Richie.Richie wanted to snap. He was pissed at everyone’s overly bubbly attitude today and was beginning to wonder if the day was his or theirs.He couldn’t really say that the day was his though because he was practically being forced…more like threatened to do this.He still couldn’t comprehend why his grandfather would present him with a decision as difficult as this for his own personal interest, and it made him mad.The brightly lit air conditioned room still felt unbearably hot for Richie as he yanked uncomfortably at his necktie and glared against the high fluorescent lights that seemed to want to blind him.He didn’t care that his discomfort was being let out in the open and that the press could make a fuss out of it later, all he cared about was getting done with this accursed wedding ceremony and being back to the confines of his room.He drowned out the loud cheerful noises around him, wondering to himself why these people seemed a lot more happy that he was getting marrie
Chapter 91Kate“Stay back!” Jane growled fiercely but Kate couldn’t exactly say if she was yelling at her or at Richie.Her body shook with fear as she stared at the black metallic object clasped in Jane’s hands but she didn’t show her fear; She couldn’t bring herself to because she knew that that was exactly what people like Jane thrived on.She couldn’t give her that satisfaction.Before she came here, she had braced herself for the absolute worst; had expected Jane to pull a stunt like this from the very beginning that now it no longer surprised her.All she wanted right now was to get out of this situation unscathed. She didn’t care how she intended to do that but knew that that was her only aim.Ashley had told her that a thing like this would happen; had warned her and thankfully she had listened.At first she didn’t want to be scared but when she looked into Jane’s eyes, and saw the crazed maniacal look in them, her fear only intensified.This witch was crazy enough to do anyt
Days later…(Taormina, Sicily)“Please be quick about it..” Kate said to the hotel receptionist and quickly dropped the phone almost as soon as Richie waltzed out of the bathroom looking as though he was running an ad for a modeling agency.He looked so handsome in his bathrobe and had droplets of water on his hair and face which only made him look more breathtaking to Kate; and she couldn’t help but thank her stars for allowing her to get to meet someone as perfect as him.He was the perfect depiction of her childhood dream man; and sometimes she feared that he was just too good for her.Their eyes locked and held; and for a moment they were so enthralled by each other that nothing else mattered anymore.Not even the fact that they were clad in nothing but their birthday suit. Richie winked at her, making her blush fiercely.After a long while of comfortable silence, Kate let out a long sigh and screamed excitedly;“I still can’t believe that I’m right here in Atlantis bay! My dream
CHAPTER 1Kate sat on her bed with several pills on her hand, she was ready to end her life, than to continue working as a stripper and sex worker for her Mafia Boss. She heard footsteps coming and she quickly hide the pills, and acted like everything was okay. Her door was pushed open and a hefty man walked in."The Boss wants you to be ready for his client, he would be arriving in an hour time." The hefty man announced but she didn't reply, she remained seated on the bed, looking down."Ain't you hearing me?." The hefty man thundered and strode towards her, he grabbed her jaw and lifted her face up to face him. There were tears in her eyes, he slapped her across the face which pushed her down."Put yourself together and get prepared. We can't let our guest see you in such a state. Now put on a happy smile." The hefty man requested and dragged her up to sit down and face him. She refused to look at him."I said put on a happy face." the hefty man thundered and grabbed her jaw forc
CHAPTER 2"No." Kate hastily answered.Richie smirked, then he stood up."Please, I don't want to go back there." Kate pleaded in fear."Do you really not want to go back there?." Richie asked."Yes.""Then there's something you must do if you want to live here with me." "What do you want me to do? I'll do anything, just please don't send me back there." Kate pleaded, and Richie smiled in satisfaction."Anything you say." He said darkly.Hearing the way he said Anything made Kate shiver, she immediately regretted saying she'll do anything, but she has no choice, she didn't want to go back to the hell she called home, she didn't want to keep on suffering, she wants to be free from Lord Gordons and his torment."Yes, anything." She repeated in almost a whisper."If you don't want me to take you back to your master, then you'll have to become my sex toy, you're to satisfy my sexual needs anytime you're needed.""W what?." Kate stuttered, not believing her ears.Here she was trying to ge
CHAPTER 3Lord Gordon was seated in his office smoking a cigarette.A knock sounded on the door."Come in." He said.One of his men came in and he bowed his head in respect."What news do you bring?.""We still can't find her my lord, she's nowhere to be seen, it's like she's disappeared." The man said, his head still bowed down."I don't give a fuck, you must find her, and bring her to me, dead or alive." Lord Gordon voice boomed with authority."Yes master." The man said, then he left."You made the wrong decision by running away Kate, mark my words, you definitely won't like what I'll do to you when I finally get my hands on you, I'll make you wish for death, but death will be too far from you." Lord Gordon said, his voice cold as ice, and he meant every single word he said.****It's been two days already, two days since Kate has been locked up in the dark room without food or water.She laid on the floor, weak and almost lifeless, she couldn't even bring her body to move, and it
CHAPTER 4"How about we get down to business?."Richie asked."What do you mean?." Kate couldn't help but ask, even if she already knew what he meant."You don't know huh?." Richie asked darkly, then he grabbed her by her arm, holding tightly to it, as his fingers pierced into her skin."Aaaaaa!!. Let me go?." Kate screamed in pains, trying to get away from his grip, but her strength was nothing compared to his."Fierce huh?, I like that, it makes me wanna have you the more." Richie stated and that brought cold shivers down her system.Though she isn't a virgin, but the thought of having sex with him scared her, the dark aura around him frightened her the more."Look at me." Richie said then he let go of her arm.Kate turned away, not wanting to look at his face, which had no expression of love or sympathy."I said look at me!." Richie said and he grabbed her by her jaw.Kate had no choice but to look at him, she wasn't comfortable as she stared into his eyes."Got you where I want, ar
CHAPTER 5On his way downstairs, Richie met John.John couldn't help but observe Richie, he knew he's actually done something to Kate and the look on Richie's face said it all."Shit!." John mumbled.Richie stared at John wondering what's actually wrong with him, but he decided not to read any meaning to it."Come with me to my office." He said, and he left, with John trailing behind him.Few minutes later, they arrived at Richie's study, and they both walked in, then they took a seat."There's something I want you to do John." Richie said and John furrowed his brows, he could feel the seriousness behind Richie's words."I'm listening." John said.Richie cleared his throat, and he stared intensively at him."Can I trust you?." Richie said."Of course Boss, you can, you know I can never betray you." John said."I'm happy you said it yourself, I'll kill you even before you think of betraying me." Richie said, as if John's life means nothing to him."What's it Boss?." John asked, he's a
Days later…(Taormina, Sicily)“Please be quick about it..” Kate said to the hotel receptionist and quickly dropped the phone almost as soon as Richie waltzed out of the bathroom looking as though he was running an ad for a modeling agency.He looked so handsome in his bathrobe and had droplets of water on his hair and face which only made him look more breathtaking to Kate; and she couldn’t help but thank her stars for allowing her to get to meet someone as perfect as him.He was the perfect depiction of her childhood dream man; and sometimes she feared that he was just too good for her.Their eyes locked and held; and for a moment they were so enthralled by each other that nothing else mattered anymore.Not even the fact that they were clad in nothing but their birthday suit. Richie winked at her, making her blush fiercely.After a long while of comfortable silence, Kate let out a long sigh and screamed excitedly;“I still can’t believe that I’m right here in Atlantis bay! My dream
Chapter 91Kate“Stay back!” Jane growled fiercely but Kate couldn’t exactly say if she was yelling at her or at Richie.Her body shook with fear as she stared at the black metallic object clasped in Jane’s hands but she didn’t show her fear; She couldn’t bring herself to because she knew that that was exactly what people like Jane thrived on.She couldn’t give her that satisfaction.Before she came here, she had braced herself for the absolute worst; had expected Jane to pull a stunt like this from the very beginning that now it no longer surprised her.All she wanted right now was to get out of this situation unscathed. She didn’t care how she intended to do that but knew that that was her only aim.Ashley had told her that a thing like this would happen; had warned her and thankfully she had listened.At first she didn’t want to be scared but when she looked into Jane’s eyes, and saw the crazed maniacal look in them, her fear only intensified.This witch was crazy enough to do anyt
Richie.Richie wanted to snap. He was pissed at everyone’s overly bubbly attitude today and was beginning to wonder if the day was his or theirs.He couldn’t really say that the day was his though because he was practically being forced…more like threatened to do this.He still couldn’t comprehend why his grandfather would present him with a decision as difficult as this for his own personal interest, and it made him mad.The brightly lit air conditioned room still felt unbearably hot for Richie as he yanked uncomfortably at his necktie and glared against the high fluorescent lights that seemed to want to blind him.He didn’t care that his discomfort was being let out in the open and that the press could make a fuss out of it later, all he cared about was getting done with this accursed wedding ceremony and being back to the confines of his room.He drowned out the loud cheerful noises around him, wondering to himself why these people seemed a lot more happy that he was getting marrie
Richie.“Try it again and again.” The male voice from the tv spoke loudly but to Richie it felt like he was being spoken to.He loosened his tie, copying the gestures of the young magician on the screen and began mimicking the man’s actions.A few minutes went past, and after a while of copying the magician’s actions Richie decided to stop. It was no longer fun to him; in fact nothing felt like fun anymore.The world felt like it was spinning in circles, and to Richie everything was in a flux. He couldn’t say exactly what stand his life held right now or what its meaning was but knew he was simply going with the flow that came.Pressing the bottle of liquor to his lips, Richie took a big gulp and winced when the fiery liquid burned its way from the back of his throat down to his chest.He loved the feeling though, but the aftermath was what he disliked.He hated how it usually made him feel crappy and how his fingers shook like that of an epileptic person whenever he took it excessive
Richie‘Wait, something didn’t feel right.’ Richie thought to himself as he sat unmoving on the large red sofa he had adored as a kid but now it held no significance to him, and all he could think about was how to get out of it and fast.Right in front of him sat Jane and his grandfather Phillip and Richie could do nothing but glare at the both of them as they went about chattering between each other like he wasn’t in the room.Jane’s loud giggles infuriated him, even the way she had suddenly changed her sitting position into some sort of lazy style while she rubbed continuously on her flattened stomach.On a normal day, he would’ve sent her out of the house but this was his grandfather’s and not his… he had no right to do that here and that was her saving grace.“How aren’t you sure that this isn’t some sort of joke the same way you thought Kate had lied about being pregnant?” He snarled at his grandfather who seemed too enthralled with talking to Jane that nothing else mattered.To
RichieRichie staggered up the airy flight of stairs with only a bottle of chilled liquor clasped in his cold stiff hands.“One green bottle standing on the wall… one green bottle standing on the wall…” he sang drunkenly as he trudged upwards, absolutely oblivious to the shocked stares his workers threw at him as he walked past.Truth is, he didn’t even notice they were staring nor did he care if they actually did.He rubbed his hands again and again across his face to stop himself from falling asleep as he walked but that seemed as impossible as walking on eggshells and praying that it does not crack.His body suddenly shook with a kind of cold that he hadn’t experienced before but then he couldn’t quite explain if it was as a result of the weather or due to how cold he actually felt inside.He couldn’t bring himself to talk to anyone about how he truly felt…about how his dreams were constantly plagued with memories of Kate and how he felt he would go crazy soon if nothing was done a
Kate“How’s this even possible?” Kate mumbled very quietly under her breath after taking her first bite of the almost half cooked cheese sandwich which smelled way tastier than it actually tasted.Her taste buds which had previously been on overdrive immediately came to a rest and then she began to munch slowly on the food whilst fighting the urge to drop it in order not to offend Ashley.That would be bad.She couldn’t even bring herself to tell Ashley that she wasn’t such a good cook and that the food tasted bad, instead she ate on slowly and decided to strike a conversation with her.“I get the part where you always had people working for you and so you should always have them doing your biddings. Why then did you still learn to cook?” Kate asked whilst chewing.She grinned when Ashley frowned at her half opened mouth but wasn’t remorseful as she kept chewing absentmindedly on the offensive tasting sandwich.Ashley rolled her eyes; “I never learnt to cook pumpkin, and I know exact
KateHer eyelids were heavy, almost like they’d been previously sealed shut with a cement and then forcefully ripped open after it had gotten dry moments later due to indecision.Kate winced under the pain. It was a little too much and her body throbbed from it.She could feel her stomach twist painfully from it too but she didn’t care, all she wanted was to understand what she was doing here when only moments ago, she was at the back of Richie’s Rolls Royce…on her way to her wedding reception.She wanted to understand why anyone would decide to kidnap and beat her up when in fact, she could swear she hadn’t done anything to warrant such treatment from anyone.She was confused and at the same time shocked but was also scared because she was quite unsure about who was behind all these.What if it was Luxander… Or Ashley?Her eyes widened at the thoughts as her heartbeat accelerated. She prayed that It shouldn’t be any of those two because she knew of how crazy they could get and she di
RichieThe tie clung onto his neck like a choker but he didn’t notice it as his mind was somewhere else entirely.He yawned, rubbing at his heavy eyelids only to sit up in shock when he discovered that he was still inside his car since the previous night and that he was still clad in his wedding suit.His wedding suit…The suit that he had planned to take off the instant he was alone with Kate after their ending; the suit he no longer had the strength to take off his body because suddenly it felt like all of his dreams were already going up in smoke.…a thick choking smoke.He slowly trudged out of the car, walked all the way into the house, and stood hopefully in front of the large TV screen which only brought news of the exploded warehouse over and over again.He couldn’t believe that something this drastic could simply happen only a few hours to something he’d always dreamed of.It felt like a dream, a very terrible dream that he had still not woken up from and at the same time he