Recently, my uncle died. He was a hardened criminal and duplicitous liar. He was also a known wise guy that was part of something larger and more evil than any of us realized. After he died I took it upon myself to legitimize and then sell the family business so that I and the rest of my siblings could move on. I'd stayed away for so long and kept away from all of my family because of my strained relationship with my brother. But not anymore… because with Uncle gone, there was no one tough enough to protect the family. I knew my brother was more than enough but I didn't want him to do it all alone as much as I hated to accept it. Uncle might’ve been a disgusting human being and he might’ve gotten countless people killed out of mere pettiness but he kept the family safe. My brother and I had severe issues. I blamed him for our father's death. I blamed him for our mother's death. I blamed him because that was all I could do. I needed to blame someone and he was the only one there so I
Decide what I need to know? Wow. Does any one of these men know this is the 21st century? And okay, not only did I hear gunshots and see dead bodies again, what was that now, 4? But my supposed fiancé had just very frankly made the fact that he liked to see fear on my face known to his brother, his employees, and a guy who maybe wasn’t making it out of the office alive. I was now being ushered, in skimpy pajamas and Azriel’s robe, to his father’s house.When I got there, Lisa was in the doorway to receive me, literally. She hugged me and pulled me into the house, ignoring Dario and the two muscle guys behind him, “Are you okay?”I heard Dario on the phone, “Bro, we’re here,” Then he looked to Lisa, “Yeah, she’s fine. Lisa has her.” Then Dario and the two guys disappeared into the office.I nodded, not knowing what to say because I didn’t know what she knew. She was in a robe, too, her hair pulled up into a messy bun. She walked me to her kitchen where an older grandmotherly-looking bl
Claire’s POVWhat a reunion. And what a morning after. Ho boy; he was all over me, waking me up with his tongue just like that first morning. What a way to wake up! I had a fleeting thought about the fact that he’d eventually want me to reciprocate. After what had happened with that guy in Mexico, could I ever reciprocate with Azriel or anyone for that matter? I didn’t even know the guy’s name. I didn’t want to know. I wanted to forget. There was so much I wanted to forget but so much I didn’t think I could ever put out of my mind completely.“Baby?” he was looking up at me.I hadn’t realized it but I was crying while he was doing that to me. He settled beside me and pulled me to his chest.“What’s wrong?” he asked.“Sorry,” I said softly and wiped my eyes with my fingertips.“What?” he gave me a squeeze.“So much,” I whispered into his chest.“Tell me,” he kissed my forehead.I was surprised that he had stopped. I was surprised that he was looking at me with so much tenderness.“It
I let out a half laugh, half cry. He shrugged kind of apologetically. I shook my head.“She says surprise her,” he said and ended the call.He pulled out and left Rosita at the supermarket and drove me back to Azriel’s house. That phone started ringing from my pocket. I took it out.“A” calling. Great. I stared at it. After the third ring, Earl cleared his throat, “I’d answer that, Miss.”I didn’t. I couldn’t do anything but stare at the screen. It stopped at 5 rings. Then Earl’s phone started ringing and he said a mix of yes Sirs and no Sirs all the way back. When we pulled inside the gate, which Earl appeared to have engaged somehow from within the vehicle. He stopped in front of the gate and sat there for what seemed like the longest time. He dialed the phone and said, “What’s your ETA? Shit. Can’t do it. Won’t work. No, that’s not the plan. Can’t. We will have to reschedule.” he growled into the phone and then hung it up and finally drove in through the area between the gates.“Y
“Oh! Please stop”, I shoved him against his rock hard chest, but he didn’t move an inch.He laughed again, making me crack a small smile in his favour which I hated. My heart caved in my chest of its own accord as I took in his carefree, happy expression which really was a phenomenon because he was almost either frowning or glaring.For some inexplicable reason, his happiness made my heart grow smaller and sadder.I tried not to let the brief moment of sudden sadness show as I pulled up my dress, trying to cover my chest.“You didn’t choose that dress, did you?”, he suddenly observed, making me want to face palm for not being subtle enough about adjusting my dress.“No, I didn’t”, I replied, my voice small.“That fucking slimebag. You’re not buying that”, he growled out, making me raise a brow at him.I did not need Daniel intervening between me and his uncle to just worsen things between me and that man who I really needed to keep happy…. for both my and my family’s sake.“I have to
The moon is dark and windy, and the cool wind bursts. At the edge of the alley, which is two intersections away from the school, it was robbed in cool summer. Just walked well, suddenly from the dark out of a hand, grabbed her suddenly dragged into the alley. At the moment, three men surrounded her in the middle, one of them stood on her right side, holding her waist with unknown hard objects, and the other two were separated in front of her and on her left side. Three people surrounded her in a circle with the wall and trapped her in the center. ,Cool summer trembled and clasped the bag in her hand. There was a part-time salary of 1,200 yuan she just got. She shook her voice and asked, "What do you... want to do?""Guess." One of them patted her on the shoulder unceremoniously. After hiding in horror in cool summer, she guessed seriously, but she thought about it for a while, but there was no result. His mind now seemed to be filled with paste, and he couldn't think of anything."Ro
No truth?" Gu Shengrui picked his eyebrows and motioned left and right. Ji"Change, don't rob money, just rob color.""Hey, hey, it's me, it's me, that's right, but I didn't mean it, Master Gu." She really didn't mean it. At that time, she just passed by the swimming pool. When she slipped, she slipped into the swimming pool. As for who she stepped on, who rode on her neck with the power of water, and then pedaled back to the shore with the power of her shoulder... She really doesn't know. She thought about apologizing to "who", but before she could, she was dragged away by her friends on the grounds of "too shameful"."Ha, admit it." Gu Shengrui told the left and right sides again: "Robbing money also robbing color."What kind of truth is this, this?"Master Gu, give me a chance to turn over a new leaf." Cool summer with tears begged, "Your adults don't count villains, I just stepped on your foot, and it wasn't intentional, or you step back, each of you step on a foot.""Step on a foo
Under this circumstance, Rebecca actually laughed, and the laughter was like a crisp bell, hitting the heart of cool summer through his ears. Rebecca put away his laughter and said, "If you have the ability, you can call me to listen to Gu Shao's voice."Chapter Two Adventures in Swimming Pool"Good." Cool summer threw himself into dialing the phone, but, "... has been shut down?"Now, the whole dormitory laughed.No one believed her, even she began to doubt herself, but the chaotic bag reminded him all the time that it was true.In this way, today is like yesterday, Just as she had begun to doubt life herself, When you feel that you may be really tired and hallucinate, The "creditor" number that has been "shut down" actually called, and Liang Xia was very excited. She tried her best to prove to Rebecca that Gu Shengrui was not wrong, but Rebecca was not around. She quickly pressed the answer shuttlecock, and the voice on the other end of the phone was very low, with a slightly threat