JAMES finished running the DNA through their system and found something interesting. At first, he looked through and there were no single matches. The fingerprints showed two different ones. The first one was Eros', the last one didn't have a match. "It's not Keisha's?" Eros asked with furrowed eyebrows and his brother slightly tilted his head. "Keisha is involved in this?" he questioned back and Eros hissed in anger. "Stop asking questions," he replied. "The fingerprint matches you and another person. The saliva is from the same person with the other fingerprint." Eros sighed heavily after hearing the news. His suspicion was right, there was someone else in the apartment. "Are there records in our system?" James shook his head in response while his brother closed his eyes. "There really isn't anything?" Eros continued to question. "There really is nothing," he tried convincing his older brother. "Then keep looking," Eros replied with annoyance before leaving once again. James g
KEISHA was restlessly trying to contact Eros to tell him what was happening. He needs to know… but she can't reach his number, and she can't risk going to him. "What do I do…?" she fidgeted with her finger as she walked back and forth inside the room. "I'm sure he'd come looking for you once Ellaine tells him you're dead," Daimon, who was sitting peacefully while eating, told her. "It should reach her in about two days," he muttered as he thought of the process of how long those pictures will reach her. "Based on my calculations at least. They'll be taking extra precaution so her name wouldn't be involved in this, we just need to sit and wait for Eros during those days," he continued explaining. "I still don't understand what's in it for me if I help you…" Keisha murmured but not enough for him to hear it. He still wouldn't elaborate what changed his mind into helping her and removing Eros from his target. While she was thinking, the latter saw something under the couch. He bent d
A powerful blow from Eros' fist broke through the concrete wall. He was furious and overwhelmed that he couldn't control himself anymore. His mind was replaying every moment he saw from Keisha's apartment and he couldn't bear to think of anything else. Just pure hatred and betrayal. Eros breathed heavily as he continued feeling his phone vibrating inside his pocket since he left her apartment. (Just who the fuck is that bastard?) he thought to himself as he wished to have skinned that bastard alive. He watched the blood pour down from his knuckles but he was numb to pain. He took a sharp breath before taking his phone out to see who's been calling his number. "Hah!" he scoffed before throwing the phone across the room in anger, shattering it. Of course Keisha would be the one to contact him. The nerve of that woman. Despite his phone being broken, it continued to ring. He ran his fingers through his hair before wiping the sweat off of his face. He was already inside his mans
"Messy crime scene, better leave a bit of trace that you were harmed," Daimon elaborated on why he made her palm bleed. She hissed before pulling her hand back and trying to stop it from bleeding any further. The latter chuckled as he searched his pocket with a lingering smile on his face. "Take it," he offered and she looked up and saw him holding a handkerchief. Keisha looked him dead in the eyes while he was still feeling amused, before she grabbed it and wrapped her palm with it. "I see you still have the tolerance to pain. I thought being spoiled by that mafia boss would soften you up," he commented before checking the tip on his watch. Keisha clenched her jaw before scoffing loudly and chuckling. "Spoiled? Hardly. Even if I was, I'd still be a better man than you," Keisha insulted him, and he felt that through his heart.He held in his laugh as a joke came to mind. "Not sure how the likes of you could be a man–" He looked at her body from head to toe until he saw she was glar
As the partners in crime embraced, they felt the warmth of each other's bodies. It felt like a dream after all those months of no contact, all those nights filled with worry. They finally see each other in the flesh, both far from harm's way. Overjoyed by this, Shadow almost didn't want to let go of Keisha. "Shadow…?" she trailed off as she tapped his back a few times. "Let me catch a break," he whispered before hugging her tighter. His heart ached at every thought of her being dead. He was feeling relieved yet the worry was still there. "What happened to you?" Keisha couldn't wait but asked him this and he clenched his jaw. "Your father– I meant Sebastian. He found out I was helping Reyna and imprisoned me…" he explained with a sigh, recalling the times of his torture. Keisha pulled away from his shoulder before looking at his face with worry. "So it was him who did this?" The latter nodded his head and Keisha inhaled sharply. She closed her eyes, guilt was washing over her
"NO LONGER USEFUL?" He slammed the doors to Eros' study, banging for him to open the fucking door. However, there was no answer. He can't figure out what is going on in his brother's head but he's pretty damn sure he's been thinking bullshit.Keisha's missing while Eros is hiding. "The fuck is happening?" James sighed heavily as he put his head against the door. He took deep breaths before backing away from the door. He positioned himself and jolted to the door before busting it open with his brute strength. Upon glancing inside, the room was dark and cold. No signs of the mafia boss inside. It looked like an abandoned home. "Where the fuck is he?" he asked himself while breathing heavily and sweating from the heat he was feeling despite the freezing weather. He ran his fingers through his hair in frustration with a heavy sigh. His phone rang thrice before he was able to take it. "What is it?" he asked the man on the other line and there was a slight pause. They were silent for a f
Everything was fuckin' red. The bloodthirsty beast within Eros was awakened. His eyes were bloodshot dark, Ellaine's neck was close to snapping in half, and Eros was barely holding in his sanity. The loud music, the chaos of the crowd, and the plea for him to stop were blasting his eardrums, only fueling his anger. Eros pulled her towards him and bent down to whisper in her ears. "Be ready for a fucking war," he threatened before loosening his grip and pushing her against the counter. Ellaine gasped for air and when she looked up, the mafia boss already vanished in thin air. She took a sharp breath before sitting down on the stool chair. "You okay, blondie?" Her eyes landed on the man behind the counter serving drinks. She smiled awkwardly and nodded her head. "You shouldn't mess with that man. Might be tied to some shady shit," he warned her and he couldn't be more right. She almost scoffed and laughed it off but she stayed completely silent. Now that Eros is against her… what is
KEISHA sighed heavily while sitting on the chair next to the dining table with Shadow and Daimon. They were eating and chatting together yet there was only one person in Keisha's mind that kept her up day and night. "Penny for your thoughts?" She turned to her left and Shadow was tilting his head while looking at her curiously. She laughed awkwardly before taking a bite out of her food. "Sorry, what were you saying?" Keisha raised her brows curiously but Shadow eyed her suspiciously before he continued on with his story. (I wonder if he's thinking of me right now…? Will he ever find out my true intentions before?) She sighed heavily as Eros was occupying every space in her mind and she could not focus on anything. (If he found out about my fake death… would he do anything?) she thought again with a heavy sigh. After dinner was over, Keisha opened her bedroom door only to be stopped by Shadow who was there to talk to her. "You've been very distracted," he uttered and she looked