"What happened here?" Mikel entered Loretta's room and found it upside down.Mikel found Fabian sitting on the bed and seeming distant, so he approached him, "The guards weren't able to explain. What happened?""Did you succeed with Roy?""Uh... I—uh. Yes, I did.""What was his price? He wouldn't do it for free, though I knew he would if you guys were still best friends.""Why would you think we are distant or not best friends anymore?""Are you the one asking me this question? I noticed you hesitated when I asked you to go meet him..."Mikel knew Fabian could read expressions perfectly, making it seem like he could read minds."Don't worry about it. I handled it. So, what happened?" Mikel had to change the conversation before he revealed more than he should."We were attacked. I'm trying to understand who the target is, me or Loretta," Mikel's boss confessed."Is the shooter dead? I need to check if I recognize him.""The shooter is held captive in the dark room. I have a nurse check
"Who was the last person that got into this room?" Fabian asked the guards but got no reply as they were afraid to mention Mikel's name.Fabian looked over the body and noticed he was stabbed in the heart, and the shooter wouldn't have been able to kill himself as both of his hands were chained at the different ends of the wall.Even if he managed to do it, they would have been able to find the knife, but there was nothing on the scene, just the lifeless body of the shooter.This only meant one thing: there was a mole in the mansion.Realizing their fears, as they were afraid of Mikel, and Fabian knew Mikel was not capable of doing this to him, he asked a simpler question, "After Mikel left the dark room, who else went in?" Fabian turned to the guard who was supposed to be guarding the entrance."The minute Sir Mikel went in, Lincoln and his men asked us to help them get the cars ready as they were transporting Loretta. On coming back, we found you calling the guards... We have no ide
It was because Loretta desperately needed to see Wilma that she followed that egotistical mafia.Who did he think he was, that he could just boss people around? It was very annoying that instead of apologizing to Loretta, he wanted to clear the air by taking her to see Wilma.If it was this easy for him, why didn't he do it earlier? Or did he just love seeing her beg? What kind of man was he?Loretta followed him reluctantly, maintaining a long distance. It seemed childish, but it was what she wanted, and that pissed Fabian off as he would stand to wait for her to get close, and rather than meeting up, she'd stand and wait for him to move before she continued."Can you walk a little faster? I have a lot of things to handle," Fabian uttered, throwing her a hard glare."If you don't want to go, it's fine. I can go back inside. It's obvious you don't want to see her anyway."The guards were looking at him, and he felt insulted. He wanted to just leave her there, enter his car, and drive
"Hey, Wilma, how are you doing?" Loretta greeted as she walked into the room.She sat down on the seat beside Wilma for a while before she decided to hold the older woman's hand, who was on the bed.Wilma wasn't awake yet, but Loretta couldn't leave without talking, believing that Wilma was hearing her."I'm so sorry for doing this to you. If I could switch positions with you, I would have done that a long time ago." Tears escaped Loretta's eyes and streamed down her cheeks.Loretta placed her head on Wilma's body as she wept bitterly, "Please, Wilma, wake up."Mikel had informed Fabian when he finally came out of the restroom that Roy was at the bungalow and had some news.Fabian, without wasting a second, went to get Loretta, only for his heart to melt when he saw her head on Wilma's body, crying.At that moment, the mafia boss disappeared, and the person standing there was Fabian Antonio.A new sense of security washed over him, a new sense to protect Loretta from any form of dange
"Me? A bait? That's not going to happen." Loretta thundered and was about to walk out on them when Fabian held her back. "Don't touch me. I thought we'd established that." Loretta seethed. "Then why did you hug me at the hospital?""I needed it, and you were the closest person, or would you have preferred I hugged Mikel?""Listen to me, Retta. The only way we can protect you is by doing this.""The only way to protect me is by letting me go back to my father. That way, whoever you've offended would know I'm no longer in your life.""I can't do that.""Why?" Loretta queried, searching his face, but he wouldn't say. Loretta could see the effort he was making to hold himself back. Why did he want her so bad? It was clear it had nothing to do with the debt her father owed. But what? Mere admiration? It had to be more than that. "Forget I asked." The brown-haired lady murmured and ran inside, shutting the door behind her. She picked up the phone Fabian had gotten her and began to play
Loretta felt completely paralyzed. Her hands, legs, and even her thoughts paused as she stared into the grey eyes of the man above her.She wasn’t intending to answer the question, so she just kept on admiring him, the smell of him invading her nostrils.Loretta should be scared of him, scared of what he would do to her, but no... It was all admiration.Suddenly, her door was opened, and Mikel walked in, rescuing—or should I say ruining—the perfect moment between his boss and his pet."Good morning, sir. I have arranged the call," Mikel said."I see. I’m coming." Fabian stood erect, winked at Loretta, and then went to meet with Mikel.As the two men spoke in low tones, Loretta began to remember the question Fabian had previously asked her: "Do you want me to touch you?"The brown-haired woman shuddered at the thought of it. Or wait, was she craving him? Instead of trying to figure out what Fabian and Mikel were saying, she was admiring his build and imagining him on top of her.Lorett
Loretta had a bath, wore a pretty brown jumpsuit, and was packing her hair into a ponytail when a knock came at her door.Loretta had cried all her strength out, along with her voice, so she pretended not to hear the knock.She was still furious that she was doing something against her will, her father had been threatened, and now she was drawn to a monster...The knock came again, but Loretta didn’t budge. She continued taking care of her hair, and suddenly, the door opened quietly. She didn’t bother to look.It was no longer her business. After she finished crying, she came to the resolution that no one would hear her complain, cry, or laugh again."Hi, it's me, Lincoln. I’ve been knocking for a while now... You didn’t hear?" Lincoln’s words weren’t smooth. He must have heard about what happened, or maybe he just noticed something off about Loretta and Fabian, who was out of character too.Loretta stayed silent for a while before speaking, "Why are you here?""Okay," Lincoln drawled
"Meet me at Via dei Fiori, 23/A, Int. 5, Scala B. Look for the 'Vecchia Tipografia' sign. Knock three times, pause, then two more. Come alone. Password: La Bella Vita."The text came to Fabian's phone shortly after he ended the call with the lady.If only he had an idea of who she was and why she was so bent on ruining him.Fabian knew that most, if not all, of the pets he had ever been with hated him. But where was he going to start?Picking his phone up, he called Mikel to be sure he had done what he asked him to do. "Hello, Mikel, where are you guys now?""Remember, you asked me not to tell you, so you wouldn't get either overprotective or annoyed... Don't worry, Loretta is having fun.""Good, now keep it like that. I'll be going for a short stroll. I should be back before you guys or at the same time. But if you return before me, track my cell and know where I am.""Okay... Will sure do." Mikel knew that his boss wasn't going for any walk. He was definitely doing something that Mi