Greg"How did Kael Romano get into your apartment yesterday?"I stared at the officer in front of me, trying to act normal even though I was completely freaking out inside."Uhm... I don't know. You tell me. You're the officer."The man sighed, "Let me rephrase that. Do you know Kael Romano?""Yes."He sat up, his face eager. "How?""Through the news and multiple wanted posters I've seen on the streets.""Oh," he deflated back into his seat."So you don't have any personal relationship with him?""No.""Then do you know her?"He raised up a picture from the bunch of papers he had in front of him."Yes. She's my best friend.""How did you guys become friends?""College.""Then do you know this guy?" He picked up another picture from the table."Yes. He is her boyfriend.""Or a guy involved in the Mafia, as everybody says.""That is a rumor.""Which might just be true.""Do you have proof?"The guy sat back in his seat and stared directly at my face, making me fidget with my fingers ben
KaelI took out the phone and adjusted myself in the corner where I was before I dialed a number.It was already 1 am in the morning, five hours after I first called Adrian, and he picked up on the second ring."Any news?" I asked."He didn't spill. Dante reported."I breathed a sigh of relief.I hadn't been expecting him to snitch anyway, considering the fact that he kept me hidden for a few weeks, but the news that he didn't still kept me at ease."We're going to have to move things up. 10 am instead of 5 pm.""Okay."He cut the call, and I dismantled the phone before leaning back against the wall of the abandoned building where I was."Fuck!" I cursed and moved into the shadow when a patrol car passed by the building, startling me, and I took multiple deep breaths.Just a few more hours.UghFuck the lady who came in at that time.Who was she?A relative?She had looked quite familiar to Greg.I sighed and wished I had a cigarette or alcohol to drink now.It'll help in calming me d
GregI still couldn't believe it hours later when I clocked out from work that evening, and I headed out into the elevator where I saw a few of my colleagues alongside our boss, Jeremiah.He smiled at me.Right."Are you okay?" He walked up to me when we all got out of the elevator, and I nodded my head.He had probably asked that question a million times today since I found out about Kael—though he doesn't know why—and now he stepped in front of me, almost making me collide with him."Do you mind if I drop you home?"That kind of made me snap out of whatever trance I was in, and I shook my head immediately."No, I have..."I actually don't have to do that anymore.I paused when the realization dawned on me.Kael is dead.He's not in your apartment anymore.You don't have to lie to people because you're hoarding a criminal anymore.But still, "I'm fine, actually. I already ordered an Uber.""Oh really?""Yes. Thank you.""Alright then."He said his bye and went straight to his car, wh
Greg"Yes." I leaned against the alley wall and tucked my hand into my pockets."We had a talk about this, didn't we?""That was before you decided to marry her to a sexual assaulter.""Who?""Romeo or whatever his name is."I've never really liked the guy, even back then when I was still in the closet.""She's just saying that to get out of the arrangement. He didn't assault her. She must just have misunderstood. He's the bishop's son, for crying out loud.""Which doesn't make him a saint. I can't believe you're taking his word over your daughter's.""That's not the point. Her staying with you will destroy her life.""Why? Because I'm gay."He went silent for a while, probably fuming that the son he had raised for seventeen years said that 'abomination.'"Send her back home while I'm still lenient.""And what will you do if I don't?"He scoffed, "Like you have any chance against me. I could literally destroy your life with a single call, so you should be grateful I decided to leave y
GregIt was neither a bomb nor a nuclear weapon.It was a sewing machine."Sewing machine?" Gia gasped. And not just any sewing machine but an industrial one. The big one producing companies use."What the fuck?" I cursed"Do you have an idea who might have sent it?"Yeah.Probably Lyra, but we had just taken her home, drunk and blacked out.I wondered if she had ordered it before tonight even though I told her not to.I sighed.What was I going to do with this?I don't even have any space for it.I sighed and collapsed on the couch."What is it?" Gia asked"Nothing. I... I'll take care of this. I think it's my friend who got this for me.""The sassy one?"I already knew she was talking about Lyra.I chuckled, "Yes, the sassy one."She sat down beside me. "Damn, that must mean she's rich.""Super rich.""Wow."We stood up to push the machine to a corner after a few minutes, and I went into the bathroom to shower before blacking out myself.****Lyra was the first person I called when
GregHe looked quite different now.The facial hair, the short blonde—wait, he went blonde?—and then there was the hoodie that was covering his face, but his eyes remained the same.Those brown eyes that always seemed to pull me in.I gasped in surprise when he suddenly sealed my lips with his with no warning."What are you doing?" I managed to ask when I pushed him back for a second, and he used one hand to pin my hands to the wall before slipping his second into my trousers."Reminding you who you begged to fuck your ass the other day."I bit my lips and squirmed when his fingers grazed my dick, but before I could get another word out, he claimed my lips with his and basically devoured it.Tongue intertwining, lips biting, everything and the taste.God, he tasted like whiskey, or was that vodka?Bitter yet addictive.He must be drunk."Fuck!" I moaned and arched my back when he suddenly pulled my dick out of my pants and squeezed the head."See you all dripping and wet," he scooped
Greg"Gosh, he must have been so disappointed."I stared between Lyra and Bella, who I had just told the story of my failed date with my boss, and scoffed."You must be kidding me. I also said Kael is alive; are you just going to ignore that?"Lyra shrugged. "I did tell you that he's alive.""Wait, you knew?"Both Bella and I turned on her to stare, and she shrugged again, "I wasn't sure at first, but then I saw him with Adrian and knew. I didn't know he was going to come back to you. He's supposed to be undercover. That's the point of the whole show. Die and live a new life.""So..." I went silent as I tried to take in all of that.Not only had that asshole faked his death, but he had also come to my date to do... that.And now, my best friend knew.I stood up from the bed to go get a can of beer or champagne even from her fridge downstairs, and I jumped when I saw Bella there already.Wasn't she upstairs just now?God, I must be losing it.She turned to me with a smile and kept her
Kael"Wasn't expecting you to like it enough to bring it back home, though."He pushed me away from him and glared, his lips tightening into a line I found so cute.God, the way they had tasted when I...I glanced up at his face when he hit me slightly on my chest, "So what? I was meant to leave it in the office for everyone to see.""That wouldn't be so bad now, don't you think?"I walked away from him and sat down on the couch I had spent a whole two weeks rotting on."How do you even know where I work? How are you alive and..." He glanced around. "Where is my sister?""Oh, so she is your sister?"Yup, I had figured that out already after driving away from the explosion that was supposedly my car a week or two ago, but still..."Where is she?" He ignored my question as he went through the whole apartment frantically, and I folded my arms when he stopped in front of me a minute later."Where is she?!""I don't know. I think she stepped out to do something or get something.""What?"I
Quinn"What was that?!" Gary asked as we made it to the ground where I detached my body from the rope I had tied to the table in the study. Riley let go of me.It had literally gone sideways.Everything.The guy, the kiss in the hallway, and now, a fucking alarm I didn't know about.I was pissed, to say the least."Come on!" I held Riley's hand and ran off in the direction of a gate I knew was hidden behind tall trees and flowers at the back of the house.It was kind of like an emergency exit for the general and his family, but I had used my disguise as a guard to unlock its safety in case of a moment like this."Guys!" I shouted above the gun sounds while trying to keep my head down."Come to the back gate I told you about. They found us out.""Shit!"Yeah, shit! It was annoying.I pulled on Riley's hand once we got to the gate that thankfully opened once I gave it a push, and I felt a slight sting on my arm right before making it outside with Riley.It wasn't so painful, I would say
Bella"My God, I'm so sorry." I immediately glanced around for a napkin or something.He brought one out of his pocket."No, it's fine. I actually forgot you speak English too."Okay, seems like I'm meant to know him.Fuck!"Sorry for startling you.""No, it's fine."Thankfully the stain reduced, but it was still evident to my eyes that I spilled my drink on this dude."So..."I put on a smile and accepted his kiss on both of my cheeks before stepping back again."Nice to see you again.""Yeah..."I nodded, trying desperately to keep my smile as bright as I could."Dance?"I glanced at the dancing floor he pointed to and accepted his offer after seeing him now politely with his hand stretched forward.Oh fuck me!"Do you know him?" I jumped yet again, this time more subtly, as Gary's voice filled my ear, and I glanced at my new partner to see if he noticed or heard that."Shut the fuck up, Gary. How is she meant to answer you?I know, right?For once, we were on the same page."So...
BellaGod, I am so nervous.The party was today, and Quinn telling me now that I'm actually to meet her at the party and not go together today was making it even worse."So that's that, okay?""What?" I glanced up at her confused, the last few sentences she heard completely in the air because I didn't hear any of it."I'm asking if you remember the plan.""Yes, yes, I do.""Great." She picked up a bag of tools and devices she had packed together before heading to the door, and as if on cue, a car pulled up in front of the door outside."Baby girl!" I stood up to glance outside when I heard the voice.Oh, it's that guy.The guy from the borderline who had come with another police officer or commissioner or something.Gary.He was wearing a simple shirt and pants now."Don't call me that."I watched as the guy gave her a hug or tried to until she jabbed him in the ribs."Fuck! Really?"She strapped the large bag over her shoulders and turned back to face me before looking at him."Don'
Bella"Why are you closing your eyes?"I popped them open when her voice asked that question."N-nothing. The water was getting into my eyes."I pushed her back and stood under the water properly to wash the bleach off.I could feel her eyes on me.Fuck.I was wet and hot and bothered, and her staring at me like this was not going to make it any better.We headed back to the mirror, both drenched when I finished with the wash.Now it was time for the dye.Thankfully, I was wearing a sports bra underneath my shirt, so she wouldn't know how hard my nipples were; besides, it seemed like she was nonchalant enough.Like she hadn't felt that.That tension.I washed and blow-dried my hair after the dye had sat a while in my hair, then we were done.Or so I thought until..."We're going to give you a little haircut too."To say the least, at the end of everything, about two hours later, I stared at a different face in the mirror.Short hair, wolf edges, and bangs.It was crazy how talented sh
BellaThe next few days were uneventful.Just me, lying around and watching some TV while my captor paced around and did some workouts. She had this gym/workout room in the basement and never had the nightmare episode again.I wonder what could have made me have such an intense nightmare the other night.By day six of staying after my running away episode, I could say my leg was feeling better.It was still painful if I put too much pressure on the injured leg, but not enough for me to yelp or scream.It was definitely getting better."Let me see."I jumped, startled, when my captor suddenly appeared in front of me while I was testing out the level of pain my leg could accept the next afternoon.It was even better than yesterday and less painful now.I flinched when her hands wrapped around it."What? Is it still painful?""No." I averted my gaze.Just... Her hand felt cold against my—I would say warm—leg.I tried to remain still and not have any other reaction as she pressed on parti
QuinnI took out my phone to call Jose once I finished washing the dishes."Quinn." He coughed repeatedly and sighed when the episode ended."Are you okay?""Just managing as much as I can."Which isn't a lot.It's crazy how much the sickness had taken its toll on him."And Riley?""She's okay. She hasn't run away in the past few hours, so we can be grateful for that, but I still don't think the operation is a good idea. She seems like she isn't ready for this world at all.""No one is ever ready.""But don't you think you should tell her everything first?"I just felt like she deserves to know, even though I don't normally deal with stuff like this, but there was also the possibility of her crashing out on Jose, which I didn't want.To say the least, I just don't have a good feeling about this, and it was making me anxious."After the operation, I'll tell her.""You're sure."He gave a hum, which we both knew wasn't certain, and cut the call after a few moments.It is dynamic, the re
Bella"Here is the plan...""Alessio is as much a party-thrower as he is a general. Father to two children, a beautiful wife..." She pointed to the woman's picture under the guy's picture, "Yet he loves to fuck around.""He has various houses across the states, thanks to his connections and corruption, I'll say, but this..." She sorted out the document to bring on too the blueprint I had mentioned earlier."...is where he would be holding the next party. His birthday party."This was still ridiculous to me, but as long as it's just hacking... right? I could do that remotely but something was telling me that that is not going to be the case.Ugh!"This is the ballroom where the party will be held." She pointed to a section on the paper, "Then this is the passageway that leads to the main living room.""Here, we have his bedroom and study, and that is where our prize is. The study."I glanced at the many rooms and floors sitting in between the main living room and study.This wasn't al
Bella"Uhm... A party is the mission?" I made an incredulous face that portrayed just exactly what I thought about that."Yes. A party.""What am I meant to do there? Hack into the DJ's playlist.""And that's the thing about having a short-circuit brain. You just can't seem to think outside the box.""Haaa..." I gasped, flabbergasted. "Did you just call me short-circuit?""No. Your brain."She dipped her hand into the water to test the temperature and turned back to me."Your leg.""Huh?"I yelped and winced when she held my badly injured leg.It felt shattered, which it should, considering how hard that bitch had stepped on it."Fuck!""This is so going to set us back.""Um... You already said that like a million times, and it isn't even my fault.""Oh, you think so? You're the one who decided it was a good idea to run away, yet again!"She laid so much emphasis on that "yet again.""Ugh, whatever!"She removed the shoes on my leg quite aggressively until I yelped again; then she pla
Quinn I felt the relief in her composure even before she showed it. She laid her head back on the ground and sighed. Uh-oh. She couldn't be more wrong. I felt angry and betrayed. Who would have thought she would run away after being so complacent and cooperative? I had actually thought we were on the same page, but I guess not. So... I nodded to Aria. She needed to be taught a lesson. "Okay. We have the go-ahead and can start the party." "Wait, what? Quinn!" Her eyes widened in panic as two guys pulled her up, and I cocked my eyebrows. "What? You're the one who chose to do this the hard way." "Quinn!" She had no time to protest before her mouth was gagged with some ropes tied around her feet and leg, and I stood to the side with my arms folded while Aria and her men strapped her to a chair. "Mmm! Mmm!" She protested through the tape even though it sounded muffled. "And... here we go." I watched as the two men brought her chair to a basin of water t