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2025-04-27 02:55:09Inside the Villain’s mind.
Nathaniel’s POV.
“Who are you?” she asked. I felt pity for her after revealing my intentions to her. It’s often said that girls like it when guys lie to them but I’ll say ripping their heart wide open with the truth is the best any man can ever give to any woman. That way, they won’t be bothered about you telling lies because they know you’re brutally honest.
“Nathaniel. You have 72 hours to do it.” An ultimatum would make it swifter. It would put her in deep tension and the thought of her nudes reaching the public would make her accelerate the plan. If it wasn’t for sloppy Dominic who couldn’t handle his files well, I wouldn’t have gotten it to begin with.
It’s probably too much for her to handle. But I’m pretty sure he can handle it. She was smart enough to betray her husband and work for Dominic, even though she had a little bit of my help. She’ll figure it out again even if it means betraying Julian again.
My motive is quite simple; in order for her father to pay for trying to double cross me, she needs to get out of that marriage before blood starts spilling. If there’s any chance the baby in her is mine, I’m going to do everything in my power to protect her.
I never really cared for a child before. But now that it’s most likely to happen, I can’t help but prepare for fatherhood.
Or maybe I’m just thinking about Sienna herself. What if the main reason why I’m trying to do right by this child is because I actually want Sienna? That would complicate things. I don’t do well in relationships. Women are nothing but empire destroyers who will take half of the dynasty you spent decades to build.
But Sienna looked different. She doesn’t care about riches. She just wants to be free and wild. That would make a much better arrangement than the current bondage she’s in. All that time during the sex, she moaned as if it wasn’t enough.
Now that was someone who knew just how well to carry out her duties.
She would make a play thing for my amusement. All those hectic days of work, me coming home to her at night with our bodies meeting on the bed, it will balance everything but then I will have to make sure I get her the right way even if it means using the wrong means to get it.
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It’s been two days since I gave Sienna the ultimatum. Normally at work, I would have struck before the time for an ultimatum stuck. This keeps fear elevated around those who hear of me. Perhaps I pushed too far? If there was one thing I underestimated, it was her strength. I guess girls have their limits.
The same device I used to threaten her to get to the location is the same one I used to send her a text.
“Meet me by 9:00pm. Same place. Don’t be late.” I sent her the message to let her know what’s at stake if she doesn’t agree to my terms.
By the time I got there, she was already there. If it’s one thing this girl has that I’ve not seen in others is her obedience. Other girls want liberation and equality. But she didn’t even fight at all.
As I got closer to her, I turned on my cold personality to instill fear and respect on her. If she saw my morale bruised, she would lose all forms of respect for me.
My intention was to move up close to her with almost no gap between us. It got her riled up and that’s exactly what I need to do to show her who’s in control. But something stopped me for a while as I noticed a change in aura. She wasn’t the same girl from last night any longer. She looked like she had been through some tough times.
It wasn’t much of my business because her feelings were affecting my needs. But I couldn’t help feeling sorry for her.
After a cold silence between the both of us, my phone rang, breaking the silence that was getting heavily awkward.
“Sir, there is a chance Sienna might end her life tonight. She’s got a gun in her pocket. Our eyes informed us about this in the afternoon sir.”
“In the afternoon!” I yelled with my voice echoing the whole empty environment. I turned away from her, finishing up my conversation.
“This happened in the afternoon and you tell me now? You’re fired, Victor. I don’t want to see you when I get back.”
As soon as I finished my conversation, I turned back to see her pointing a gun towards me, her hands shaking in heavy tears.
“I’m not going to let you kill my father. I know it’s because of him that you want me out of this marriage.”
“Well, someone has been doing their assignment.” I wasn’t fazed in the least with a gun pointed at my face. It wouldn’t be my first and from the way she held the gun, I was absolutely sure she wasn’t going to sing.
“You’re going to kill me and go back to your father who sold you to be married to a man you didn’t know?”
“He’s my father and there’s nothing I can do about it. I have no choice.”
“Come now, Sienna. We all know that’s a lie. We all have a choice just like you’re holding a gun aimed at me.”
“What’s in it for you exactly?” her face was tearing up and the feelings were making me feel nauseous as if I was trying to cater for a high school student.
“That’s none of your business. Now put that gun down before you hurt yourself.”
There’s no way in hell I’m going to open up to her about anything relating to me. The conversation is now starting to annoy me.
“Oh. So suddenly, you care about me now or you care about her?" All of a sudden, she placed the gun on her head.
At first, it felt like she was bluffing. She read my face and when she saw that I couldn’t care less, she moved the gun to her stomach.
This point, if she was ending her life, I wasn't just going to stand there.
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