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*****Nikita POV*****I am still glaring at Leo, who is looking tenderly at me. That’s when the waitress brings my and Ethan’s food. “Your food, Ma’am,” she says with a melodic voice while placing the food on the table. The reason BEAT still gets packed despite their pricey menu is because their chefs always deliver on their signature dishes. My taste buds are already celebrating with anticipation. The aroma and the presentation get me salivating and my stomach growling. Talk about priorities! I really have no business nursing my empty stomach when my name is circulating in the dark web. The waitress must have noticed that my date has changed and turns her eyes to Leo. “Good morning, Sir. Welcome to BEAT. What can I get you?” her voice is no longer melodic but seductive. I would know because I used a similar tone on Ethan just a few minutes ago. “Sharen, is it?” Leo asks while making eye contact with the waitress, who is now blushing and ready to drop her panties for him. “You kno
*****Nikita POV***** Leo is flying through traffic and I can’t help but hold my breath when he stops at my estate gate. I see our drones approaching, flying low and hoovering above his car. I know that my presence in his car is the only reasons they have not dropped the bomb on it or opened fire. Our roles are now reversed. In a split second the car is surrounded by heavily armed guards. A rival leader showing up at your gate like this is regarded as an insult and declaration of war or impending attack. That’s why the extreme response. “Stand down!” I shout while quickly jumping off the car. Leo follows me out with his hands suspended in the air. He will be an idiot to remain inside with those drones still hovering above his car like that. I sigh with relief when all the men lower their weapons. They silently exchange looks. I can tell from their faces that they are surprised to see me coming out of our enemy’s car and even commanding them not to hurt him. My relief does not even las
*****Leo POV*****I calmly walk away from the Davi estate as if my heart is not pounding. My hand shakes slightly when I get in and hammer my V6 turbocharged beast out of there. I give out a sigh of relief when the devil’s estate disappears from my rear view mirror and no drones are flying above me. My hand continues to shake as I ponder at how my life could have easily ended. I can’t believe that I chatted with death and lived to tell the tale. I am more relieved when I pull up at my driveway. I’m even glad to see my irritating cousin standing outside. “Where have you been?” Owen asks the moment I step out of the car and just like that, my gladness disappears. He’s been on the urge and even paranoid lately. I guess knowing that you might not live beyond two months can do that to one. I grin at him, knowing what his reaction will be to my response. “Our lives are in danger, you idiot. You can’t just disappear without a word,” he says with a strain on his voice.I sigh. I wish he co
*****Leo POV*****The following day, at Palmland private airport.I glance at my watch and get out of the car. My eyes meet Owen’s, who is standing in front of our men, giving them heads up on what to expect. We intentionally left out all the fine details to this last moment in case one of them has gone rogue. They did not even know whom we were waiting for until now. Even if they somehow manage to pass the information now, we would be out of this place by the time the threat comes. The deafening sound of the three aircrafts emerging from different directions is heard at exactly 8 o’clock, just like Hunter related and I can’t help but be amazed. It takes a few minutes for the Davi coaches one, two and three to land. “How many coaches do they actually have?” Owen, who is now standing next to me shouts on my ear. “How would I know? Here comes their heiress, you can ask her,” I say before I zoom in on the figure approaching us. “Cometh thou Juliet, Romeo,” Owen says in our old engli
*****Nikita POV*****I wake up still angry about my father handing my security over to the arrogant Booi asshole. I believe him that he did not put my name on the web. His actions so far look coincidental and opportunistic, but I know my father. He is always up to something. Even if this was the only way to keep me in line and safe, he definitely has a hidden agenda and I need to know what it is. I walk into the sitting room and decide to give both Father and Hunter a silent treatment. They exchanged amused looks before Father greets. “Good morning, Sweetheart,” my father beams, standing up and kissing my forehead. I just stare at him and his lips lift up into a smile. That breathtaking smile melts the hardest of hearts and he knows it. His hair and eyebrows may be all greyed out, but Nick Davi is still one of the oldest handsome men in the mafia world. “Still mad at your old man?”he asks, amused. I roll my eyes and pick an apple I will have for breakfast.He laughs at my reaction
*****Nikita POV*****The Booi’s famous all black, exquisite, twenty-five floors skyscraper hotel, stand out in the whole block. Rumours are the three years old hotel offers the best service in the country and had every possible activity you can think of. This has made it one of the best local and tourists attraction sites in the country. When Leo turns the car towards the hotel’s basement private parking lot, I can’t help but get excited at the opportunity to experience the most talked about hospitality myself. I guess having Leo as my security detail has its own specks after all. As a Davi, I would never book in one of our rivals hotels no matter how impressive it sounds.Leo offers me his hand the moment I step out of his car, his actions catch me by surprise. “You are my enemy, this is not a date,” I say dismissively while avoiding his hand. The bastard grins at me. I hate it when he does that. It’s too resembling of how Father and Jake always reacted to my outbursts. I ignore h
*****Nikita POV*****Owen is still blabbing on about how likeable he is and Leo is mercilessly laughing at me when the elevator finally reaches the penthouse on the twenty-fifth floor. It takes everything in me to not gasp in awe. These two are still my rivals, I can’t be seen to be easily impressed, but I am. Just like the ground floor, it is evident that no cost was spared in building and designing this floor. “Welcome to the bachelor’s hub. This is the kitchen, it should have everything you need but if it doesn’t, please let us know,” Leo says with a straight face. I am almost disappointed that he is no longer laughing. He is quite infectious when he does. “Let him know, not me. I hate shopping,” Owen objects. Leo does not bother responding to his cousin. He proceeds to show me the living room, gaming room and the study. “If you proceed westwards, that is Owen’s wing. Mine and yours is eastwards.”“Right, and we share a bathroom,”I sound sarcastic but I am actually freaking out a
*****Leo POV*****Everything about Niki is just extreme and it drives me crazy. Even when she does not try, she is still the most beautiful woman in the room and I can’t help but stare at her. I made sure to take a seat directly oppose her. In the few minutes I have been sitting here, stealing every opportunity to watch her talk, laugh and eat, I have reached to the conclusion. The spyglass I have been stalking her on really does not do much justice to her beauty. I know that I should reprimand my head and heart for all these thoughts I have about her. I should be weary of her stubbornness and volatile hot temper, but it’s such a turn on. Maybe it’s because I have been on the receiving end of that temper for years that it now amuses than scare me. The princess has definitely grown on me, or was it denial all along?“I am surprised that you two are capable of sitting like this and be civil with each other,” Daniel says and I know exactly what he means. Everyone we went to school with wo