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*****Leo POV*****Madness is being worried about someone who has just given an order for all of us to be killed. Over three hundred mafia members all on the ground with Davi men holding their guns on our heads. My brain is screaming for me to stop fussing about Niki and come up with a plan to get out of this situation. I blink and shake my head a multiple times but the blood oozing from her neck makes it hard for me to concentrate. What the fuck possessed Luca to do this?My head is still spinning when Hunter objects. That’s a surprise. I would have thought he will be the first to start shooting. Niki is clearly not impressed with whatever the two of them are talking about. I can hear her anger rising but it seems Hunter is not aware. I know her too well. Soon she will be a furious daredevil none of us can manage and it happens. She is actually worse than her devil father when she’s angry and right now she is livid. The Davi men are shocked by her next move, but I am not. Her shootin
*****Niki POV*****~Two days after Nick Davi’s funeral~I toss and turn on my bed but can’t find a comfortable position. My stomach is cramping badly, I am sweating and I have a fever. “Are you okay, Kita?” Becca is really worried about me. It’s already midnight but she has not gotten to her bed because she’s been sitting next to mine and fussing over me. I shake my head and hold on to my cramping stomach. I can’t be in denial anymore, for the first time in my life I am definitely coming down with something. “I thought it would pass but it’s getting worse.”It’s no use pretending to be strong when she can clearly see that I am in pain. I have taken painkillers but it’s getting worse. “What can I do?” my angel on earth asks. I force a smile. I don’t know what I did to deserve such a caring friend. Becca’s gentleness and kindness is so genuine it makes me miss my mother. I never had a chance to get spoilt by her, most of her memories have faded but I am certain that she would have f
*****Leo POV*****I have a cast on my left leg and have to get used to walking with crutches. Riah thinks I deserve worse for spying on Niki for such a long time. She is starting to sound a lot like Owen these days. Just like we expected, Lucas was used to blackmail Luca into killing Niki. The poor kid was terrified by the time Owen picked him up from the police station. His abductors picked him from his university at gunpoint, forced him to call Luca and kept him in the boot of a van. He had no idea where they were taking him. It seems that the plan was interrupted by a random road block by the feds, forcing his abductors to desert the van, leaving him in the boot. It was when the feds searched the van that they discovered him tied up in its boot. This is, of course, what the feds are saying, but they lost my trust a long time ago. Lucas never saw the faces of his abductors. For all I know, the feds could have been the abductors and let him out when they thought Luca had done the jo
*****Nikita POV*****It’s been a month since my father’s death and my operation. I have been through a rollercoaster of emotions dealing with all my loss and getting used to being the boss. Colton and Becca have really been a blessing and a shoulder to cry on. There is also the part of someone trying to kill me, which has yielded very strange collaborations. I now call them the paranoid cripples. Leo and Hunter have strangely been sharing notes on this and I don’t know how I feel about it. Becca walks in the study with a huge smile on her face. “Morning Niki. You woke up early,”she says, while inspecting the files on my study desk. I can’t help but smile back. She is infectious like that. “I needed to get some paperwork sorted but all is done now.”I have been up since 4 o’clock this morning. Even though our banks have managers, I still have to go through and sign a lot of the documents. I had no idea how much paperwork father and Jake had to do until now. “Work, work and more wo
An hour later, we walk into BEAT and all eyes are on us. This takes me back to Leap. Everywhere we went there, people stared at us and the daring ones would us if we were supermodels. This would be followed by invitations to exclusive clubs and parties. Sadly, that will never happen here. By virtue of being a Davi, many would never want to be associated with me. Those who are tempted to get closer to us will be greeted by Hunter’s ‘don’t you dare’ look and immediately back off. “Welcome to BEAT, ladies and gentlemen. Table for ten?” A melodic voice I know too well welcomes us before making eye contact with Colton and blushes. “For three and point me to your manager,” Hunter says with a straight face and intimidating voice. He insisted on coming along and brought six men with him. “Hunter,” I give him a sharp look. The last time he asked for a manager in a restaurant I liked, I ended up being the only customer dining. Doing that today will defeat the whole purpose of getting out of
*****Niki POV*****Leo reclines back on his chair and crosses his legs while looking at me with a smug. This was supposed to be a day I get out with my friends not dealing with him and the emotions he evokes in me. I put on a straight face and look him straight in the eyes. “What are you doing here, Leo?”He chuckles, making his beautiful brown eyes dance. “Joining my woman for breakfast, I miss you.” his smoky voice sounds deeper and sexier than I remember. I hate that he looks too comfortable while I am an nervous wreck. “See how they cheated on me, Colt. I was so committed to him, I even fought away every woman who came near him back at school, except her. Stupid me thought they hated each other while all along they were sneaking behind my back.” Zanine sounds all wronged while leaning and resting her stupid head on Colton. I can’t believe this chick!“You two owe Zanine’s an apology.” Colton actually falls for this crap but I’m not one to take accusations like this lying dow
*****Nikita POV*****It’s the afternoon by the time we return home. The breakfast dragged longer than expected. Even though it did not go as I initially planned, we all had fun. Owen and Colton kept everyone entertained with their spicy stories and really hit it off. The two even exchanged contacts and planned to meet without us. but I suspect Owen is strategically trying to get to Becca. “That was fun,” I say, kicking off my shoes. “Of course it was,” Colton responds sarcastically. “Joining my woman for breakfast, I miss you,” he adds imitating Leo. I roll my eyes at him. I expected this. “Unlike you, I am not in denial about this.” Colton just won’t quit and Becca is giggling nonstop. I bet Becca has a lot of lovey dove theories about our breakfast. I ended up avoiding making eye contact with her the whole time we were at BEAT because of the witty looks she was giving me every time Leo said something to get to me.“Shut up Colt. Don’t forget that you sold me out to your girlfrien
*****Nikita POV*****Dr Jili, hospital management, their lawyer and guards are all looking unsettled and avoiding making any eye contact with me.“He disappeared,” I repeat the words back at them before getting out of bed to actually look at their faces. Their armed guards move forward and I shoot a deadly stare them, stopping them on their tracks. “Stay the fuck where you are if you know what’s good for you.” I sound like a real mafia boss now and I don’t care. Becca takes a seat on my bed looking all dejected while Colt and Hunter stand on my either sides. “Basically you are all here to fucken tell me what exactly?”“Miss Davi, we sincerely apologise for this. Our staff go through very stringent verification process but that seem to have been overlooked when it came to the surgeon. He was hired directly from our CEO,”the man I recall to be the hospital manager says with a shaky voice. “Weren’t you the one who threatened to throw my guard out of this hospital when he insisted on
*****Leo POV*****When more hours pass without a trace of Niki, I completely lose my sanity. “Hang in there. Niki is the strongest woman I know,” Owen says but I can’t believe anything until I see her. “She is my everything.”“I know and most importantly, Franco and Dion know it too.”“They are monsters, Owen, and Niki is pregnant.”“She will be fine. You have to believe it,” Owen insists and I nod my head. It’s only when Hunter gets intel about the murder of a man he and Nick once hired to build a secret grave Crego and the signals going off from the Crego grave that hope returns to me. We are an hour off but Niki is definitely still alive. Getting that assurance gets me pumped up again. My heart leaps when I see her. The love of my life. She weeps on my arms while I thank heavens for her safety. We all get a reminder of how crazy and mean Nick Davi was when Niki opens the vault. I know that he is dead, but I want to punch him really badly for speaking to my wife like that. We a
*****Nikita POV*****I wake up in an unfamiliar place. The hazy image of Franco standing above me gets clearer and I sit up. “Morning sleepyhead,” Franco beams. There is really something wrong with this man. “Where am I?”“We are in the great Crego and the weather is wonderful!” he responds with so much excitement, you would swear we were related or friends. “You drugged me,” I accuse. The last thing I remember was arriving at the cemetery and someone putting a sack over my head. Crego is in another country away. He shrugs his shoulders. “You are not the cooperative type, my friend.”“What do you want, Franco?”He opens his hands. “Money, Niki, money and you have loads of it.”“I thought we were friends,” I accuse. “Of course we are.”“You kidnapped my son!” I exclaim, Anderson rising within me. “Come on now, Niki. The little guy was not harmed.”I shake my head and bite my tongue. Nick might not be physically harmed but being snatched by strange man will still scar him. “Why C
*****Leo POV*****A week later, the country is still in chaos. People are fed up with the ruling party and begging ex president Marlone to lead them again. The politicians are throwing each other under the buss and literally begging us for forgiveness. I look at Niki. “Babe.”“You can’t be serious!” she exclaims in disbelief. “The country is burning, My Love. We can’t let it continue.”“They tried to kill us!”“I know. I think we made our point. Everyone now knows the truth. I don’t think they will ever mess with us again,”I explain. “I agree with Leo. It’s enough now,” Daniel says. “I know that you are angry, I would be too if someone attacked my family like that. Dad says people are angry and getting desperate. He can’t lead again, that took a lot from him the last time. Please, Niki. I want to get out of here and plan my wedding,” Lorraine pleads. She definitely inherited her father’s diplomatic ways. We all look at Niki, who thinks we are all too soft and weak. She is probable
******Nikita POV*****It does not take long for Hunter to return with Lorraine. As expected, he has taken extreme measures to ensure that they are not followed and Lorraine has nothing that can be used to track her here. It’s easy to see how devastated Lorraine is by Daniel’s death. I’m really curious to know her reasons for turning him down because it’s not lack of love.“Hi, Lorraine.” I keep my cold straight face. She runs to my arms and starts weeping. “I.. I.. loved him. I really did,” she chokes on her tears and I now feel bad for the lie I told. “My parents spent their lives and went through hell to unite this country,” she mumbles, a story we all know too well. “My siblings and I have always been under scrutiny. We learned very early on that anything we did could be used by the opposition against our parents,” she continues. I know that too. The whole country got to know when President Marlone’s children were mean to anyone at school. It’s been like that even when they we
*****Leo POV*****A day later….“Hey everyone, Daniel’s father-in-law is on television,” Lucas shouts and we all congregate in front of the screen. Former president Marlone’s views matter a lot to us for different reasons. He still has a lot of followers and influence here but we now we have our eyes on his daughter for Daniel. “Former President Marlone, many consider eliminating the mafia the one thing you failed to accomplish during your presidency. What are your views on what’s going on now?”the journalist asks. Former President Marlone smiles and shakes his head. “My mandate was to eliminate the criminal organisation called the mafia. So, I, and my government appointed the best detectives in this country to only focus on that. We had the best undercover agents, who infiltrated the Davis, the Booi’s and Siko’s. The so called DBS or big players in the mafia world.”We all exchange looks, wondering which one of our previous men were undercover agents. “And?” the journalist asks ea
*****Leo POV*****I get into the bathroom and find my wife puking over the toilet. This should be disgusting, right? Then why do I feel like kissing every part of her body?I crouch down next to her, gentle tag her hair back and pat her back. “You don’t have to stay,” she says before gagging and puking again. “There’s no place I would rather be, My Love.”She frowns at me. “Eew.”I can’t help but laugh at her reaction. “We are in this together, Babe,” I say with a lump on my throat. So much has happened between us, but we are still here and this baby is the stamp of our love. She gets up, flushes the toilet and rinses her mouth before responding to me. “You are very weird, Mr Booi.”I chuckle before whisking off her feet. “We are pregnant. Babe, we are really pregnant!”She wraps her arms around my neck and looks down at me in disbelief. “I told you this a few hours ago and you did not seem interested.”“I thought you were too smitten and speaking in tongues.”She rolls her eyes
*****Leo POV*****We can see the bullets but thanks to the impenetrable walls, none get through. This wall in my books, still the most impressive invention of all times. “They are not in uniform and did not identify themselves as police,” Hunter says and my lethal wife is absolutely thrilled. “We have already won the case. We just have to live through this. On them boys,” Niki says and we gladly comply. The bastards clearly did not expect us to retaliate like this. I don’t really blame them. Guns, yes, but I wouldn’t expect any mafia to have bombs and drones. We are definitely winning this without even facing the fire. Owen and Lucas are even competing on who has taken down the most of our attackers and Daniel is actually not bad despite his complaints. We are still celebrating our victory when a missile comes out of nowhere. “Abort! Everyone to the basement!” Niki shouts and we all dash to the basement. The walls and the roof shake at the point of impact, before tumbling down. T
*****Leo POV*****Niki opens and closes her mouth, speechless. Did she really think I would ever let her go?“You have a lot to make up for, Missy,”I tease and she looks at me in disbelief. Sizzling hot! “Shooting you was an accident, why am I making up for it?”“Not telling me that it was an accident and trying to tear us apart, thats what you are making up for,” I say while wrapping my arms around her tiny waist. I plan on shamelessly riding this wave forever. She smiles and curves her sensual lips. I know that means she is about to fight me and I decide to change my strategy. “I will tell Nick that you shot me.”“That will definitely get Mrs defiance in line,” Owen responds. He’s himself again now that he knows Niki did not really pull the trigger. “You wouldn’t!” Niki cries and searches my eyes. I stand my ground, knowing that I have won. “Nick! Come to Papa, my boy!” I shout very loud and Nick shows up and runs towards us. That’s my boy!“Fine, I will make it up for you,” Ni
*****Leo POV*****Niki shot me right through my heart. I took my last breath. I should be dead, except I can hear them talking. Is this how someone dies?My fingers are crossed when Owen approaches. I pray and hope that his first instinct is not to avenge me. I hope he knows that I would never forgive him if he killed my wife to avenge me. I sigh with relief when he sinks down and sobs instead. I know that he will be fine eventually, it’s Lucas I’m worried about. He is just staring into space. The boy has seen too much trauma in his lifetime. I should have insisted on keeping him away from the mafia despite his determination to stay. I hope Luca will forgive my failure in protecting his boy. Hey! If I am dead, this is not so bad. My volatile wife is still fuming, but she can’t stop herself from grieving for me. Madness is wishing you could reach out and embrace a woman who killed your, but I can’t move. I guess I am really dead. It’s a pity I will never get to kiss, touch, make sweet