OWEN I needed to clear my head. Marco had given me promises, but those were all they were—fucking promises. Hopefully, his plans would work, because if they did not, I would have to do it my way. And my way was certainly bloodier than what he wanted to do. I was never going down without a fight. I signed off a few packages, including the illegal ones, after which I called for my Personal Assistant and handed it to her so she could distribute it to everyone involved and I could be on my way to the club. "Hi, Sir…" Trisha's voice dripped with seduction as she walked inside my office and I simply assessed her from head to toe, having a cigar in my mouth. Her shirt was unbuttoned to almost the middle, revealing the cleavage of her huge tits. Her skirt was impossibly tight and a bit short at the same time. Hmm. Women did not control me or my dick, except I wanted it. So even as she stood in front of me, half naked, looking really sinful, I could not bring myself to be ex
MAEI could not wait until I got to my room, I stopped in the middle of the hallway and called Liam back."What the hell did I do? What was I thinking?" I muttered to myself repeatedly, the tears streaking down my cheeks all over again.Liam had told me dad was beaten by another set of gangsters this morning and he told me he could help me pay off the debt if I promised to pay him off in two weeks.It was 5000 grand.I ended the call and went to sleep. Truthfully, a huge part of me was tired, and I felt like it was better to just give up… let them do whatever they liked to dad. I ignored his calls and everything. Even Liam's.Finally, I picked up Liam's call while dressing up to perform tonight.He told me that he had just seen dad and he has to rush him to the hospital. He yelled at me for wanting to let him die.It would be easier for me that way, you know? But I did not tell him that.When I finally broke down in tears was when pictures of dad were sent to me and I saw him struggli
MAEHe asked me to follow him. I swear, I almost told him to never mind and just surrendered to finding some other way to help dad, but when he did not stop to even look back at me for confirmation, I ended up running after him. The walk seemed like it took ages. I wanted fm ask him if he was taking he to a quiet place where he could kill me in peace without anyone knowing because it was what it seemed like, but then I decided to shut my mouth before he decided to buy the idea.Owen took me to a corner which I never even knew was in this club—Isis never even showed me—and stopped in front of a giant door. I let out a sigh of relief as he opened the door with a card, then asked me to go in. I skeptically walked inside and even if I had expected the luxury, I was still stunned to see it.Foolishly, I spun around and asked, "Yours?"He did not answer, walking inside properly too and shutting the door. I swallowed at the gesture, realizing we were actually fully alone in here… just the
OWENShe was still gripping her phone tightly, so I calmly pried it off her hand and set it down on the table.. "Come," I said, outstretching my hand for her to take but instead she clutched my arm after I had twisted around, making me turn back to her."Hmm?" I asked when she just looked between me and the table. This woman really, really needed to know how to use her words when with me. The going mute on me shit was no longer cute."I need more alcohol, for liquid courage. One more glass?" She picked up the glass and pushed it in my direction, nudging her head at the bottle on the table.I picked up the bottle, forcing back a smile as I purposely almost filled her glass. What? I needed her as freaky as she could get.Mae stared at the glass for a long second, and I waited for her to ask me to reduce the quantity of the drink but she just shrugged and downed it in one go, holding her head after.A smirk graced my lips and I took her hand now, pulling her to the room.She did that t
MAE"I broke my virginity with a dildo." Isis stared at me with her mouth agape, but I just laughed."I didn't think any guy was worth it. I mean, maybe my dildo was not worth it either, but I just hated all the attention from men who just wanted to sleep with me. So, I did it. I broke my virginity with a dildo so no man would ever feel special when I finally decided to start having sex." I shrugged. "Oh my God." She exclaimed and I burst out laughing."Wait, wait. This means you have never had real sex before?" She questioned.I furrowed my brows, "I have." She let out a sigh of relief and I completed my statement, "I have, with my dildo.""Mae!"I burst out laughing again. After that night almost two weeks ago where I had ended up spending twenty minutes grinding and teasing Owen, I returned here confused but happy with the thick wads of cash I had received from Owen.He gave me 29000 dollars, and I was sure he had not known how much it was. He just casually went to a box and kept
MAE"Who's there? Hello?" I called out with a shaky voice, but the noises just got louder. I was about to call out to whoever was there again until the sound became even clearer. I cussed under my breath after figuring out what it was.Moaning.Loud, carefree moaning like whoever it was did not give a fuck about being disturbing this area. Curiousity held me by the throat. I started to move towards the door that the noise was coming from and stopped in front of it, looking around."Might be the man I'm looking for in there. Should I push this open or not?" My hand gripped the handle and I started to turn it, but stopped midway to look around again.Eventually, I took a deep breath, then twisted the handle with my bottom lip caught under my teeth as I tried to keep this as quiet as I could. I finally pushed it open a little and peeked through the little space that was now visible. The person I saw there almost had me dropping my phone again, but instead, I clutched it tighter and con
OWEN"Trevor and Fred want to contest. They showed interest yesterday at the meeting which you did not show up for." Marco relayed to me. I nodded. I had been stuck in traffic, missing such an important meeting. Not much was done or said due to my absence, which was why another meeting was scheduled for today."Which do you think would be best, Marco?" I questioned, sitting upright.He shrugged, "I… well, Trevor is a great choice. Man is efficient, even better than our last candidate. Not only because he is not just an outsider, but part of The Clan, but also because he has been good. He works well and efficient."I nodded again. "He does. Same with Fred, but Fred is mostly careless about sone things that should not he taken for granted. Cannot trust him with my money."Marco chuckled, "Reason why I did not pick him. I mean, he is fiercer and more… intelligent in a way, but that intelligence just helps him cheat people and I know what would happen if you eventually catch him cheating
MAEI avoided Carter a lot after that.He kept trying to corner me from time to time, looked like he was keeping a close watch on me too, and the thing was that I could not tell Isis, as she would also ask why I was roaming around Owen's chambers.Of course, I could easily lie that I was always going there in search of Owen but that would just lead to more questioning and encouragement to keep pushing or something.As if my problems were not enough, Liam was pressuring me. In fact, he wanted us to see face to face tonight because according to him, I was not giving him a concrete reason why I had given up on finding the man who was going to be the key solution to all our problems.And all these while, I thought this man was only useful in finding my mother. Interesting, I thought to myself. I only had to figure out how to get out of here without bumping into the fucking nosiest and horniest bastard of a security guy I had ever encountered.Isis barged into the room, sweating but with a
MAEThe nightmares didn’t stop. It didn’t matter how many sleeping pills I took or how exhausted I was by the end of the day. Every time I closed my eyes, I was back in that bathroom, staring at Carter’s girlfriend, lifeless and broken on the tile floor. Sometimes, in the dreams, it wasn’t her—it was me, sprawled out, blood pooling beneath me. I’d wake up gasping, drenched in sweat, feeling like I’d never truly left that room. I thought the incident had not affected me that much—turned out I was so wrong.I started avoiding everyone. The girls at Casa Eleganza whispered behind my back, but I didn’t have the energy to care. They always gossiped about something—this time, it was me. I overheard snippets: "She's losing it," "She looks like a ghost," and the ever-popular, "She's gonna get herself kicked out if she keeps this up."Scar was the only one who dared to say it to my face. "Mae, you need to pull yourself together. You're going to get yourself kicked out." She told me one afterno
MAEThroughout the car ride, Owen's hand stayed on my thigh and as a result, I could not really move properly. I hardly knew why, but I wished it was because he was a monster and I felt like he was dirtying me up with his bloodied hands. Only, it was far from that. I just did not want to come to terms with what it was, exactly.As for talking, we barely said a word to each other until the car stopped right in front of a huge ass mansion. No, a castle.Was this the president's house?There was a low gate that opened automatically before he drove into the compound. My jaw was almost on the floor as I realized what was happening. This was really Owen's house. I saw the small smirk on his face as he noticed my awe, and I managed to shut my mouth and get out of the car before I could bring more disgrace to myself.Someone took my purse at the door and greeted us in the warmest way possible. I kept looking around and thankfully, Owen did not comment on it; just led me in and let me continu
OWEN"… finally, I am glad to be standing here with my mayor—Trevor, and I am sure that he would be the best thing to happen to this city." I promised them, sharing a look with Trevor, a practiced smirk on my face. He laughed, patting my shoulder.Trevor stood tall and powerful beside me, and to the crowd, Trevor was a lot bigger than I was. I was simply a billionaire fan who had several companies and made a lot of money.Trevor was the mayor, therefore, he ruled the city. They were so blind, loud and completely wrong. I did not hate it though…After the whole speech and pleasantries, I went back to my seat on the table and cooled off a bit, watching the ceremony go on.I was struggling to enjoy the party. It was not an unusual thing for me not to enjoy a party; the only unusual thing was the fact that I was bothered about not enjoying the party.Strange.I looked around for Mae a number of times, but it looked like she had left the party. Except… that was so unlike Mae. She did not h
MAETrevor had won the elections and so, the party held.Owen sent me a dress, a clutch and a pair of shoes. There was a note which read; 'This shade of green would match your hair and eyes perfectly. Learn some manners before the said time.'Of course, I rolled my eyes at that. I wondered why those women flocked around him when he was such a brute. My subconscious literally laughed out loud at me, because we both knew why they were like that. Man was gorgeous. But still, I felt nothing but rage and pure hatred for him, considering the kind of man he was.Sighing, I stared at the dress Owen sent, a floor-length emerald green piece with a daring slit up the side. The fabric shimmered faintly under the light, making it look far more expensive than anything I’d ever owned. The matching clutch and heels sat beside it, equally as pretty.I hated this man, and being around him was the last thing I wanted, especially right now but staying home wasn’t an option. Not with him. He’d either send
MAEI stole a drink and got myself drunk when I got home. I was off tonight and Eli was out working so I turned on some music and danced around in the room, then watched some movies on my phone.They had left Isis's iPad in here, but I could not bring myself to touch any of her stuff yet, and when Eli asked, I told him they were off limits too.My mind went back to my interaction with Owen. At least he was no longer on my neck about disloyalty and shit. Okay, and why did he ask me out? I finally voiced the most important question in my head.He had tons of other women at his beck and call that he could ask out and he chose to ask me. I could not help but think that it was because he felt guilty and pitied me, yet another part of me did not believe that. A man like Owen did not look like he had even the slightest pinch of pity in him. So, why?My body reacted to him, no doubt—which just meant that I was physically attracted to him—even if it had significantly reduced after the whole th
OWEN"Speak." I ordered as soon as she was inside. She frowned, as if offended by my tone, but knew to say nothing.Her voice was hoarse with strain as she started, "The Castellenos. Carter is working with the Castellenos, hopefully you know who they are."Oh I knew who they were, alright. Fucking bastards. The election was in two days, and we would finally have our winner, after which would be the party for celebration, but they were planning something up their sleeves as usual.Trevor had the upper hand of winning and for now, he was lodged in my house, protected by the largest amount of guards that had ever surrounded my building.Seemed to me like they were about to come up with another plan, and Carter, my head of security knew what it was. Or her?How did she know about the Castellenos in the first place?I looked back at her, worry lines showing up on my forehead, "And how do you know about the Castellenos?"She swallowed, then took out her phone, typing fast. I took a good loo
MAE"The boss traveled. You can request to see him when he returns." One of his guards told me the next day and I was deflated. I did not know what was going on with dad. So I asked if I could speak to him on the phone or something, and that it was very important, but they asked me to pass the message through them.I tried to. I told them Carter was working with a rival mafia group, but they just stared at me like I was crazy and sent me off.I called Liam, and he said he did not know about dad's whereabouts either. Apparently, dad was not dropped off at home last night. Of course, dad’s number was not going through and I did not personally have Owen's number.I had no idea how I got through dancing that night, but I somehow did, and I rushed to the room and continued to ignore Eli.Five nights later, he confirmed my suspicions of being gay by bringing in a man into our room and asking if I would be okay with another person sleeping with us here.I just gave him a nod and slipped on A
MAE"Your father is in the backseat of my car. Tonight, you will either tell me what's going on with you, or he takes a bullet to his head. I'll keep killing everyone you love until you decide if this secret you are keeping from me is really worth losing so much." Owen whispered, just as his big hand released my ass, going up to my hip instead.I pushed his hands off me completely, shock taking over my features. "Wait. What did you just say?""The exact same thing you heard. Get dressed and come with me."I did not have to be told twice. I rushed into the closet and just threw on a shirt like nightgown that stopped just above my knees then some lace panties.I had just stepped out of the closet to meet Owen leaning by the door when he thundered,"Get back inside and wear something else. I did not ask you to come with me so you can strip for your father." I opened my mouth and closed it like a fish, then looked around in search of anything I could just throw on."But it's covered…" I
OWENI was not supposed to be in Casa Eleganza tonight, but then Marco called and told me he was looking for her.Mae Rivera.Apparently, Carter had caught her making a sneaky phone call and before he could get evidence, she ended the call and threatened to lie against him if he tried to expose her. She ran off, too. Not that I fully trusted this Carter of a guy, but this awfully sounded like something that woman can do; especially after all she had been through lately.I could have left Marco to find her and teach her a lesson… or even any of my snipers could do that, but I had a surprise for her, so I could not do that.As I drove, I tried to shake off the nasty feelings I had that kept screaming in my ear about the fact that she had gone through so much. She should have thought of that before crossing me. I do worse to others, I thought. Why was it a bloody big deal with her? I did not have an answer to that, of course.Finally, after what seemed like years, I parked my car in fron