VINCENT"You distribute drugs now too?" James' eyes were wide in shock as he asked me and I had to glare at him; a reminder that we were still at work and anyone could hear us.He reduced his voice, looking around briefly with a guilty expression on his face."I don't. Not particularly. I communicate with Owen who is apparently the boss and he dispatches the drugs to my warehouse and some other men in lower statuses come to pick up and…" I trailed off, realizing it was the same thing, anyways.James scratched his beard, leaning back against his chair now whilst staring at me.I sighed, "I signed a deal with the devil, James. It should not be so surprising that I am recruited to do the devil's dirty work."I rapped my fingers against the table as I thought about her reaction to this. If James judged me this bad, how would she react, finding that I was associated with murderers and drug dealers?I thought about the last time we had been in bed together. She was addictive. It was like im
KATERINAWhen I finally stirred awake, the world around me felt heavy and strange, like I was caught between a dream and reality. My eyelids fluttered, sluggish, as though they weighed a hundred pounds each. The first thing I noticed was the darkness—the evening had settled in, leaving the room dim, with only faint traces of light creeping in from the window. My mind was foggy, thoughts slipping away before I could catch them, and for a moment, I didn’t know where I was.Then it hit me.Panic flooded my chest. I shot up too fast, my head spinning violently, and had to grab the edge of the bed—was it a bed?—just to steady myself. A deep ache throbbed in my temples, and my limbs felt like they weren’t mine, like I was moving underwater. My mouth was dry, my throat raw, and a sickly sweet taste lingered in the back of my throat. My muscles were stiff, sluggish, as though I’d been in this forced sleep for far too long.No matter how I looked around, I could not quite pinpoint where I was.
VINCENT"Wow, wow. So the man K thinks is her fighter is nothing but a sleazy drug dealer who perhaps just wants to be on her side for money in one form or the other? I wonder how she would take this news once it gets to her." Sawyer pondered with a smile on his face."I will tell her in my own time. Do not be stupid and bring more harm to yourself in the process." I told him with a frown, and he looked like he was thinking for a few seconds, then he burst into laughter."What was that, a threat? You should not be making those. I am the only one in the position to make threats right now, so do not be stupid." He snapped at me, seeming angrier now. I thought about one person—Katerina. My whole body itched to know if this was about her. I had been having a bad feeling about the way she had not been picking up her calls since."Calling me names will not be tolerated, Sawyer as I am not beneath you. You will not speak to me as you please. I have to be on my way, so if you have nothing of
KATERINA"Come back here, you slut!" I heard Reina scream from behind me and I picked up my speed, almost at the door now.Adrenaline pumping through my veins, I dragged the front door open but I had hardly stepped one foot out before my eyes came in contact with not one, but two bulky men in front of me. I swallowed, moving back a few steps.The both men turned around to face me, confusion swirling in their eyes, and then their expression turned to steel. One of them checked behind me and when he did not see anyone, he thundered,"What the hell are you doing out here?" He questioned, stalking towards me. Shaking from fear and determination to leave this place, I checked on both my sides to see if there was any weapon I could use to take them down but I couldn’t find anything.I was so close. The front door was right in front of me, even if the guards looked stiff and indifferent, as if I wasn’t even a threat. My heart raced, and I could feel Whitney and Reina closing in behind me, bu
VINCENTShe was mute all the way to my house. Even while we packed up because I decided that we were leaving to somewhere more private. I had a luxury apartment located in the middle of probably nowhere… kind of like, a province area, and I decided I would take her there.We could lay off steam there for a while, and then return afterward to continue from where she stopped. If she wanted to.I made her eat before we went anywhere. She could barely walk and her eyes were sunken. I fed her when it seemed like she had lost strength to do even that, and she ate off my hands, devouring the meal like her life depended on it.Technically, it did.One of her assaulters had died from internal bleeding as James had reported, I remembered. It was Fred.I had no clue when the time would be right to break that news to her but I knew it was not going to he anytime soon. She looked subdued, tired, and no matter how many times I had asked her to step aside while I sorted out her clothes, she paid me
KATERINAThe luxury apartment Vincent had whisked me away to was perched on the edge of nowhere. Surrounded by rolling hills and endless skies, it was the kind of place that felt completely detached from the rest of the world. No business deals, no corporate empires—just silence, interrupted only by the occasional breeze rustling through the trees outside. It was peaceful, idyllic, a far cry from the life we were both used to.And yet, even in this sanctuary, I couldn’t turn my mind off. My thoughts kept wandering back to my revenge plan, to the people who had crossed me, and the power moves I was supposed to be making. Vincent had somehow convinced me to take a break. To lie low, to let the storm pass for a moment. It was infuriating, in a way, that he knew exactly how to get me out of my own head. Vincent was now leaning back against the headboard, the soft morning light framing his sharp features. Even here, in the intimacy of my bedroom, his presence was magnetic—his jaw set, his
VINCENT She wanted to plan a funeral of a man who I barely gave two shits about. And guess who was at the frontline, planning almost everything, setting up schedules.Right, me.I stared at my phone with a frown, wondering what had become of me.Katerina stepped out of the shower in my t-shirt, drying her hair and as a result, causing the hem of the shirt to inch up higher than it originally was. I stopped typing into my phone, my attention successfully snatched by her enthralling figure.The fabric clung to her damp skin, the smell of her shampoo filling the room. It was intoxicating, more than it had any right to be. I sat there, phone forgotten in my hand, watching her like I didn’t have the self-control I was known for. Katerina's eyes caught mine, a flicker of amusement crossing her face, like she knew exactly what she was doing. And maybe she did. She had always been able to get under my skin, push me past my limits. I could feel the tension building in my chest, the war ins
KATERINAVincent teased me all day long for walking funny, even if he was the cause of it. Thankfully, his crazy libido was limited to two rounds and then I could have the rest of the day to myself."This is nice." I said with gritted teeth as I checked out the schedule for Kelvin's funeral whilst sitting on the bed the next day.He nodded, "And maybe this is not really what you want to hear right now, but we just found out that Whitney is still in the state, she is just in hiding but she has not left the State."I nodded.The closer she was to us, the better. Why could I not stop thinking of her? Ways to make her pay because I even blamed her for Kelvin's death, ways to have her grovel on her knees before me, ways to kill her.The last thought seriously questioned who I had become currently because of her, but at the same time, I could not be too bothered.Whitney Jackson deserved everything she would get when I was done with her. She was a bloody murderer, and murderers deserved dea