My dad owns this empire,yours has nothing

His pov

She cleared her throat.

"Anything wrong?" she asked.

"Yeah...uhm...how sure am I that you can do this?" I asked.

She freed her hands from mine slowly.

"Well, my dad was always coming home pretty late at night from...I don't know,I think a fight or two and I was usually the only person awake, so I helped him with that" she said coldly.

"Why? insomnia?" I asked.

"Uhm,well not really...I was just a pretty light sleeper" she replied.

I passed her the piece of cloth.

She took it from me and came closer and slowly dabbed my cut..

It came off with a sharp pain, and then it all went away.

My eyes unconsciously wandered to her face.

Okay...in as much as... you know how am I and all...not showing emotions... yeah, I've gotta admit.

She's really beautiful.

Her eyes were the same color as mine...her lashes very much long, her nose pointed, and her lips... having a pale color of pink...full pink lips... very much tempting.

I snapped out of it immediately.

The fuck is going on with me?

Her fingers blushed my skin softly, making me get goosebumps all over my body.

She was too close to me, the closeness was killing me...

I took a deep breath in, trying to get myself together, because I don't even understand what's going on with me.

She stopped.

"I'm done" she said and walked over to the sink.

I bit down on my lips, staring at her exposed thighs.

I looked away...

This is going to be hard trying to cope with her around..

Especially when she's this tempting.....

Wait, what an I even thinking of.

I got up from the chair and walked out of the kitchen to my room.

I took off my clothes and headed straight for the shower.

I stood under it for a long time washing off every form of dirt off my body.

This girl... She has to leave..

Before I fuck myself off....

But then for some very weird reasons deep down....I don't want her to.

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"You went out for a fight yesterday and you didn't tell me!!" Martins accused, barging into my office.

I shrugged and yawned.

"I don't know,I just thought we were busy or something, and I haven't been out with Williams for a while" I replied pretty tired and stressed.

"What if something had happened to you? and you only went with 8 men? what if you had died?" he stressed.

"Awwn, you sound like you care about me, that's so sweet" I teased.

He scoffed.

"I don't care about you,eww gross. I'm just considering the things that could have gone wrong.Fighting over 90 men all by yourself, be careful man!"

"Well nothing happened, hurray!! now tell me about latest developments on Bernie" I said.

He arched his brow.

"Who?"

"Yunno, Bernie, that's her name right? that girl we're trying to get out of this country?" I asked.

He rolled his eyes.

"It's Bella, pretty short and simple. And well we could actually get her out on Monday.

We have this meeting at New York, and there's no point of security check when it's us, we can sneak her inside the plane and drop her off at somewhere and she can find her way " he said.

"Good, have you told her about it yet?" I asked.

"Yeah, she seemed, well I don't know... sappy kind of" he said.

"Sappy?" I asked.

"Yeah, sad and happy kind of. Like she seemed trilled and then also not so very happy" he said.

"Oh wow" I said sarcastically.

"You really should have a conversation with her, a nice conversation, she's a nice person. Maybe she can even tell you about why she's always running"

"Well don't blame me, I've asked her already and she chooses to keep it anonymous, I'm supposed to force the Truth out of her?" I said.

"She's scared of you, don't you realize that you scare the guts out of her" he said.

"That's the point, look I don't trust her okay, and so I have to keep her up on her toes" I said

"Same reason why she doesn't trust you! you just have to make her trust you, that's all" he said.

I laughed.

"I don't even trust myself and you're telling me to allow her to Trust me?

And just so you know, I'm not interested in finding out what's wrong with her or her damn history. So please, let's get her out of this country so I can have my liberty" I said.

He smirked,"Why do I feel like she makes you uncomfortable" he said like he was reading my mind.

"What?...no... she's not" I said.

"Of course she is... you're uncomfortable around her, I knew it... that's why you don't like being around her" he said laughing at me.

"You don't know what you're saying" I said in defense.

"She's sexy you know, I know you find her tempting, c'mon,I see how uncomfortable you get when you're around her, just admit you" he added laughing.

"Oh just get out" I said standing up to go to my restroom leaving him laughing.

I shut the door behind me and sighed.

"Fuck" I muttered under my breath.

I hate when he's right.

Worse...I hate it when he's right about this particular stuff.

   Her pov

I'm in a sappy mode.

I'm happy... very much Happy that they've found a way to get me out of the country after so many years.

But then a bit sober, am I ready to start running again? surviving again?

These past weeks I've spent here has been the most peacefully....I have no fear of been captured or abducted...I sleep peacefully at night, with no fear of being killed.

Now I'm going to have to start looking for a way to Live and get my foot stable before even thinking about having my revenge on Mario.

I love this city,it's too peaceful.

But my stay here can erupt a war if Mario finds out they are hiding me here.

And worse, Diego doesn't even like me.

So there's no point trying to consider.

I'll have to go.

"Miss Bella" a little frail voice called me out from my thoughts.

I smiled.

"Hello Anastasia, how are you doing?" I asked.

"I'm fine thank you" she replied.

She's well mannered.

"How was school today?" I asked.

"Borrrriiiiingggg" she groaned and I laughed.

I don't know, but she has become so fond of me all of the sudden.

She meets me everyday when she's back from school...ohh and I take her on piano lessons, she's a charm at it.

Well I feel like it's mostly because there aren't any female in this mansion... just Her father and his male friend.

And I wonder what happened to her mother, because I haven't seen or heard about her.

"Well look at the bright side, tommorow is Saturday,you don't have to go there". I said.

"Noo, I have to go to school tomorrow. They're having this Bring your parent or guardian to school tomorrow,it's like a open house day" she explained.

"Oh, so you're going with your dad?" I asked.

She scoffed...

"In my dreams, daddy never shows up for things like that,I'm always going with Uncle Martins or Uncle Williams" she said.

Come to think about it... this girl is barely five years old and boy can she talk.

"Ohhh" I said.

"Well then, go freshen up and get ready let's have some piano lessons okay?" i added.

"Yaaayyy" she exclaimed and skipped away happily.

I giggled.

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So I might have lied to Diego about having insomnia.

Before I lost my family...I use to have symptoms of insomnia, the slightest sound could wake me up and keep me up for hours at night till I finally fall asleep.

My parents knew about it and quickly started putting me on meds...ever since they died ..it because worse.

I mean, how do you expect me to sleep comfortably at night with my two eyes closed knowing fully well that Mario and find me and capture me.

If I accidentally fall asleep, I'll start having nightmares that he found me again and I'll be forced out of my sleep and will have to stay wide-eyed until morning.

Ever since I started staying here, the nightmares reduced... it'll come once in a week or two, but I usually get pulled out of my sleep by 5am or sometime 6... usually, it use to be by 2am ,or Sometimes 1am.

I guess my body knew I was safe, that's why I didn't have it.

But now...I don't know, maybe it's because I was thinking too much about leaving here.

I stayed awake until 6am

Later that day....I got a surprise that Diego wanted to see me.

I realized that I usually use to show like I'm being intimidated by him.

The truth is...I'm not.

I just don't want to...I don't know how to put it...

I'm just .... scared? no... I just don't want to get him pissed or anything.

I mean, he's doing me a favor, and I shouldn't do anything to get him upset.

Since he already hates me.

I exhaled and walked into his office.

"I heard you wanted to see me?" I asked.

He was writing something, looking at his table.

He lifted his head up.

His eyes roamed round my body and then back to my face.

"Uhm, yeah. I need you to do something for me" he said.

"Okay?" I asked.

He cleared his throat.

"Anastasia....my daughter, she's having this thing in school, I think an open house day, something like that.

And a parent or legal guardian has to come, I'm too busy for that, and usually Martins use to go, but he's really busy today, so I was wondering if you would stand in for him" he explained.

I shrugged.

"Uhm, okay. No problem" I said.

"The driver is outside waiting for you to take you there" he said and returned his attention back to the files he was working on.

"Sorry,I have to ask. Her school, it's in this city right?"

"Yeah" he said shortly without looking up .

I turned around and left.

Okay... this couldn't be so bad, right?

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You know, I don't think Martins was busy, I think he's just looking for an excuse to get himself out of this meeting...it's borriiiínggggg.

Like I'm slowly beginning to understand why Ana hates this place.

I sat down for a solid hour struggling not to sleep.

I think I should have recorded this event so that I could watch it at night so I could fall asleep easily.

Finally the talk was over and we were asked to meet their class teachers for a report about them.

Anastasia was first,cuz they were doing at Alphabetical.

I could tell from the looks on the woman's face that she wasn't happy to see me.

She probably thought it would be Martins again...in her face!!! 😂

We had a short talk and she gave really good remarks about Ana and said that she has improved on her piano skills.

In the end, she gave me her report card and asked me to go and get Ana in her class room.

Then she said I should send her greetings to Martins......I knew it!!!!!

I went to Ana's class and saw her talking to her friends.

. She was delighted to see me.

"Ana is that your mom?" one of her friend asked.

"No way, she doesn't dress it" another girl said looking at me with irritation.

Calm down Bella... they're just rich, spoilt little brats.

"No, she's my cook and piano teacher" Ana said walking over to me and interlocking her hands with mine.

"Your dad sent your cook for open house, that's pathetic" the other brat said.

Ana smiled.

"My dad owns this city and asked my cook to come, your family owns nothing and are all here, that's the definition of Pathetic"she said and cat walked out.

Okay....burrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnn.

This rudeness is a family thing...I repeat...it's a family thing.

"Oh my God Ana that was so mean" I said laughing.

"Naa,they deserved it" she said with a shrug.

"But they're your friends" I said.

"Those brats? grows" she said and hopped into the car.

I gave a loud laugh.

This girl is a Savage!!

As soon as we got back to the mansion, she ran straight to her dads office.

Luckily,he was with Martins only.

"Hey Daddy,hey Uncle Martins,I'm home" she said and jumped on Diego's legs.

I walked in slowly holding her bag and her report card.

"How's her performance?" he asked me.

"Pretty good, she's topping the class academically and she's getting better in her piano lessons, oh but she's not so good with sports" I said.

"I hate sports, it's stressful" she whined.

"Well that's an improvement" he said.

yunno,it's funny how I'm craving for a simple...thank you.

Not like he owes me one...but still.

Then Ana left the office for a shower.

I dropped the report on his table and turned to leave before he called me back...I was expecting a thank you...at least a thank you...

"Uhm... okay there's this Mafian dinner...ball ...get together, whatever it is...my Aunt is the one in charge of it, and yes she invited me, it's an annual event...."

"The black party?" I asked.

"Yes, you know it?" he asked.

I almost cried.

"Yes, I use to go for the event with my father... before...." I stopped abruptly.

"you were saying?" I asked.

"Yes, so my aunt is the one in charge of it, and you know you have to go with a plus one... and for years I've been going with Martins, but now people are thinking I'm gay. And my aunt insists I come with a girl... just to clear the rumors..."

Martins started laughing.

Diego rolled his eyes.

"No it's funny because why would people think I'm dating you, that's disgusting" Martins said still laughing.

"People are stupid in their own way" he replied with a shrug.

He turned back to me.

"So, I would like you to come with me" he said.

I paused... wait... what?!!

"It's...well I mean I'd love to come...."

"Then what?" he asked.

Too many problems.

"First of all, that means,I'll be leaving the city gate, I'll be meeting with other Mafians, people think I'm dead, like a lot of people think I'm dead..... and this man that's after my life... there's a very big probability that he's going to be there... and if he finds me there, I'm done for" I said nervously.

"Already taken care of" Martins said bringing out a file from his suit and dropping it on the table.

"All you have to do is sign these documents" he continued.

"What are these?" I asked.

"You're up to 18 right?" he asked.

I gave him a confusing look because he'll I'm way older than 18, I mean do I look that tiny.

I nodded.

"Good, this is a legal document, that you are a property to Diego and being his property means that no one, and I mean no one can hurt you. And if anyone dares to, the person will be dead... by the law.

All you have to do is sign here and it's finished" he said.

"And when does this expire? " I asked.

"Whenever you want it" Diego said.

"And the people that think I'm dead?"

He shrugged,"Surprise them, be the ghost of the day, make yourself look fearless, like you've gone to work up and like you're ready for revenge" Martins said.

I nodded slowly... okay... this isn't so bad.

"But what if someone sees me there...with you, and tells this person, and the person decides to come here ...to start a war, or protest" I said.

"Well, one... this city doesn't permit external threat...at all.

And whatever is in this city belongs solely to me, so I'll find you as an enemy and quickly do away with you, no one can even think about attacking me....that's a bloody mistake.

This is more like a safe zone,even when other empires are having communal war, I don't usually participate... because I love peace" he explained.

I nodded.

I picked up a pen , ready to sign the contract,then I paused.

"Wait,one more thing.... uhhhh... I don't have what to wear" I said, scratching my hair nervously.

"Martins is taking you shopping after now, right after you sign that" Diego said.

I nodded and signed the contract.

"Good, be back on time, we're leaving by 7pm Sharp" he said.

"Wait, it's today?" I asked surprised....I suddenly became nervous.

I'm not ready to come out yet, I barely even have a permanent home....!!!

He smirked,"I'll see you by 7" he said and walked out of the office.

Holy shit!!!