Michael swallowed the negative feeling that enveloped him after Iryna's stare and he quickly returned to his office to take a glance through the documents he hadn't opened for months.Iryna was going to have his soul tortured. He had to be on his guard while he figured out a way to have her back under his charms.Suddenly, the door flew wide open and Michael looked up from his desk. Marcus stood at the door staring straight into his eyes.There was a fire in his eyes. If facial expressions had physical effects, then the office would have been vaporized from the building."My office in five," Marcus growled and left the room without adding another word. Michael immediately got off his chair. He dared not arrive a second later. For Marcus to come into his office, well he had anticipated it. He had broken his daughter's heart and Iryna's surprise visit wasn't a good thing.There was definitely trouble lurking."Good lord…" Michael muttered as he closed the door to his office and headed
"What!?" Michael screamed."Now now, calm down. You should be grateful, I didn't give you a pay cut as well," Marcus said calmly. He didn't even look up once."Come on! All of my bonuses are gone and you tell me to calm down?" Michael exclaimed in annoyance. He knew all this was because of Iryna."Bear with me. Besides, I was thinking of firing you and punishing my daughter, but I changed my mind. It is only for six months. We rent you out to other companies and you collect half of the payment made. Your total monthly earning should be averaging 250k a month," Marcus said.Michael frowned at Marcus and then he stood up, walking to the window. "Even if I wanted to leave, I can't. She told me she would hunt me down, she also said I should generate profits," Michael grumbled."Well, seems like we have no choice but to take those low-budget gigs. I know I have a reputation to keep, but I am being pushed to the wall here." Marcus closed the laptop and clasped his hands together, looking a
The door to the living room opened and Iryna smiled at the person she saw. She stood up happily and for the first time in a long while, she wore a bright smile on her face."Well, someone is surely living the good life!" Selena, her best friend exclaimed and left the bodyguards that had escorted her behind as she ran to embrace her friend.Selena was a very attractive brunette. The very fact that Iryna had been friends with her for such a long time was shocking as they were very much different. Her huge brown eyes and splendid figure made men dance around her fingers but Selena loved Iryna like a sister."Selena, it feels so good to see you again," Iryna said gently with tears in her eyes. Seeing Selena was like seeing family after a long time.Selena withdrew from the embrace and looked at Iryna's green eyes. "Just two years and you look like you are already caving in. Sweet Jesus, you can't do without me!" Selena declared proudly.She examined Iryna closely and her nose moved upward
"Nice cuisine!" Selena exclaimed as she filled her mouth with steak. Iryna simply stared happily at her and ate hers with less vigor."Damn, I would lose shape if I stayed here," Selena continued."I don't think you will. When you tell the chef the kind of food you want, they will cook it," Iryna explained."Uhn! How come you are looking so pale then? Did you tell the chef to cook food that makes you lose weight?" Selena asked pointing the fork at Iryna."You are living the good life but your body hasn't even changed," Selena added. "I'm fine Selena. I am not just hungry at the moment," Iryna said with a small smile.Selena dropped her fork and squarely glared at her friend. Surely, Iryna was hiding something from her.Something was eating her up from the inside and that was why she remained in that state!"Don't tell me you still have feelings for that mongrel!" Selena mentioned and Iryna turned red at the tip of her ears.She flashed an intense green-eyed stare at her friend. "No!
Selena's face twisted into pity as she observed her friend.Nobody could have handled it the way she had. Five years into a relationship with your first love and then he breaks up with you suddenly because you weren't up to his level was the hardest pain to bear.To be told that you were not enough when all you did was give everything you had was the hardest blow anyone could take.Yet, Iryna smiled. She still managed to get this lucky and stood tall above the mucky waters of her broken heart."They need to know pain," Selena growled. Iryna looked at her friend and flashed her a sad smile."I want to do that Selena. More than anything I want Michael to pay for the embarrassment he caused me… but how?"Selena was quiet at the question as her brain went into action."Do you have some sort of plan in place?" Selena asked. "What have you done so far?"Iryna sniffled away her pain and focused her eyes on her friend."So far so good, I reduced the cash I pumped into the company run by Audr
"Patrick!"Iryna watched as Selena ran to hug a well-built man in his thirties."Hey, Selena. Long time no see, what do you have here for me?" He asked looking at Iryna. He noticed the men with her and reduced his voice a notch. "Are we safe here? Those are a pretty shady trio.""Oh, she? You should already have an idea of what I am talking about," Selena said looking at Iryna.Patrick quickly walked up to Iryna and bowed his head down. "Bonsoir Madame, I was just notified minutes ago that you were coming and I couldn't get things prepared on time," Patrick apologized."Oh it is fine, please call me Iryna.""I am coming, just let me prepare the room for you and please sit down and make yourself at home. Please bring the wine!" Patrick shouted to his workers as he moved away quickly.Iryna shivered as the cold air kissed her shoulders. She muttered a curse for not bringing her jacket with her that night. The day had been really hot, so she had not considered it. Plus the whole idea of
Marcus closed his laptop and lit himself another cigarette. He filled his lungs with the sweet poison and his head fell back to look straight up at the ceiling.He closed his eyes and exhaled the smoke. It helped ease out all of the stress he had bundled up within him.The alarm of his smart watch started beeping and Marcus grunted. It was almost nine p.m. The evening rush would have died down a little by now.After Iryna had passed down judgement on them during the previous meeting and reduced the cash supply, he had been forced to take on many projects so as to maximize profits.He had almost cried when he passed the notice that the workers salary would be increased to as much as fifteen percent.It was a big loss on his part, because the money was coming from his profit. Maybe in his next life when he was starting a company, he would try as much as possible to be independent instead of surviving off mafias.He got out of his executive chair and packed up his laptop. He finished and
Michael opened his eyes and grunted at the intensity of light that entered from his window.Night had gone by too fast and the bright morning sun was imposing itself into his life. It meant the start of a new day and he was in no mood to go to work.Michael sat up on his bed and looked at the time. It was still seven in the morning, he had plenty of time to think about his future.He was supposed to start the low budget shoot that morning and he already despised it.Why was life this cruel?Michael had cemented his reputation as the top model at Evans Modelling Agency. He was always the one to pick the between the projects and of course, he took the big projects, the less important ones, the other models did it.He had always made it his hobby to crush other models but now he was the one taking on mediocre projects to generate funds for the company."How low will you fall Grant?" He hissed out but there was little he could do. Iryna was pulling the reins of his life.He stood up and f
The court had been swift in declaring Marcus and Michael's verdict.Michael had hired a hot-shot criminal lawyer that lied like fuck during the entire hearing. The man was so good that he had almost even convinced everyone at the hearing that his client Michael was innocent, but the evidence was just too much against him.Marcus had been sentenced to ten years in prison with light labor in a penitentiary in California.Michael was sentenced to twenty-one years in prison, with hard labor and no parole. His modeling career was over, his life was over as it stood."Mark my words, you will pay for this!" Michael had said to Iryna when he was being thrown in a van."It should get old by now, shouldn't it?" Lucien waved him away at the court.Amanda Walters was still being held by the FBI, and it looked like it would remain like that for a while.The FBI wanted to fish out all information about the Mafia network in Latin America.Tyrese's charred body was later recovered.It was discovered
The sound of helicopters got closer and panic started spreading among the gangs and Mafia lords that surrounded the empty cars."The FBI!" Someone screamed.Government-issued SUVs pulled up and FBI SWAT teams were already over the place, holding their guns at them. They were completely surrounded.Michael gritted his teeth and dropped his phone. "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!" He screamed. "Why does this always happen to me!"The FBI team wasted no effort in apprehending all the Mafia and gang members.The mission was possible because of two things, one, the FBI had come in massive numbers and had surrounded their enemies. Two, because of their magnificent entree, the enemy was too overwhelmed to act that they had suddenly given up their will to fight."Drop your weapons and go down on your knees, order of the bureau!" someone said on a loudspeaker."Fuck this!" Michael dragged Amanda and kicked Marcus out of his way. He ran forward to a nearby vehicle, but he was stopped by agents.Amanda tried
"Sir, the plane has landed," the intercom buzzed.Michael was seated inside a black limousine and sipped wine from his cup."Any sign of them?" He asked after he had put his glass down."Yes, they are stepping out of the plane," the intercom buzzed again."Jesus, New Orleans is so cold at this time of the year," Amanda shivered as she entered the car. "So this is the United States," Amanda looked out of the window at the high-rise buildings in the Central Business District."The target has landed, the plan is being kicked into motion," Michael said."Good, they will be heading to the mansion, and we will cut them off in that location you mentioned," Amanda held Michael's chest and began drawing circles."What are you doing?" Michael suddenly asked.Amanda came up and kissed Michael on the lips, short and fast."What was that for?" Michael asked as blushes developed on his cheek."That is just part one, I will give you the rest when we are done with them," Amanda whispered in his ears.
Iryna's eyes felt like lead when she woke up. She was in and out of sleep for the past eight hours. She sat up and rubbed her eyes. The bandages on her hands made them feel even sore.She looked out of the window and all she saw was water, from a bird's eye view. They were on their way to The United States... home."You were out for quite a long," a deep voice spoke.Iryna turned in the direction of the voice and saw Lucien sitting on a chair on the other side. IV lines were there and he wore a blanket over his legs. He looked better now, and his wounds had been tended to."Gosh," Iryna rubbed her eyes and yawned. "How are you doing, Lucien?" Iryna asked. She stretched and heard a few bones bop in her shoulders."Never been better," Lucien laughed. "The doctor said it was a miracle I was alive. My liver has been grazed, plus a lot of other internal blood vessels," he said with a smile. "Seems like I will be out for months," Lucien chuckled."Just rest up," Iryna told him. She looked o
Michael was getting irritated where he was. All of a sudden, the cops were showing up in large numbers, and Amanda was nowhere to be found."Alright boys, let's round this up!" Michael spoke out.The men all stopped and looked at him."I know, I am not your boss, but I can't seem to find Amanda anywhere and the police are coming, so we will have to ditch this place and run," Michael explained.He expected Amanda to do just fine, besides she was crazy enough to save him from the FBI that day. She would save herself."Where is Amanda?" One of the men asked. "We can't leave without her," he looked around. There was a murmuring passing among the group."For Christ's sake! It is almost morning, we have to go," Michael pointed at the sky.The sun was just On the horizon, it was just seconds away from sunrise. There was no time to wait around anymore."Michael!" Amanda suddenly appeared from behind a vehicle and she limped heavily.Her Kawasaki bike was oddly naked and there were a few crazy
Amanda stood up and stepped forward. Her left leg side roared with pain from her contact with the ground after that stunt with the van. There was a bruise on her forehead, but nothing she couldn't handle.Amanda picked up a bat that lay on the floor and smiled. She walked in the direction of the van.Iryna was the first to open her eyes. She let out a cough. Her legs hurt, but she could still feel and move them.She looked around and saw that the door at the back was missing. She felt fear develop in her and turned towards Lucien. He was still breathing, but he was knocked unconscious after the van turned over. Reynold was also unconscious, but his breathing was becoming raspy.Iryna looked at the front, and she saw Selena dangling from her seat belt upside down, the wound on her head looked very bad, and she could already tell that the driver was in an even worse state.Iryna tapped Selena's face. "Selena, Selena, wake up," there was a response, the twitching of facial muscles and so
"Shit, hold him tight!" Selena cussed as they lifted Reynold across the burning parking lot.Iryna held his legs, while Selena held his hands. He turned out to be too heavy for one person to carry."Huh," Reynold groaned. They had managed to stop the bleeding, it was a miracle he was still alive after all that blood loss."Hang in there, we will soon get you a doctor," Iryna said despite the pain in her leg, as they carried him to a waiting vehicle. A nab was waiting outside and when he saw them, he brought out a stretcher and ran to them."He needs medical treatment," Iryna said to the man."Christ! Señorita Selena! What took you so long?" The man asked. He had a very thick accent."Long story, just focus on getting us out of here," Selena said to the man.Iryna opened the door to the bus and saw Lucien sleeping on a bed. There were vials and IV lines that were still attached to him."Hey madam," Lucien's voice cracked."Lucien!" Iryna hugged him. "God, you are alright.""Last time y
Selena would never forget Iryna's scream. It rang through the night and was momentarily louder than the sound of bullets moving around them.Iryna herself could not even hear her own screams. They were silent in her skull. She couldn't even hear the sounds of gunshots. She didn't care about the bullets that ricochetted against the cars.As she watched as Reynold slowly fell to the floor, she wanted to die too."Shit!" Selena cussed as she grabbed Iryna and ran to take cover.Kynes fired several shots at them, but they had safely gone behind vehicles."What are you doing?" Iryna was hysterical. "What about Reynold? We can't leave him there!" She kicked against Selena and thrashed about.She refused to accept that Reynold was dead. He was lying on his back, a pool of blood was already forming there."What are you doing? There is nothing we could have done! There is nothing I can do to bring him back!" Selena screamed.She looked over the trunk of the car and several shots rang. She duck
Reynold rested on the bench and ran his hand gently on Iryna's shoulder. It was the first time he was finding comfort in detention. Even in their situation, Iryna still looked very appealing.Reynold tried not to wake her up as he caressed her gently. Very soon, Selena would come up with a crazy escape plan.He was worried about Iryna, he didn't want any bullets touching her, and how they would move Lucien who had just come out of surgery —everything was hard.Reynold bent down and kissed Iryna's head. She smelled of mint, she must have used the twenty-four hour mist. It had been two days since they had gotten a proper shower. But Iryna still smelled nice.He heard footsteps at the door and Reynold clenched his jaw muscles. He sure hoped as hell that it wasn't Kynes. He always spoiled the mood.There were two heavy thuds. Reynold cocked his brows and watched the door.The door flew open and Selena walked in. She looked around the room and pressed the switch. Reynold flinched from the