Shawn stared at Queen for a while and finally said, Never mind, I'm just pulling your legs. However, we need to go over some rules here.""Rules? What rules?" Queen asked."My rules," Shawn replied. "You're going to be engaged to Ashton tomorrow, and yeah, it's a fake engagement, but you should avoid unnecessarily touching him or letting him touch you, first of all. I do not permit any affectionate gestures between the two of you.""But Shawn, it has to look real," Queen said."What? So, you're planning to be affectionate with him?" Shawn asked.Queen chuckled, "Come on, what are you saying? This will be me acting; I just have to play the part.""Oh, acting huh?" Shawn asked.She nodded, "Yeah, I intend to kiss his lips."Shawn threw his hands up, "This cannot be happening.""No, no, listen to me, Shawn. It's an engagement ceremony, and there will be people from the gangs, other gangs. I have to make it look real, okay? You know, it'd be weird if... Alright, okay, I'll kiss his cheek,
The moment Queen got off the phone with Ashton, she quickly got ready and dashed out of her room. As she got out of her door, she stopped and looked in the direction that led to Shawn's room. She knew she had the Black Scorpions to protect her since they were not going to let her go alone. She was skeptical about taking Shawn. His injury had not fully healed, and she did not want him to be hurt in any way. Everything he had already suffered was because of her.She believed she owed it to Ashton to save him. If it weren't for her asking him to get engaged to her and putting their pictures all over social media, people wouldn't have been after him. She didn't want him to die because that would mean she had to search for someone else, and she couldn't go through that stress again.If Ashton died, and she ended up having an engagement with someone else in a short period, people would become suspicious of her.And most of the gang members would realize that she was up to something. She rea
As Queen fell on her face, she turned, opened her eyes, and looked up. At that moment, she saw the same lady who had struck her on the head approaching her with the same rod, wanting to hit her a second time. Queen quickly kicked the lady's leg, and she fell backward. She struggled to sit up, as her head was throbbing.She finally got up, but her attention was caught by the sound of someone jumping off the boat and plunging into the water.At this time, the boat also stopped moving. She turned her attention to the lady who got up again to attack her, and this time, she pointed her gun at the lady, saying, "If you take another step, you're going to die."The lady quickly stopped, dropped the rod, and raised her hands. When Queen recalled how she struck her on the head, she angrily moved forward and kicked the lady in her tummy, causing her to fall back again.The lady cried out in pain while Queen asked, "Tell me why you attacked me and where Ashton is."The lady refused to speak and
Queen opened her eyes and looked around. She felt dizzy and tried to lift herself up, but she was very tired. She heard faint noises from the background and forced herself to sit upright.At this point, she realized that her hands were tied by the sides, and she was lying on a bed made with leaves. She looked around and the only other person she spotted was Ashton's girlfriend.The moment she saw her, she recalled what had happened on the boat and how they'd both jumped out and dived into the water. She remembered tackling someone, but that was where her memory ended. She had no idea where she was or how she ended up there.She wasn't allowed to wonder for long, as a man finally walked in. He was tall, ugly, and had a wide and weird-looking diastema in the middle of his teeth. When he grinned, Queen felt repulsed. His shirt was torn, and he had a potbelly.He grinned and said, "I can see my princess is awake."At first, Queen thought he was referring to her, but then she noticed his a
THREE DAYS EARLIER Queen went back to help Ashton's girlfriend who had fallen while running out of the boat. She got up and together they both jumped off the boat and dived into the water, right before the boat exploded. However, as they plunged into the water, they were each grabbed by men who had been hiding under the water. Queen tried to fight them off, but there were more than eight men hiding under the water with snorkel masks on their faces.Refusing to give up, Queen punched and kicked, but was quickly given an injection in her neck, and the same was done to Ashton's girlfriend. The men covered their faces with snorkel masks too and afterward, while remaining underwater, they swam away with them. After swimming a far distance away from the location of the explosion, the men all came out of the water, pulling the two unconscious ladies with them and placing them in a big boat before they zoomed off.Both Queen and the lady remained unconscious on the boat while the men figu
Shawn drove the car to one of his houses, and when he arrived, he asked Jett to help him take Ashton out of the car. Together, they entered the house.Once inside, Shawn led Ashton to a room illuminated by red lights and filled with various weapons, including knives.Once there, Shawn instructed Jett, "Take off his shirt for me." Ashton, trembling, pleaded, "No, please, please don't harm me."Ignoring Ashton's pleas, Shawn had Jett remove the handcuffs from Ashton's hands. Then, he had Ashton's hands tied up to a chain hanging from the roof, leaving him barely able to stand on his toes. Ashton was left with only his pants while his upper body was bare.Shawn picked up one of the knives, moved to another corner of the room, and started a fire. He heated the blade of the knife until it glowed red and then approached Ashton.Terrified, Ashton exclaimed, "Please, don't harm me. I'll do whatever you want, I'll say whatever you want, just don't harm me."Shawn nodded, saying, "I won't kill
"Zion should still be in the forest of the island," the young man replied.Shawn looked at all the men, and the most cooperative one said, "I'm really sorry. I didn't... we didn't know who she was to you. We would not have touched her. We had orders to kill her, but we didn't. We merely sold her off.""Get up," Shawn said to him.He gestured for Jett, who helped the man to stand on his feet.Shawn said to him, "If I find her in one piece, I'll set you free for being cooperative. As for the rest of you, I'll surely deal with you. But if I do not find her in one piece, none of you will come out of this alive. Have that at the back of your mind."He took the man who was cooperative with him, and they began making the journey. On the way, Shawn asked him, "So, this Zion, what sort of man is he?"The young man explained, "He deals with gold. He usually moves from forest to forest searching for gold. Ever since he went to that forest and discovered that there was gold in different locations
"Come on, Let's go home," Shawn said to Queen.He stared at Ashton's girlfriend briefly and asked, "Who is she?""She is Ashton's fiancee," Queen replied. "She really needs a doctor, Shawn."Shawn nodded, "And what about the leader called Maka?"Queen shook her head and Shawn asked some of the black Scorpions to help Ashton's girlfriend.They all left the forest and went out to the beach. After getting there, Shawn looked at Zion who had bled terribly, and said to Jett, "Leave him behind.""No, please," Zion begged. "I also need a doctor.""You should count yourself lucky that I'm leaving you here, alive," Shawn told him. "Oh, and here's a bit of advice: I will be back here to get rid of all the evil posing as humans in this forest and preying on young girls. Make sure you're not here when I get back, that is if you're still alive."With these words, Shawn and everyone else with him got into the boat they had arrived with.Throughout the journey, Ashton's girlfriend kept crying as her
RIAThree months later, Anthony and I held hands as we walked on a field. We had gone there to have a picnic because we wanted to try something different.For weeks, Anthony had taken me to all the fancy restaurants in different parts of the world, but today I craved something simple. A meal with just the both of us while enjoying a serene environment. As we walked toward where our seats had been prepared, I stared at the lilies decorating the field and smiled. "This place is beautiful. Anthony, how did you discover it?"He circled his arms around my waist and pulled me closer, "That's a secret I am not going to expose." I chuckled, I had thought he wanted to say something else. We stared at each other for a while before I briefly kissed him, "You know, in spite of how much time has passed, Anthony, this still feels like a dream.""Why?" He asked me. I shrugged, "I found love, Anthony. I never thought I could, but I found love in not just anyone but you; Anthony Baltimore, the bigg
ANTHONYI stared at Ria, who was on her knees, and my heart ached. I didn't want to do this to her, but I needed to be sure. Yes, I could feel her love for me, and I could see how desperately she did what she thought was best to save my life.I was deliberately putting up a front, but my heart was racing. I wanted her to tell me how much she loved me. I wanted her to tell me that she wanted to be with me.This was the first time in my life that I had felt this way about any woman. Yes, if it was anyone else, I would have killed them for daring to come into my house and poison me.But this was Ria, the girl I was madly in love with. I had to act a little bit but the more she confessed her feelings for me, the more my resolve broke. In the end, I could not bear to see her in pain anymore, and I had to let her down from where I hung her. I also dropped the gun I was holding. Ria said she wanted to be by my side. She wanted to be mine, what else could I ask for? I had everything else at
RIAMy heart was thumping loudly as Anthony pointed his gun at me. He asked me how I thought everything was going to play out and I pondered over his question for a minute. I had also never tried to look at the end, I was mainly focused on saving Anthony but if only he could get past his feelings of anger and need for revenge. If only he could see me like he used to, then everything would be fine.... something suddenly occurred to me and I raised my eyes. "Hold on," I said to him. "You just explained now that everything was planned by you. I mean, while I thought my plans were being carried out, you were the game planner. What about all those things you said to me? The way you made me feel, the promises you made.Saying you love me, saying you were going to spend the rest of your life with me. Was that all a plan? Was it just to watch me make you fool of myself? Will you achieve your aim in the end? I mean, yes I knew I was no saint but regarding my feelings I never...""Yes and no,
RIAI continued to stare at Anthony in surprise while my arms and legs hurt. I didn't know how long I had been tied up for but I was sure it had been more than two hours. I didn't understand what was going on. Anthony Baltimore?How could I have been so wrong about him? The things that happened between us from the moment I met him played over and over in my mind yet I could not understand how it turned out differently because things did not add up."Confused?" He asked and I nodded.He lowered his gun and said, "Okay, we have enough time. We can delay your execution. Now where do I start?Before you showed up at my house, sweetie, I already expected you. I was ten steps ahead at all times and it was fun watching you all play your part in trying to bring me down and steal my wealth. Hmm...I must have seemed really stupid and easy to you all.""But how...how?""How could I achieve all of that and steal look oblivious? Is that what you are curious about?" He smirked. "Ever heard of the B
My eyes widened in fear as I reached for my gun, moving my hand closer to the pocket of my pants. however, Hale's warning voice rang from behind me."Don't even think about it, if you do not want me to blow up your brains. What did I tell you, Ria?A day of reckoning finally came. Now, where is your prince charming? He's gone and left you all alone."His words struck me as I realized that Anthony could really be gone from this world."What did you do to him?" I asked and he angrily slapped my cheek from behind."I said shut the hell up, Ria. Still pining over him even at a time like this? What happened to you?"I knew Hale was not going to let me live but I wasn't going to make it easier for him. This was what I thought.I lifted my right hand, wanting to strike his face with my elbow, however, I felt a sharp pain in my head as he knocked me unconscious with his gun.As darkness slowly engulfed me, he covered the hood over my eyes and that was it.When I opened my eyes, we were at the
RIAAnthony stared at me and shook his head, "What is happening to you, Ria? We came here to have fun and not for you to become crazy. This is not funny anymore.""I wasn't trying to be funny, Anthony," I cried. "Why wouldn't you believe me? Why do you think I would joke with something like this?"He scoffed, "Believe you? Have you looked at the way you're acting, Ria? I don't get it, we came here to have fun and enjoy our lives, but you've been acting weirdly ever since we arrived.What do you mean by our lives are in danger? You're not making any sense." I nodded, "Okay, didn't you hear the gunshot earlier?"He smiled, "That sound earlier? That wasn't the sound of a gunshot.""Come on Anthony," I urged him. "Even you admitted to me back then that....."He shook his head, "Listen, Ria, let's not do this, okay? I don't know what is going on with you and you obviously don't want to share it with me, but I think you just need to rest and get yourself together, and you'll be fine okay."
RIAI was in no mood for what Anthony wanted. How could I be when the place I had thought would be a safe haven for us suddenly turned out to be easily accessible to our enemies? I still could not understand why the New Order found us so quickly and how they were able to see what was happening inside the villa. Did Anthony tell anyone about our trip? I was going to ask him about it. Perhaps he told someone close to him and there was a possibility that this was the same person who wanted him dead. But who could it be?My heart was still beating very fast. Nevertheless, I smiled and threw my arms around his neck, kissing him fiercely before going on my knees. I pulled down his briefs and looked up at him, our gazes locked briefly before I began to pleasure him.I opened my eyes almost two hours later and got up from the bed. I was exhausted not just because of the trip but also the rigorous sex Anthony and I had before I fell asleep. He was almost insatiable.Due to the kind of life I
RIAI opened my eyes when morning came and began to get ready for our trip. I had barely slept a wink because I could not stop thinking about Hale's next line of action. I had barred him from calling me but I knew that was not enough to stop him.I quickly made breakfast while Anthony got ready. We had breakfast together and began to leave. Anthony took my luggage from me, saying everything he needed was in the city we were heading to.Just as we got outside, I spotted Trisha who had just walked into the compound. My heart skipped when we made eye contact. In spite of everything Anthony had said about her, I felt guilty because now, Anthony was leaving her for good and that was because of me."Are you guys going somewhere?" She asked, staring at the both of us in surprise."Hey Trisha," I managed to say before heading toward Anthony's car.She scoffed and rolled her eyes, "Oh really? Feeling like the boss already? Bitch!"I ignored her words as I pretended not to have heard them."Wha
Hale could not believe what had happened. He stared at his screen in shock and called Ria again. However, she hung up on him.He threw his phone on the couch and yelled, "Bitch!"He paced up and down, trying to figure out what the problem could be. Did Ria's words mean she wanted to turn against the New Order or was she simply expressing her anger at him?He concluded that it had to be the latter. Ria was a smart girl and definitely knew the implications of rebelling against her superiors. He decided to calm down. Ria was eventually going to crawl back to him and that would be the perfect time to carry out his revenge.Meanwhile, Ria picked up some items from her bedroom and walked slowly towards Anthony's room. Her heart was racing because she knew what Hale was capable of. However, she had crossed a line she could not go back from and had no choice but to get herself ready.When she entered the room, she saw Anthony asleep. She stared at him and said in a low voice, "I'm going to p