CELINE HERRERA POVMy anxiety level was through the roof as I inspected the sexy lingerie in my hand and the others that had been handpicked for me as the best options. Could I really do it? Could I play the slut and seduce someone like Belshar. He wanted me now, but how long was it going to take before his desire faded out? It was either this or nothing, I just hoped that I was able to guard my heart from falling harder than it already has. Surviving alone has always been my forte anyway. "I'll take these," I said to the attendant, and she smiled brightly. "They are perfect choices Mrs Belshar. Your husband is going to be absolutely smitten" she got out giddily. The only thing she didn't do was squeal and scream as she walked away from me to package the item. Her enthusiasm was contagious, though, and I found myself smiling. let's see how long you last, Belshar. He said he was going to make me fall in love with him again, but what he didn't know was I'd always been in love wit
CELINE HERRERA POV The sound of the waves beating against the rocks made my eyes jerk open, and I sat upright Belshar had parked the car, and as I stared out of the window toward the vast body of water a few distance from us, a gasp escaped my lips, and I jerked to face Belshar, who had had his gaze on me all the while."You look excited; I take it that you like your surprise."I nodded eagerly, tears springing into my eyes. "It has been so long since I've been to the Sea. How did you know this was my favorite place" He smiled. "I guess my stalking tendencies paid off." I laughed, yanked the door of the car open, and came out, then I took off my shoes so I could feel the sand beneath my feet. The feeling was both exhilarating and nostalgic. I turned to face Belshar. He'd come out of the car and had also taken off his shoe like I did."How does that feel?" I asked excitedly, and he glanced down at the sand as if they were foreign objects beneath his feet. "It feels weird. The last
KAIL ABED NESSAR"He knows you are planning something, Kail," Sedá uttered and I looked up from the weapons I was examining, a sharp breath escaping my lungs as I realized what that meant—visions of Belshar ripping out my heart flashed through my mind."That's impossible" I got out more to assure myself than her. "He might have a hunch, but that's all there is. I have been very careful" "Do not underestimate Belshar, just because he keeps quiet, it doesn't mean he's not aware of what is going on. He has ears and eyes everywhere. There was a look in his eyes that made me uneasy Kail, I am certain that he knows something" I whirled to face her, non-existent dark fumes poisoning my lungs and making it difficult to breathe. "Well, what do you want me to do? I can not stop now when I already have a sizable number of men on our side. Those men would die for me, they fear nothing""Belshar wants you to go to Vratia" she let out, a dead look in her eyes. My body trembled with rage. "Does h
CELINE HERRERA POV "What's your favorite color" Belshar asked as he threw the ball to me. I caught it, then inspected the ball as I mulled the question over. His eyes came to mind and I smiled. "Green," I said and his eyes widened. "You love my eyes don't you" he grinned and I threw the ball back to him with more force than was necessary but he caught it with ease, the grin never leaving his lips. "Does that mean I am right""No, you're just full of yourself. It can't be helped I guess" I got out and he chuckled. "What is your favourite colour""Blue, especially the shade of your eyes kind of blue," he said without missing a beat and I rolled my eyes. "For a mafia king, you are so cringe" I got out and barely caught the ball as he threw it. "It used to be red. Blood red, nothing pleased me more than cutting into the flesh of my enemies" I paused, staring at him. "Did you always enjoy killing people""I never wanted to kill anyone, but I had to. In my world, it's either kill or b
DELIA HERRERA POV My nails were bitten short from anxiety. I'd gotten that video with no context whatsoever and no demands were being made, so I didn't know what to expect. I didn't even know who bloody sent it.I tugged at my hair, then stopped as the door opened. Enoch stepped into the house, his eyes moving around the room until they came to land on me. There was no smile on his face, and his eyes looked a bit dilated. We both stood staring at each other and when I had enough of the awkward silence, I spoke up."You're late. You never come back this late" He snorted, then yanked off his suit "Were you waiting up for me? You don't look like it." he got out dryly as he let the suit drop to the floor, then he regarded me more keenly, his eyes narrowing. "Why do you look like you've committed another heinous crime and now you're worried you are going to get caught" The breath in my lungs ceased to exist for a second."What did you just say" I questioned, my brain firing In differen
CELINE HERRERA POV The board meeting went as planned and Delia stepped down for me to take over just like she said she would. I could tell that the smile on her face throughout the process was fake though and I wondered just how long she was going to keep up the charade.Everyone was happy to see me back, but there were so many problems the company was facing that after the reappointment, we all got together to deliberate on how to move the business forward. Delia acted like she didn't know what the problem was as we conversed but I was sure she knew just how low sales had dropped in recent months because of her bad business plan and company funds that couldn't be traced to any activities. We were even falling behind on our annual quotas. "We need to come up with a solution as soon as possible. Our rivals are gaining in on us and even though the other companies are doing fair enough, we as the mother company are far behind on what we should be realizing""You don't have to worry Mr
CELINE HERRERA POV Delia didn't make a scene like I thought she would but I could tell she was dying to, instead she she just swallowed whatever it was she going to say and offered a smile instead. "Oh right, I forgot about that. You should have stopped me when I got into the elevator earlier" she said and stepped away from the door. "As for apologizing to Karen here, I won't be doing that. I only agreed to work on our relationship even though now that I think about it, you've done nothing but try to provoke me all day long. I will tolerate it tho, since I was way worse to you in the past. I just hope you will see my sincerity and treat me better" she said and walked past me."I don't know why you think I am trying to provoke you, Delia. You did something wrong to a person and I asked that you apologize for it. Acting like you're the victim does not make you the victim Delia. If you want to fix our relationship, then you have to fix that about yourself" I said, gave her a pointed st
XAVIER POV. "Stone found one of our hideouts where some of our men were conducting business, Xavier, and he attacked them, he killed a lot of them but just like last time, we managed to kill some of his men too. He's probably going to report back to Belshar and he would know that we are still here" Fuck! "What else do you have to report David" I asked as I finished cuffing Persephone to the platform I had set up and then leaned back to admire the work of my hand."We acquired new soldiers that are ready to join our fight. Most of them are men who have nothing to lose. They've been tested and proved themselves to be reliable" David Said and I smirked as I gripped the face of Persephone in my hand and examined it. "I almost killed her you know," I said staring down at her, "But she came right up to me, stared me in the eyes, and told me to cut her head off, so I knocked her out and took her here instead" I got out, then glanced up at David. "I wonder just how shocked she'd be when sh