[OLIVIA]The unfamiliar lady was staring again but then she smiled widely and that was when I realized, I wasn’t the one she had been glancing at, it was Marcus. The first time I noticed her gaze I had been sitting next to Marcus and now I’m also sitting beside him after Julius arrived.“What the fuck?” Marcus mumbled out still staring at her.The lady stood up and was coming towards us.“Who is she?” I asked.“Your fiance’s ex-girlfriend.” Marcus replied with mischievousness glinting in his eyes.“What? How come she is here?” I asked looking back at the lady who was still approaching us.“Mason didn’t tell you they met before you came here? They saw each other coincidentally and talked for a while.” Marcus asked and even though I love that he was telling me the truth to every questions I asked, the way he was so blunt about it amazed me.Now remembering, Mason did tell me he met with her. He had mentioned it when I had confronted him about Anastasia’s comment the first time she saw m
[OLIVIA]We all sat in a circle speaking one after the other with smiles on our faces. Leo was in Julius’ lap with the man’s hoodie held tightly in his grasp, I guess he felt like he was going to disappear again.Laurel had her head on his shoulder with her eyes still dripping and she was occasionally wiping it away. We all just did as if it was normal, the woman was very excited to see her husband again.Turns out I had misunderstood earlier thinking the man was Leo’s biological father. I didn’t know Leo considers Julius his dad nor did I think he would still remember him since he was very young when Julius was put away but the young boy did, he remembers the man who loves him immensely and always read him bedtime stories before sleep.Besides, Laurel said ever since Julius was locked up, she will always show her son pictures of her husband and bring up memories about the three of them just so Leo won’t forget Julius. It was hard because her doing that meant that Leo would be constan
[OLIVIA]“You better shut your mouth, Gray.” Marcus warned.The little boy reached Marcus and hugged his legs while Marcus patted his head. After they were done with their greeting. Marcus took his hand and they walked towards a woman seated on a spread-out fabric. She was already watching us.She smiled as we approach and then stood up.“Lauren.” Marcus smiled before giving her a hug.“I’m so glad you could make it. This one wouldn’t stop asking me when his uncle Marcus would be coming.” The woman said and the little boy looked embarrassed hiding his face behind his palms.So adorable.Marcus knelt on one knee removing the boy’s palms from his face.“Happy birthday, Leo.” He said before stretching out the container of fish rolls and the little wrapped box towards the boy.“My birthday gift?” The boy asked with a tone that made me wonder if he has never received a birthday gift before.“Yes. It’s all yours, buddy. Open it when you get home.” Marcus replied and the boy smiled happily n
[OLIVIA]“Come on Marcus, are you going to ignore me forever?” I whined.Mason has been gone the whole day and I’ve been very bored staying at home. Marcus was still holding a grudge against me because of what happened two days ago. His laptop slipped from my hands, it wasn’t intentional but he does not care whether it was intentional or if it was an accident.I even said I would buy him a new one but he declined. To be honest, I do not think any damage was done to the laptop at all after it fell but Marcus had snatched it away from my hands when I went to pick it. The screen was still on and there wasn’t even a crack. Nevertheless, he claimed I had ruined it and was yelling at me.What upset him the more was the fact that Mason had threatened to break his bones the next time he talks or yells at me the way he did. He has been ignoring me ever since but right now, I really need a companion before I go insane.“Should I cook for you?” I asked him and watched him blink rapidly biting h
[MASON] Everyone was outside preparing to go back to the hotel as the Don refused to spend the night in an unfamiliar environment. I just learned that the hotel they were staying at belongs to one of his close associates and so it was completely safe for him and his family.It was very dark outside and I plan on sending an extra security detail after them. Not being paranoid but one can’t be too careful. Carelessness however brings about nothing but disaster.The Don called me aside and we walked a few distance away from the others.“I just wanted to say, happy birthday.” He said with a slight smile.I checked my watch to see that the time was two minutes to twelve and I chuckled. It was almost the second day and past our birthdays.“I’m still on time.” The Don chuckles and I do the same.“Thanks.” I replied and he nodded before taking out something from his pockets and handing it to me.It was a flash and I was immediately curious to know what was on it.“I’m sorry, for everything.
[OLIVIA] Marcus was in his seat chattering away with Scarlet who was very excited on hearing the new happenings in his life. Thankfully, Scarlet had a rethink at the last minute earlier and pause in her plan of hauling her heel at Marcus. “Soooo, still no girlfriend?” Scarlet asked her brother who cringed at her question. Marcus shook his head and she shifted forwards staring at him differently which made Marcus stared back at her skeptically. “Just tell the truth, brother. Are you asexual?” Scarlet asked seriously. “All because I don’t have time for dating right now?” Marcus rolled his eyes at her. “Then, when will you have the time? You are pushing thirty!” “Get off my case, Scarlet. Here, have this!” Marcus shoved some food into her mouth and she glared at him while chewing at the same time. The sight was quite funny to me and almost everyone at the table found it funny too. “I need to attend to a situation. Will be back in a few minutes.” Mason whispered into my ears and