Jasira felt her throat go dry immediately he said that, she turned crimson, her eyes slid to the open partition, and saw a grin lay on Maxwell's face. She dragged it closed hastily before she turned to Alejandro who looked relaxed and smirked on his face. "You...you didn't just say that, right?" She asked knowing the answer. The sly grin on his face threw her off, her stomach flipped in anger before it slowly dissolved into embarrassment. She shifted away from him and faced the other side. Alejandro was unbelievable. Saying things that made her cheeks turn crimson like it was nothing. Before she got here she couldn't remember the last time she turned crimson over words and never would she imagined that it was the devil's words that kept making her red in embarrassment. The drive to the manor was quite intimidating for her. Nothing was exchanged between them which she was grateful for. When the car came to a halt, she flung the door open not waiting for Alejandro before get
I want to go out." His lips twitched as his eyes became slightly shallow at the mention of that. Did Roberto ask her to meet him today and she skipped the part when narrating her ordeal to him yesterday? He would be so mad if that was true. "Outside the manor. My mother's sick." She quickly added but that didn't make him lower his gaze or stop retreating his steps towards her which she kept moving back also. His eyes flickered to the laptop wrapped protectively against her chest, his mind went to the photo she used as the wallpaper. Her family portrait but his memory lingered on the older man. Jasira's father, Dario, that bastard tried to hide so well from death but he failed because no one hid from him however he left an innocent lady behind and he was in charge of her now, he would be damn mad at hell right now if knew Jasira is in his possession. He pushed the thought to the back of his mind before turning to scared Jasira. "Why? Why must you see her today?" "T
"What does my tattoo mean?" Her mother's eyes darted back in shock, She felt the fear coming back but she got out of the bad memories quickly. "Mom," Jasira called impatiently with a racing heart. A part of her was eager to know the answer, another part was scared, afraid of the truth behind it, and heartbroken because she had been living with lies for years. The pain felt like a needle but slowly dissolved into anger, pure anger for her mother and her stalker. "Say something, Mom." She snapped getting impatiently every second, tired of her silence. "Nothing." Her mother said blankly dropping her drink beside her. "It's just a rose flower tattoo." She added nonchalantly and stood up. "Mom!" "Why are you lying to me? Why must do it?" "To protect you." "I don't want to be protected!" She half yelled standing up also, her chest heaved up and down. "My life is messed up because of the stupid tattoo." "What did you mean?" Her mother asked f
"Alejandro'," Jasira called soberly into the phone, Her eyes searched frantically around for any threat, the lone road with thick forest on each side of the road sent chills down her spine. "I don't know where I am, I was kidnapped and left alone in a very quiet area, everywhere was chilling. I'm scared, I'm really scared, Alejandro," She sobbed into the phone and a loud sigh resounded in her ear. "Stay where you are," Alejandro said curtly before he hung up. Jasira sighed scared, she could hear the hard beating of her heart in her chest. She wrapped her hand around her body protectively, she pressed her thumbs against her skin tightly. The reason she thought she should call Alejandro still baffled her, he scared her but still, she felt safe with him by her side. She pressed the hallow of her bag and felt the puzzle box. "Bastard." She muttered under her breath. The idiot was making way into her head bit by bit, turning her into a fool of herself and she even fought h
Blurry visions, banging head, and blank memories are what Jasira woke up to before the endless beeping of the machine dawned on her increasing her headache in process. She stared blankly at the plain white ceiling ransacking her brain for any memories. She tried to stand up but was pulled back by the heavy pain in her shoulder joint, she winced painfully closing her eyes as she let the pain die down. When the pain reduced, she was hit by another wave of headache and slowly her lost memories came back to her gently. She remembered going to Alejandro's room, daring him to shoot her, and-- she gasped audibly, the bastard fired a damn bullet at her. Pain and anger seethed into her mind, that useless heartless man really shot her. She glanced at her bandage arm, her eyes caught what was done to her dress, her beautiful dress was replaced with a loose white with a blue striped line hospital gown that was sleeveless. Her hair scattered all over her pillow and a drip was conne
"Baby girl," How the name left his mouth sent goosebumps to her face. She could feel his cold breath fanning her face, his breathy hot scent filled her nose. A wave surged through her body when his scrappy rough fingers touched her face before going to pick a lock in her hair. He twisted it between his thumb and the forefinger and rolled it slowly. He leaned closer to her ear, inhaling her scent. The hot breath made Jasira go still on the bed. It took her every power in her not to snap her eyes open. "Daring me was never a good choice, baby girl." He whispered lowly into her ear before biting her earlobe sexily. A full-bodied shiver ran through her. His breathy cold voice sent tons of goosebumps from her hair to her toenails. Her body radiated with shivers before they all formed a pool in her core. He leaned away from her and stared at her face. His eyes lasted a second on her dried lip before he returned his gaze to her eyes. He brushed off the hair covering her f
Jasira was discharged from the clinic and was back at the manor. It had been two weeks since the incident and two weeks since Alejandro made her blush deeply with his words, and two weeks since she had proved to him that he does get jealous. A part of her was happy the devil was very possessive of her instead of other girls. That was a stupid thing to be happy about but in this underground world, that was something to be happy about, at least she wouldn't be passed around among the lords like other girls. Her wound was still healing and hurt less now. There was still a bandage wrapped around her arm and to do anything was a big problem for her now. She sighed tiredly dropping the gown she wanted to wear. That was her fourth attempt to wear a short-sleeved flowered-pattern gown. She could only use her left hand perfectly while she couldn't lift her right at all. Amy had been the one helping her since she got back to the manor and now she was ashamed of calling her to dr
It had been days since she removed her cast permanently and it was a great relief to her. She only needs to rub the scar-fading cream on the wound, it won't fade permanently but at least it would be better than using nothing. Alejandro had not been home since that day and it didn't bother her a bit because she loved the freedom she got when he wasn't home. And now he was back yesterday-she mentally rolled her eyes and to make it worse he was organizing a friendly dinner with one of the underworld Lords this evening. She stared at the dress she was supposed to wear to serve them and a hiss left her mouth, when did she become a maid in his house that he could send around when he already had tons of them? He just loved showing her that he could do what he liked with her and she hated that. The cracking of her door made her drop the black dress to the bed and stand up knowing who was coming in, a sharp exhale escaped from her when she sighted him. "My lord." She greet
Alejandro stood before the full-length mirror staring at his reflection, he adjusted his watch and smiled in satisfaction at his look. He caught a glimpse of Jasira looking at him, and every time their eyes met she removed her gaze, that was the third it had happened. He smiled turning to her. "Say what's in your mind baby girl, I can feel your eyes eating me up." He winked crossing his hands over his chest. "I don't bite." Jasira scoffed with a small laugh, "I'm not looking at you, my eyes are not eating you up." She denied closing the closet. "Moreover, I was only wondering why some parts of your hair are not combed properly, your tie is also undone." She added, proud of herself to have found something to say. Alejandro chuckled, he saw through her lies but left it. "Will you help me with them?" He asked picking a comb from the vanity, and she was already standing before him eagerly. "Here." He passed the comb to her, and she smiled brightly. "You know I'm always jeal
Jasira woke up with the morning sun shining on her face, she groaned with her eyes closed, and she turned away from the sun to continue sleeping. 'I'm on vacation.' The thought crossed her mind and she yanked up immediately. She looked around the room for Alejandro and sank when he was nowhere to be found. He was one of the reasons she was so excited about waking up early. "Where did he go this early morning?" She asked no one as she picked up her phone from the nightstand. "10:00 am." She yelled flying to her feet. "That was unbelievable." She walked to the half-wall window, she placed her hands on the as she looked at the bright sun. She had thought it was just eight in the morning, but the bright sun in the sky told her otherwise. This was one of the best sleep she had had since she was discharged from the hospital, she had no nightmares, and there were no drumming sounds in her ears today. She stared at the orchards that surrounded the house, they were so tall and fruity
Jasira woke up with the morning sun shining on her face, she groaned with her eyes closed, and she turned away from the sun to continue sleeping. 'I'm on vacation.' The thought crossed her mind and she yanked up immediately. She looked around the room for Alejandro and sank when he was nowhere to be found. He was one of the reasons she was so excited about waking up early. "Where did he go this early morning?" She asked no one as she picked up her phone from the nightstand. "10:00 am." She yelled flying to her feet. "That was unbelievable." She walked to the half-wall window, she placed her hands on the as she looked at the bright sun. She had thought it was just eight in the morning, but the bright sun in the sky told her otherwise. This was one of the best sleep she had had since she was discharged from the hospital, she had no nightmares, and there were no drumming sounds in her ears today. She stared at the orchards that surrounded the house, they were so tall and fruity
Alejandro carried sleeping Jasira in his arms as he got out of the car, she fell asleep in the car on their way. The guard walked faster than him to open the door for him. "Boss," He acknowledged and Alejandro nodded his head to him. The sweet rose smell welcomed him as he closed his eyes briefly.The walls of the living room were painted peach with black stripes, a color he chose because of Jasira. He was a fan of brighter colors but he'd do anything for her. Three gold chandeliers hung in the middle of the room. There are two white three-seater sofas and a glass coffee table in the middle. A big TV was on the wall, with bookshelves beside it. It was simple, just the way he ordered. The maids did a good job with the cleaning, and he was amazed at that. He gave them a short time because they needed to leave before they arrived. Three guards who helped with their luggage climbed down the stairs and stood before him. "We will be on our way, boss." The black-haired among them spo
____Two weeks later____Jasira had been discharged from the hospital a week and three days ago, and the scars on her chin were already fading thanks to the ointment Alejandro got for her. "I can't believe I'm going to the Bahamas," Jasira giggled as she linked her hand with Alejandro's. They had just gotten out of his SUV at his private airport, and they were ready to board his private jet. "And this is my first time flying a private jet also.""Really?" Alejandro patted her hair, and she giggled like a baby, an act she did whenever he patted her hair now, he wasn't equally surprised about hearing that but he just wanted to keep talking to her. "Yes, and I'm so excited." She nodded laughing and skipped forward, she wasn't shy to be happy before Alejandro again. He was gentle to her, and the coldness around him with her wasn't there anymore. All she could see when looking at him was softness and love, though the love part still scared her but other than that, she was happy with him.
Alejandro punched the driver seat headrest angrily, Maxwell was driving too slow for him, he used to be faster than this."Drive faster for fuck sake, are you a snail?" He yelled at him adjusting Jasira in his arms. He would have driven if he wasn't carrying an almost lifeless Jasira."I'm sorry boss, it's going to be okay." He increased the acceleration to a higher one, and the car flew through the highway skipping through all traffic lights, Alejandro wanted that but he was still not satisfied."Go as fast as you can, nothing must happen to Jasira, not when I'm yet to tell her how I feel." He didn't mind if Maxwell knew about his feelings for Jasira, he would scream to the world if that would wake her up. "Don't die on me Jasira," He tapped her cheeks softly and his heart broke feeling how cold her skin was. He shouldn't have left her side, maybe he would have noticed any stranges within her. He wrapped his trembling hand around her on his lap while chewing his lips, he couldn't lo
"We are done clearing the compound, it was a grenade theat exploded, they also messed up with CCTV cameras before throwing it in, and we were not able to get anything from them. There was no death except mini injuries from five guards." Alejandro gave a single nod to all that Maxwell listed. "Have they all been treated?" His cold voice did not correlate with his soft gaze. "Yes." "You can go for now." He ordered and Maxwell nodded before leaving the room. Alejandro's uptight shoulders fell as he heard the door closing.His eyes were teary as he stared at Jasira on the bed. Her head was wrapped in a bandage, a cut marred her right cheek and there was another scar on her chin, it was long enough to run along her chin to both sides of her underchin.He grabbed her hand in his, he was amazed at how small it was compared to his. "I promise to catch those bastards who harm you." His cold voice vibrated through the room. Maxwell was right, Fabiano's men knew Jasira was his weakness, and
Jasira arrived at her mother's__her house anxiously, coming here made her realize how much she had missed her mini house. She might have been living in a house bigger than this for months but still, she missed her house.She took a sharp breath before knocking twice on the door, she waited for her answer tapping her feet on the ground, she hadn't given it much thought that she was going to know the truth today. Everything that had been in darkness for years, she swallowed, that scared her. 'Was she ready?' She pondered. She had always wanted to know the truth but right now, she wasn't sure, she just wanted to turn back..."Jasira!" Her mother screeched throwing her arms over her, pulling her into a tight hug. Jasira was taken aback by that, she had thought her mother would be angry at her since they were fighting__hadn't spoken to each other for months."Mommy," She said, her voice soft and low as she wrapped her hands around her. They maintained the position for some minutes before p
"Did you notice that the guards on duty are double of what used to be there before?" Ava said scrubbing the white ties."Hmm." Jessica hummed scrolling through her phone while snacking on a chocolate bar.Ava glanced at her hearing her response, she shook her head and scoffed. "Seriously?" She snapped. "Will you listen to me!"Jasira dropped her phone with a laugh on the island where she was sitting "Okay ma'am," She raised her hands in surrender. "What are you saying?""The guards on duty are doubled or you didn't notice?" She rubbed her chin thinking before shaking her head. "I didn't notice, what's wrong with it?"Ava sighed dropping the mop into its bucket, "I don't know, it is so strange and did I mention it scared the shit out of me seeing men with bulky arms and broad chests."Jasira burst into a loud laugh. "I thought you loved them, why did they scare you?"Ava frowned at her pouting her lips. "Stop it, I'm not joking.""Come on, I'm sorry__" She was cut off by the beeping s