Beautiful Mess

LUCA'S POV

Once more, I had just concluded a deal. I had never gone after something and failed in this world, I has the entire underground system at my disposal and everyone worked out just fine.

This was my town literally, I owned it, same way I owned this bar that I was in. It was a strip club to those willing to pay and because I was strung up, I had decided to come steam off when I was approached by this lady.

She was beautiful no doubt about that but she was also ignorant. One look at her and I knew that she didn't belong here. If she did, she would have known who I was and she would have run very far away from me but here she was, asking for a dance. She had guts, I would give her that.

I could have said no, ignored her very existence like I was used to but if there was another thing I liked other than money and power, it was people with confidence. People who were so confident that they carried a death wish upon their heads and I was looking at one of them. Brazen and beautiful. Why refuse the dance?

Her face lit up as soon as I said yes and I cocked my head to the side, my hand still tucked safely into my trousers. An act which would have been considered rude by most but she didn't seem to mind as she gently walked towards the dance floor with excitement in her eyes. I furrowed my brows, excused myself from the men who were babbling around me and followed her to the dance floor.

Everyone around paused their dancing, deftly moving at least a few feet away but she didn't seem to notice that, her gaze was purely on me and it was weird to notice that there was no form of lust on her face, just pure excitement like she knew something that I didn't.

She moved gracefully, her chest smashed up against mine as she rubbed herself against me, her hands were skillfull and she was bold, I would give her that, she was basically feeling me about. I would walk away but I was mesmerized by her, she was clearly experienced and be damned if I didn't want to take her into my private chambers.

After about fifteen minutes of dancing, her face was matted with sweat and she pulled away with a grin.

“I must say, you did better than I expected. Thank you for this lovely dance but I best be on my way now” she said with a slight nod and before I could say another word, she was hurrying off… like she was in a hurry to get somewhere.

I watched her go with a tilt of my head. Weird. Anyways, I had to make a call to someone who I wanted to meet here.

Sighing, I reached into my pocket for my phone but was met with nothing. I froze. What the fuck?

I dipped my hands into my pockets. My phone, my wristwatch that I had tucked into my pocket and the fucking ring on my finger was missing. I saw red immediately and I whipped my neck at the door where the lady had just walked through. A petty thief and a trained seductive one at that. I didn't care. No one stole from me

My right hand who had noticed my change in mood came over to me.

“Get the lady who just danced with me. She stole from me” My voice was a growl. He gasped and in a few moments, my men were out while I waited for a few minutes before leaving after them. I knew they would find her. No one escaped me.

As I neared the alley just down the road outside the club, I heard voices.

“I swear I didn't take anything” there she was.

If I hadn't known her, I would have believed. Wow also a trained liar too.

I rounded up the corner, I saw that my men had cornered her and seemed to be about to beat her.

“Stop” My voice was low but they heard and quickly stepped back, leaving her whimpering in the corner.

“Leave us” I ordered, there was no place to run, the only way out was past me as she was backed up against a wall.

My men heeded and they backed up and out the alley because they knew that I wanted to handle her case my way.

I stalked up to her and she seemed to shrink back until I got close enough to look down at her.

“A beautiful…mess” I breathed out, my hand reaching out to stroke her face gently making her shudder.

My hand traced circles on her face and I was practically flush against her as my hand travelled to her neck, my gaze feather light but just as lethal. She shuddered and her eyes shut close while I ran a hand through the curves of her body through the dress she was wearing.

“Seriously?” My tone made her eyes snap open.

Her eyes widened as she saw me holding the items in my hands while I examined them. She was too far gone to notice when my hand had slipped into her pockets and retrieved them.

“You're not the only one with tricks. I know how to make a lady squirm” I said casually as her cheeks reddened and she seemed out of comments.

“You cheated” she croaked.

I wagged a finger at her and put my ring back. It was expensive, cost me about five hundred thousand dollars but I didn't care about that, this was about my dignity and no one stole from me.

“Because you crossed the line” I reminded her.

She seemed scared now that she was caught and I was still towering over her. She should be. She would cower If she knew who she had pissed off.

Chuckling, I leaned in closer to her until my mouth was by her ear.

“Marry me”