“Hush! Keep your voices down!” I spoke to my men with my lips tightly shut. “Especially you!” I sneered at Gab. Gab raised his hands as if being arrested by the authorities after being caught red-handed at a crime scene. He has heard from the bodyguards standing outside my room about what happened the previous night. “Why are we leaving too early?” Gab asked in a hushed tone as we walked on the dimly lit hallway of the hotel to the main entrance where the ride was waiting. I was carrying a sleeping Skye in my arms, like a princess, while Naomi was behind us and walking with one of my bodyguards carrying a folded wheelchair. It was only four in the morning, I only told my immediate bodyguards that I was going back home with Skye and my bodyguards, but Gab has heard about it and decided to disembark at the same time as us. He did not have to bother driving because he could have any one of our men sit behind the wheel and take him wherever he wanted to go.“You can stay behind and st
I don’t know what to think. I couldn’t make up my mind on whether to ask the person involve for any clarifications or if I should wait for something to come up. But when I saw the security footage of how Gab leaned too close to Skye with his back to the camera, I could not tell clearly if he did anything like touch Skye in any way. His face was covering Skye’s face from the camera’s angle. ‘Did he touch her in any way sensual? Skye said she doesn’t like him. Was it only because Gab spiked my drink, or is there another reason for that?’“Fuck!” I growled in a fury. I can forgive Gab for what he did to my drink, but when it’s about Skye, and she says she doesn’t like the person, I don’t think there is a need for more explanations. Skye moved in my embrace. I looked at her face to see if I had woken her up. But she was still sleeping. A thought made me smile. I remembered she told me before that she is a heavy sleeper. “You really are…” I chuckled as I tapped the tip of her nose, tal
I decided to work from home today. For one reason, I don’t think I am ready to bump into Gab just yet. I asked for one of my men to bring my paperwork and laptop to where I was. I even asked for a small table to be moved to Skye’s room so I could do my work with ease. I tried to wake her up for breakfast, but Skye asked for more time to rest. “Tell me what you want to have for breakfast so I can ask the kitchen to prepare the food and serve it when you’re ready,” I said to Skye before she drift off to slumber again. “Pancakes and bacon would do,” she murmured without bothering to open her eyes in the slighted. Then she was peacefully asleep again after a few seconds of her answer. I chuckled and sigh. I must have tired her out so much last night. I let her be, and I decided to suffice with a cup of coffee to fill my stomach as I waited for Skye to wake up while I did my paperwork. I needed to make a few calls but I chose to do them later. I got engrossed in my work, I did not noti
Skye’s POVI woke up from a nightmarish memory that played in my dream of how my dad died. The way his throat bled shook me terrifyingly. If only there is a way to forget such a tragic scene that I, unfortunately, saw with my own eyes, I would trade it for anything. I was soaking wet in cold sweats when I woke up. I looked around. Darkness filled the room, so I had to close my eyes for a while before I got used to the dark and turned on the lamp on my bedside table to brighten the room.In my dream, I spoke to my dad, widely aware that he was already dead. And he told me something he had been telling me a few times in my dreams from previous nights already.“What did he mean?”In my dreams, my dad said I have to be careful, be cautious
“What do you wanna know?” Marco asked.I tried to observe if he was upset about my question or nonchalant like he seemed to be reacting. I leaned my back on the chair, and just like Marco, I turned only my head to look at his face staring back at me.“Anything… Or if you want, you can cut to the chase by telling me the very reason why you trust him like you do,” I answered.Marco took a deep breath and stared at the ceiling. I waited for him to speak in complete silence. If I am not mistaken, with the way these two behave toward one another, they have a bond that they have bowed to keep for life, but circumstances had been trying to shake their steadfastness. Nevertheless, in my opinion, based on what I have seen Gab had done to Marco, I do not fancy that man, not eve
“That night, I cheated death through Gab. I would not have survived the gunshot wound if the bullet had hit my body because it would have been my heart since I was facing the direction of the shooter while to Gab’s back, so he was shot on the right side of his chest. It was the opposite of his heart’s position. And thankfully, it did not damage any major organ in his body,” Marco chuckled softly. Then he sighed.“But it took him a while to recover….”Marco said Gabriel was under medical treatment for about six months.“I took all responsibilities for his medications. His gunshot wound needed to undergo general surgery, and his family could not afford it. I did not hesitate to step forward and shoulder everything. We found out he had an early-stage of chest
“I did as he had advised. Adding to the need for me to clear my thoughts, your dad asked me to stay with you while he was out of town. I couldn’t be so rude to return his kindness of saving me through disobedience. Besides, he seemed to know the drill on what to do to keep me off the radar. He turned my phone off, so no one came to your place, tracing me. Until that day when we both went out for the interview….” Marco stated. “Dad used to be in the army. But he was not among the soldiers to be deployed on the battlefield. He was also an accountant there until his wife died, and he retired to take care of me,” I tried to clarify his thoughts about why dad knew what to do to keep Marco untraceable from his enemies. “I see,” Marco nodded. Also somehow amazed. “I never saw his pics wearing anything to reveal his former profession,” he added with his e
“I am not saying that day will never come, but I am not sure when it is happening. As of now, I suggest he doesn’t expect so much,” I answered.“I trust that man with my life, and I am also counting on him to protect you…” Marco said seriously.“What about that incident in the hotel out of town?” I asked.“We traced the woman after a few days,” Marco replied.“Wasn’t she working with Gab?” I asked without expressing any emotions. Taking from how Marco was sharing the information, I could tell Gab seemed to be faultless.“She was sent by someone else. And when the woman was asked how she knew there was something u